Lot Essay
We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
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Portrait of Mrs Henry Vansittart (née Catherine Maria Powney, 1764-1817) and her son, Henry Vansittart III (1784-1848), half-length
Details
JOHN RUSSELL, R.A. (GUILDFORD 1745-1806 HULL)
Portrait of Mrs Henry Vansittart (née Catherine Maria Powney, 1764-1817) and her son, Henry Vansittart III (1784-1848), half-length
signed and indistinctly dated 'JRussell 1789[?]' (upper left)
pastel on paper
29 x 24 in. (74 x 61.5 cm.)
Portrait of Mrs Henry Vansittart (née Catherine Maria Powney, 1764-1817) and her son, Henry Vansittart III (1784-1848), half-length
signed and indistinctly dated 'JRussell 1789[?]' (upper left)
pastel on paper
29 x 24 in. (74 x 61.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Duveen Brothers, London (Catalogue of a collection of ten pastel drawings by John Russell, R.A., c. 1911, no. 1 (as signed and dated 1789)).
Leopold Hirsch (1857-1932), London.
Mrs. R. Biddle, New York; Ader, Paris, 5 December 1959, lot 17.
Jacques Seligmann & Co, New York, stock no. 7372.
Anonymous sale; Martin & Desbenoit, Versailles, Palais des Congrés, 17 March 1991, lot 133.
Leopold Hirsch (1857-1932), London.
Mrs. R. Biddle, New York; Ader, Paris, 5 December 1959, lot 17.
Jacques Seligmann & Co, New York, stock no. 7372.
Anonymous sale; Martin & Desbenoit, Versailles, Palais des Congrés, 17 March 1991, lot 133.
Literature
C. Dorange, John Russell (1745-1805) et la France, British Art Journal, 2010, pp. 145-57, no. 57.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 2026, J.64.2857.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 2026, J.64.2857.
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Associate Specialist, Head of Day Sale
We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.