John Johnson (1732-1814)
John Russell (Guildford 1745 – Hull 1806)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
390 x 330 mm
Order this imageCollection
Killerton, Devon
NT 921949
Summary
Pastel on paper, John Johnson (1732-1814) by John Russell (Guildford 1745 – Hull 1806). The architect of Killerton House, Devon. Portrait painted late 18th century. Russell was a member of the RA and painted a similar portrait now in Chelsmford Museum
Provenance
Sir Edwin Durning Lawrence; Baker Squire 1931; L. G. Duke, London; Sotheby's Olympia, 21 January 2004, lot 105 ; London Rosebery's, 15-16 June 2004, lot 579; purchased by National Trust in September 2004 from Artware, 18 La Grove, 51 Surrey Row, London SE1 0BZ
Makers and roles
John Russell (Guildford 1745 – Hull 1806), artist
References
Jeffares 2006 Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London 2006, p. 456