Name: JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Kingston-upon-Hull)
Brand: Portrait of Sir John Boyd, Bt. (1750-1815)
Price: 3500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Kingston-upon-Hull)
Portrait of Sir John Boyd, Bt. (1750-1815)
signed and dated 'J. Russell pt./ 1786' (lower left)
pastel
22³⁄₄ x 17¹⁄₂ inches (58 x 44cm)

Mrs Walter, Cwmcarvan, 1894-1911 and by descent to
Commander H. E. Walter; Christie’s, London, 14 March 1924, lot 10 (17 gns to Weil).

G. C. Williamson, John Russell, R.A., London, 1894, p. 168.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists, online edition, J.64.1208.

Paris, Exposition des Pastellistes Anglais du XVIIIe siecle, April-June 1911, no. 144 (as property of Mr. Walter).

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Lot Essay

Boyd, the second baronet, inherited his father's Danson Hall estate in Kent, in 1800. He sold his father's extensive collection of paintings and drawings in 1805.