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Portrait of Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish, younger daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, aged five
Details
John Russell, R.A. (1745-1806)
Portrait of Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish, younger daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, aged five
signed and dated 'Russell R A pt./ 1790' (lower left)
pastel on paper
23 x 17 in. (58.5 x 43.2 cm.)
Portrait of Lady Henrietta Elizabeth Cavendish, younger daughter of William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, aged five
signed and dated 'Russell R A pt./ 1790' (lower left)
pastel on paper
23 x 17 in. (58.5 x 43.2 cm.)
Provenance
The sitter, and by descent to
Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson Gower.
Charles Wertheimer.
Alfred Süssman; Georges Petit, Lair-Dubreil, Paris, 18-19 May 1922, lot 51.
Lord Granard, and by descent to the present owner.
Hon. Edward Frederick Leveson Gower.
Charles Wertheimer.
Alfred Süssman; Georges Petit, Lair-Dubreil, Paris, 18-19 May 1922, lot 51.
Lord Granard, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
'Collection de M. Sussmann', La Renaissance de l'art français, V, 1922, p. 354.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition.
Exhibited
London, Grafton Gallery, 1895, no. 230.
Paris, 1908a, no. 115, pl. 98.
Paris, 1908a, no. 115, pl. 98.
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