Mary Wood

1794

John Russell

Artist, British, 1745 - 1806

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on paper laid down on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 60.5 x 45 cm (23 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1993.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Jeffares (online edition); no. J.64.304

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

By descent in the sitter's family to Reverend Henry Eliot Delmé-Radcliffe, Marlborough. (sale, Christie's, London, 9 November 1993, no. 5); purchased 1993 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Pastels of the Eighteenth Century: Recent Acquisitions, NGA, 2004, no cat.

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Neil Jeffares, "John Russell." Dictionary of pastellists before 1800. London, 2006; online edition [http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Russell4.pdf], accessed 6 July 2018: no. J.64.304.

1894

  • Williamson, G.C. John Russell, R.A.. London, 1894: p. 160

2006

  • Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. London, 2006: 470

Inscriptions

center left in graphite: Russell RA. Pinxt / 1794

Wikidata ID

Q64583882

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