John Russell, R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Hull) Portrait of an unidentified lady, half-length, seated in a parkland landscape pastel 29 ¾ x 24 ½ in. (75.6 x 62.3 cm.)
John Russell, R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Hull) Portrait of an unidentified lady, half-length, seated in a parkland landscape pastel 29 ¾ x 24 ½ in. (75.6 x 62.3 cm.)
Ellis D. Gosling. Robert Nesham; Christie's, London, 23 July 1928, lot 28 (9 gns to Brockbank). Lady Capel Cure; Christie's, London, 20 November 1931, lot 108 (10 gns to Squire). J.B. Priestley. The Hon. Mrs Skeffington Smyth.
G. Williamson, John Russell, 1894, pp. 25, 128, 145. N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists, online edition.
We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for confirming that the identification of the sitter as Lady Isabel Erskine is erroneous, and that the sitter is unidentified.
