File:Sir William Herschel, 1738-1822 RMG L6993.tiff
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John Russell: Sir William Herschel, 1738-1822 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Sir William Herschel, 1738-1822 A half-length portrait of William Herschel to left in a russet coat with a fur collar and either a grey wig or powdered hair. He is holding a paper bearing the words, 'The Georgian Planet With its Satellites', together with a drawing of a planet and its satellites. This probably refers to Herschel's discovery of Uranus in 1781, which he initially wanted to call 'Georgium Sidus' after his new patron, George III. It was eventually named Uranus after the mythological god of the skies. John Russell was a bookseller and printseller as well as an artist. He was apprenticed to Francis Cotes and set up his own practice in 1767. In 1770 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, London, winning the silver medal for figure drawing, and was elected RA in 1788, when he became Crayon Painter to King George III and to George, Prince of Wales. He painted some rather wooden portraits in oil but most of his portraiture was done using pastel. He had a large and fashionable clientele. Significantly for this portrait, Russell was also a keen amateur astronomer, who produced oil and watercolour studies of the Moon and built the first scientific lunar globe, an extraordinarily sophisticated instrument which he called the 'Selenographia'. It is possible that this is either the portrait exhibited in the 1795 Royal Academy exhibition, or a later copy. |
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Depicted people | William Herschel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1795 date QS:P571,+1795-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | oil on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 255 x 220 mm; Frame: 363 mm x 310 mm x 80 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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Accession number |
BHC2764 |
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Notes |
Within the Museum’s Loans Out Policy there is a presumption against lending panel paintings. Please consult Registration for further details. [Original 63.5 x46 cm still in Herschel family collection: Dr John Herschel Shorland-confidential] |
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Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/14237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Identifier InfoField | Acquisition Number: OP1959-15 id number: BHC2764 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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