Russell Stephenson
A female figure painting c. 1879
Pencil and watercolour | 17.1 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 981658.s
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A watercolour showing a female figure painting. She is shown full-length, seated on a stool and facing right in profile. She is wearing a coat with a large scarf and is balancing a paint box and easel on her lap.
Inscribed lower right: RS
Russell Stephenson was an old school friend of Princess Louise's husband John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne. Stephenson and his wife were living in Canada around the time Lorne was appointed Governor-General and the two couples often socialised together. -
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Medium and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Measurements
17.1 x 12.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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