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Aylmer Bourke Lambert: portrait and vignette of deer in a clearing. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1805, after J. Russell, and by J. Landseer, 1805, after P. Reinagle.

Sir Joseph Banks. Stipple engraving by Ridley, 1802, after J. Russell, 1788.

Sir James Edward Smith, with a vignette of the pursuit of the ship containing the Linnean collection by order of the King of Sweden. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1800, after J. Russell.

The moon, viewed in oblique sunlight. Stipple engraving, 1806, by J. Russell.

Francis Willis. Stipple engraving by R. Page, 1820, after J. Russell, 1789.

Colin Milne, with a view of Greenwich Hospital. Stipple engraving by Holl, 1804, after J. Russell, and by Newton.

Martha Gunn, a Brighton bather holding a small child that she has just saved from drowning. Coloured engraving by W. Nutter, 1797, after J. Russell.

Carolus Linnaeus receives honour from Aesculapius, Flora, Ceres and Cupid. Coloured stipple engraving by J. Caldwall, 1806, after J. Russell and J. Opie.

Sir William Herschel. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven after J. Russell.

The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.

George Shaw. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823, after J. Russell.

Thomas Martyn. Stipple engraving by J. Vendramini, 1799, after J. Russell.

Carolus Linnaeus. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1799, after J. Russell & J. Opie.

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John Russell

Images from the collections

Images by John Russell

Works from the collections

The moon, viewed in full sunlight. Stipple engraving by J. Russell, 1805.

Sir James Edward Smith, with a vignette of the pursuit of the ship containing the Linnean collection by order of the King of Sweden. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1800, after J. Russell.

George Shaw. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823, after J. Russell.

Thomas Martyn. Stipple engraving by J. Vendramini, 1799, after J. Russell.

Carolus Linnaeus. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1799, after J. Russell & J. Opie.

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