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Portrait of an unidentified lady, half-length, seated in a parkland landscape
Details
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.)
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.)
Provenance
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.
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.
Literature
G. Williamson, John Russell, 1894, pp. 25, 128, 145.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists, online edition.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists, online edition.
Sale room notice
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.
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Lucy Cox