Private collection, USA
Thomas Wignell: the ‘Atlas of the American Theatre’
- Pastel
- 24 ¼ × 18 ¼ inches · 615 × 465 mm
- Signed and dated, top left: ‘J. Russell, RA, pt / 1792’
In the original frame
Collections
- The sitter;
- Anne Brunton Merry, widow of the above (d. 1808);
- Vincent Bendix (1881-1945) Chicago by 1932;
- Bendix sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 29th May 1942, lot 17;
- Baron Jean Gerome Léon Cassel van Doorn, Englewood, New Jersey;
- van Doorn sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 6th March 1971, lot 107;
- Private collection to 2015.
Exhibitions
- London, Royal Academy, 1792, no. 312.
Literature
- George C. Williamson, John Russell RA, 1894, p. 131;
- Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans, A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and other stage personnel in London, 1660-1800, Southern Illinois University Press, 1993, Vol.16, p.59 (reproduced);
- Neil Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, 2006, London, 2006, p. 469.
