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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.754
People
John Russell, British (1745 - 1806)
Title
Portrait of George IV as Prince of Wales
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1789
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pastel on antique laid paper mounted to canvas
Dimensions
75.5 x 62.7 cm (29 3/4 x 24 11/16 in.)
frame: 97.2 x 83.8 cm (38 1/4 x 33 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right, pastel: J Russell R.A. pinxit / 1789

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christie's, London, June 7, 1912, lot 46]. Asher Wertheimer, acquired July 7, 1916. [M. Knoedler & Co., New York] sold March 31, 1921 to; Grenville L. Winthrop, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.754
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Sir Oliver Millar, The Later Georgian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, Phaidon (London, 1969), p. 110, under no. 1051, fig. XII
  • Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Unicorn Press (London, 2006), p. 453
  • Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, website, Pastels & Pastellists, 2018, cat. no. J.64.1586, repr.; http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Russell1.pdf [accessed July 5, 2016]

Verification Level

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