Portrait of Francis Russell
Date
1796
Sitter
Francis Russell (1740 - 1795) , Solicitor
Creator
Joseph Collyer (1748 - 1827, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
John Sewell, Publisher
After
Smart, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 83mm
width (print): 60mm
height (paper support): 117mm
width (paper support): 93mm
width (print): 60mm
height (paper support): 117mm
width (paper support): 93mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Francis Russell in left profile. He wears regency-style coat and lace cravat. Oval in a rectangular frame.
Published in European Magazine, May 1796.
Inscribed on separate paper ‘FRANCIS RUSSELL Esqr’.
Francis Russell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Published in European Magazine, May 1796.
Inscribed on separate paper ‘FRANCIS RUSSELL Esqr’.
Francis Russell was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.70
Associated place