Gilbert Stuart
Simon Walker
1798
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Overall: 29 x 24 in. (73.7 x 61 cm) Framed: 37 x 32 in. (94 x 81.3 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Elise Agnus Daingerfield
Object Number
1944.110
While in Philadelphia in 1799, Simon Walker (1771 – 1825), an Englishman, sat to Gilbert Stuart. Apparently, this portrait found its way back to Walker’s homeland. It was eventually acquired from Walker’s descendants by a Philadelphia dealer, who then sold it to Baltimore collector Elise Agnus Daingerfield.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest 1944; Elise Carroll Agnus Daingerfield, Baltimore; [private collection, England, by descent from the sitter - unconfirmed]
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 145-146, ill. p. 145.
On View at the BMA
