Sir Frank Swettenham (1850-1946), Colonial administrator
Sitter in 5 portraits
Colonial administrator; largely responsible for the development of roads, railways and social services in the Malay States, 1877-82. Swettenham initiated the federated states and became their Resident General, 1895; High Commissioner, Malay States, 1901-4, and author of several works on Malaya.
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1904
On display at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA in the exhibition 'Edwardian Opulence'
NPG 4837
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 16 March 1925
NPG x19073
by Navana Vandyk, after John Singer Sargent
half-plate film negative, 11 May 1949 (1904)
NPG x97938
Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1930s
NPG x21166
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Place
Malaysia




