Object 12 of 120 found on display in the Images of Brighton Gallery
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Oil Painting
Dr Richard Russell, FRS
Benjamin Wilson
c1755
Oil paint on canvas
h1260 x w1005 mm, w1005 mm
Fine Art (FA000016)
On display at Brighton Museum,
Images of Brighton Gallery
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Introduction This is a portrait of Dr Richard Russell who made Brighton famous in the seventeenth century with his 'seawater cure'; this included bathing in the sea for medicinal purposes and drinking pints of seawater in prescribed doses. In this picture Russell sits in half right profile, he wears a grey wig, a grey coat with gold buttons and white cuffs. He has a book open next to his left hand.
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