James Price

This portraitback to top

The only known portrait of Price, whose identity rests on the testimony of previous owners; Russell was born in Guildford, where Price conducted his first experiments.

Referenceback to top

Williamson 1894
G. C. WIlliamson, John Russell, p 148.

Physical descriptionback to top

Brown eyes, powdered hair with a black ribbon, wearing a light brown coat.

Provenanceback to top

Rev J. Penfold of Croydon,¹ by whom presented to the Guildford Institute, Borough Hall, Guildford, 1850;² purchased from the Guildford Institute 1922.

¹ Russell painted a pastel of a Mrs Penfold, c.1780 (G. C. Williamson, John Russell, 1894, p 158) who may, or may not, have been related.
² T. Whitburn, List of Pictures belonging to Guildford, 1888, p 44.

Exhibitionsback to top

Surrey Art Loan Exhibition, Guildford, 1884;¹ Russell, Imperial Institute, South Kensington, 1894 (35).

¹ As recorded by T. Whitburn, letter in the Surrey Times, 2 February 1902.


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.

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