Moses B. Russell
Moses B. Russell
American, 1809–1884
Although time has obscured his name, his art, and the renown of his sitters, Moses B. Russell was a highly celebrated and acclaimed portrait painter in his day. A native of North Woodstock in the wilds of New Hampshire's White Mountains, he went on to become one of Boston's leading miniaturists in the 1830s and 1840s. His small watercolor likenesses on ivory though usually signed, are sometimes confused with those of his wife, Clarissa Peters Russell.
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When he died in 1884 the obituary published in the Transcript reminded readers that "thirty years ago the name of Moses B. Russell...stood high as an artist...[whose] accuracy of drawing and beauty of coloring placed him at once in the foremost rank of painters of that day."
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American, born Switzerland, 1826–1899
