James Legge Willis (1761-1817)
John Russell (Guildford 1745 – Hull 1806)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1781
Materials
Gouache on paper
Measurements
305 x 255 mm
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 623921
Summary
Pastel on paper, James Legge Willis (1761-1817) aged about 20 by John Russell (1745-1806). c.1781. Portrait of a young man, head turned slightly to the left, looking to the left, fresh complexion, wearing a short powdered wig, red coat with blue collar, revealing a blue waistcoat and a plain cravat. Dark background. Image copyright John Hammond.
Credit line
Bequest of Col. Richard Ffolliot Willis, 1956 formerly lent to Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon; transferred to Clevedon Court
Makers and roles
John Russell (Guildford 1745 – Hull 1806), artist
References
Waterhouse 1980: Ellis K. Waterhouse, 'The Willis Family Portraits at Lydiard Park' National Trust Studies, 1980, pp.49-53, p.52: "An earlier portrait of him in crayons (30.4 cm by 23.4 cm) at the age of about twenty is plausibly ascribed to John Russell and there is also a drawing of the head for this (27.9 cm by 25.4 cm)."