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John Russell R.A. 1745-1806
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Description
- John Russell R.A.
- Portrait of Miss E.and Miss L.Earle with a Lamb
- signed l.l.: J.Russell pinxit
- pastel
Provenance
by decent from the sitters to Dr Beresford N.Earle, The Soke, Winchester, 1894
Exhibited
Royal Academy, 1801, no.335;
Sothebys, Childhood - A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Works of Art in aid of Save the Children Fund, 2nd - 27th January 1988, no.75
Sothebys, Childhood - A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Works of Art in aid of Save the Children Fund, 2nd - 27th January 1988, no.75
Literature
George C.Williamson, John Russell, 1894, pp.82 and 141
Catalogue Note
Russell made several portraits of various members of the Earle family, including Mr Joseph Earle, Mrs Earle (nee Langstone) with her baby and the present work (see George C.Williamson, John Russell, 1984, p.141).
A similar portrait by the artist of a young boy with a lamb was also included in the Childhood exhibition at Sotheby's in 1988, no.74