Porter of the Royal Academy
John Russell
- Art Funded
- 2000
- Dimensions
- 72 x 60 cm
- Vendor
- Private vendor
Porter is shown in entrance hall at foot of staircase, holding catalogues for 1792 summer exhibition and a large entrance ticket.
He wears a dark jacket and white collar. Behind him are visitors climbing the staircase and the Belvedere Torso.
Provenance
By descent to the artist's daughter; with her son, Mainwaring Shurlock, by 1894; Asher Wertheimer (d.1920); by descent; Mrs Joan Conway; Sotheby's 22 March 2000, lot 91.