Mid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Russell (1745-1806), Portrait painter and pastellist
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Pastellist, b. Guildford; dramatically converted to Methodism 1764; studied under Francis Cotes c.1765-67 and at the RA schools 1770; exhibited Society of Artists, London, 1768 and RA 1769-1806; published Elements of Painting in Crayons 1772 (revised 1777); ARA 1772, RA 1788; Crayon Painter to the King 1790; he made a study of the surface of the moon, completing a lunar relief map in 1795 (Museum of the History of Science, Oxford).
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.