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Reverend John Fuller Russell

1814 - 1884

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Ecclesiastical historian.

Slavery connections

No known connections with slavery.

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

National Gallery painting connections

Former owner: NG purchased from the Revd. John Fuller Russell in 1885: NG1188–1189.

Paintings previously in his collection and acquired subsequently by the NG from various sources: NG1468, NG3375–3378, NG3897, NG4191 and NG4208.

Bibliography

T. Cooper and E. Clewlow, 'Russell, John Fuller', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/24327
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History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/
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F. Russell, 'Russell, John Fuller', in J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T074573
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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