ID 991614
Lot 121 | JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (PLYMOUTH 1745-1806 HULL)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
Portrait of Major Edward Topham (1751-1820), half-length in a blue coat, holding a quill
signed and dated 'J. Russell pinxt./ 1788' (centre left)
pastel
23 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.. (59.7 x 43.8 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, and by descent to his grandson
Rear-Admiral Trollope.
J. Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Anonymous sale; Christies, London, 10 July 1984, lot 150.
with Spink, London, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J. Boaden, Life of Mrs Inchbold, 1833, I, p. 271.
G.C. Williamson, John Russell, R.A., 1894, p. 167.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, J.64.2818.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1788, no. 439.
London, The Clarendon Gallery, The art of the pastel, April - August 1986, no. 36.
| Artist: | John Russell (1745 - 1806) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | John Russell (1745 - 1806) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Pastel |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Address of auction |
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