(c) 2014 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Lady of the Russell Family

painter Joseph Blackburn (England, about 1730 - about 1778, London)

Date1754-1764

Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions123 x 93 cm (48 7/16 x 36 5/8 in.)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberP17w31

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryThe woman in this painting is an ancestor of Jack Gardner—Isabella Stewart Gardner’s husband. The British itinerant artist Joseph Blackburn painted her during his time in Massachusetts, in the mid-1700s. Dressed in her finery, the sitter holds a spring nosegay of tulips and violets.

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Last Updated8/9/24

EmbARK ObjectID10811

Source ID78