The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 154. Portrait of Dorothea Hugessen, Lady Banks (1758-1828).

John Russell, R.A.

Portrait of Dorothea Hugessen, Lady Banks (1758-1828)

Auction Closed

March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

John Russell, R.A.

Guilford 1745 - 1806 Hull

Portrait of Dorothea Hugessen, Lady Banks (1758-1828)


Pastel;

signed lower right: J. Russell RA / 1789

585 x 435 mm.

Given by the sitter to her nephew Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bt (1781-1849)
Inventory, 1849, p. 6, in the north room;
G.C. Williamson, John Russell, R.A., London, 1894, p. 150;
Catalogue of Portraits, 1920, no. 52
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, on-line edition, no. J64.1115 
For biographical information on the sitter please see lot 154.