Mrs. Francis Russell

Provenance

Francis Russell, from 1787 [according to Ward and Roberts 1904]. Francis C. Simpson; sold Christie’s, London, May 8, 1897, lot 45, ill., to Charles Wertheimer for 2,000 gns [annotated sale catalogue, Christie’s, London]. Mrs. W. W. Kimball, Chicago (died 1921); on loan to the Art Institute from 1920; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1922.

Mrs. Francis Russell

George Romney

1785–87

Accession Number

4791

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

127.6 × 101.9 cm (50 1/4 × 40 1/4 in.); Framed: 153.3 × 128.3 × 10.2 cm (60 3/8 × 50 1/2 × 4 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection