Details
GEORGE ROMNEY (Dalton-in-Furness 1734-1802 Kendal)
Portrait of Michael Russell (1711-1793), seated, with Dover Castle beyond
oil on canvas
50½ x 40¼ in. (128.3 x 102.2)
Provenance
Sir Henry Russell, 1st Bart. (1751-1836), and then by descent to
Sir George Russell, 5th Bart., Swallowfield Park, Reading, Berkshire.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Literature
Lady Russell, Swallowfield and its Owners, 1901, illustrated facing p. 252.
H. Ward and W. Roberts, Romney, London, 1904, II, pp. 137-8.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1862, no. 199.
Sale room notice
The prime version of this portrait appears to be the one in the collection of Dover Museum, Kent which passed by descent in the Russell family until 2000. The provenance and literature listed almost certainly relate to that painting rather than the present work.
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