ID: 700007586 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007586	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822) (drawing (visual work); John Russell, R.A. (British, 1745 - 1806) (British Artist); 1793; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2001.77)

Note: The subject, shown somberly yet richly dressed, alert yet seated at ease -- embodies Russell's ideal of decorum where the sitter's action and attitude are appropriate to his age, and the picture's embellishments are governed by the rules of propriety. Hat, cravat and exuberantly powdered hair are dramatic attributes befitting the middle-aged High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. The bravura application of pastel characteristic of the portrait illustrates Russell's published and unpublished investigations into the medium. The masterful interplay of varied flesh tones with blues demonstrates Russell's principle of translucency, as he believed the beauty of pastel depended on one color showing itself through or between the other. The portrait's lovely velvet blacks are the result of Russell's successful experiments with lampblack to produce a soft, dense crayon that allowed for thin, opaque coverage yet was grainy enough to brilliantly scatter light. And it can hardly be an accident that the artist who recommends making large quantities of the white used to paint powdered hair because it is the same substance as hair powder has so lavishly scattered it in the hat, on the collar and through the hair of George de Ligne Gregory.

Titles:

Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

pastel (visual work) [300076922]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1793

Creator Display:

John Russell, R.A. (British, 1745 - 1806) (British Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Russell, John (English painter, engraver, and author, 1745-1806) [500002979]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2001.77

Display Materials: Pastel on paper, laid on canvas

	pastels (crayons) [300122621]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>, crayons (drawing material))

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: Unframed: 75.9 x 63.2 cm (29 7/8 x 24 7/8 in.); Framed (Display): 93 x 80 x 8.9 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Gregory, George de Ligne (British noble and politician, died 1822) [500355308]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)