x, 182 pages, 55 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, folded genealogical table, portraits ; 30 cm.
General Note
The printer is named on the title-page verso: 'Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham And Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London.'
Contents
List of illustrations -- Introduction by Lord Ronald Gower, F.S.A. -- Prologue by the author -- I. Birth and education -- II. The commencement of his artistic career -- III. Courtship, marriage, and work -- IV. Russell at the Royal Academy -- V. The ups and downs of an artist’s life -- VI. Adversity, advancement, and honours -- VII. Russell in Newman Street -- VIII. Leeds, York, and Burleigh House -- IX. Popularity, prosperity, and death -- X. Russell’s art -- XI. Russell’s literary work -- XII. After Russell’s death -- XIII. Russell as an astronomer -- Appendix I. List of pictures exhibited at the various Royal Academy and other exhibitions by Russell, 1794-1806 -- Appendix II. Catalogue of the chief of the missing pictures -- Appendix III. Catalogue of the pictures at present known, arranged under the names of their respective owners -- Pedigree of the Russell Family -- Index
Copy Note
"350 copies of this book have been printed, of which 100 are on large paper. It will not be reprinted"--P. [2].
Binding Note
The front pastedown carries the binders label of David M. Kirkby, craft bookbinder, Chester, England.