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JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (PLYMOUTH 1745-1806 HULL)

Lot 121
04.07.2023 14:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 121 | JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (PLYMOUTH 1745-1806 HULL)
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (PLYMOUTH 1745-1806 HULL)

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)
Applied technique:Painted, Pastel
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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