John Russell
(1745-1806), Portrait painter and pastellistSitter associated with 6 portraits
Artist associated with 102 portraits
One of the eighteenth century's leading pastel portraitists. He was a deeply religious man who converted to Methodism in 1764. His diaries, kept throughout his life, record his concerns for his own spiritual welfare. He refused to work on Sundays or to go out to dinner, afraid of the blasphemous conversation he might hear. He numbered many evangelical preachers among his sitters including Rowland Hill. In 1770 Russell turned from oils to pastel, using grey or blue paper and smudging before accenting with black chalk.
by John Dean, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 1777
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after John Russell
mezzotint, published 1778
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published by Carington Bowles, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 14 March 1778
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published by Carington Bowles, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 14 March 1778
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by William Dickinson, published by J. Walker, after John Russell
mezzotint, published 1778
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by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 1783
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by John Russell
photographic print, (circa 1786)
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published by Photographische Gesellschaft, after John Russell
photogravure, (1788)
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by James Heath, published by George Nicol, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1788
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Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson)
by Wooding, published by John Sewell, after John Russell
line engraving, published 1788
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Elizabeth Inchbald (née Simpson)
by Wooding, published by John Sewell, after John Russell
hand-coloured line engraving, published 1788
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by Léon Richeton, after John Russell
etching, (1788)
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by James Watson, after John Russell
mezzotint, 1789-1790
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by James Watson, after John Russell
mezzotint, 1789-1790
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by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after John Russell
hand-coloured stipple engraving, published 1789
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by Peltro William Tomkins, published by J.F. Tomkins, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 28 February 1790
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by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published circa 1790
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by Peltro William Tomkins, published by J.F. Tomkins, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 28 February 1790
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Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 1791
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published by John Payne, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 11 March 1791
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