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Sargent, John Singer,
Portrait male -- Russell, Charles, Lord
Occupation -- Law
Ethnic -- Irish
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Written Matter
Painting
Lord
Russell
of
Killowen
, (painting).
Artist:
Sargent
, John Singer, 1856-1925, painter.
Title:
Lord
Russell
of
Killowen
, (painting).
Other Titles:
Charles
Russell
of
Killowen
, 1st Baron, (painting).
Dates:
1899.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
64 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. (163.8 x 110.5 cm)
Inscription:
(Upper left:) John S.
Sargent
(Upper right:) 1899 signed
Description:
Three-quarter-length portrait of
Lord
Charles
Russell
(1832-1900) standing with his right hand resting on an open book on a table. He wears the red fur robes and chain of the
Lord
Chief Justice and a full wig.
Subject:
Portrait male --
Russell
, Charles,
Lord
-- Knee length
Occupation -- Law -- Chief Justice
Ethnic -- Irish
Dress -- Accessory -- Wig
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Lincoln's Inn, London, England
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of
Russell
, Charles,
Lord
,
Russell
, Charles, Lady, until 1918.
Gift of
Russell
,
Lord
, 2nd,
Remarks:
Charles
Russell
was legal counsel, then Baron
Russell
, and finally was appointed
Lord
Chief Justice in 1894.
References:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer
Sargent
: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, no. 375.
McKibbin, David, "
Sargent
's Boston," Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1956.
Illustration:
Ormond, Richard and Elaine Kilmurray, "John Singer
Sargent
: complete paintings; volume 2, Portraits of the 1890s," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002, pg. 166.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 81690385
Item information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
81690385
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