Bertrand Russell Artwork

Original Artwork

Box 9*

*follows from Box 8 of Series 950 Photographs

1.

Sketch of Russell by Neil Foster

2.

Sketch of Russell by Alan J. Leder

3.

Portrait by Malisa (1959)

4.

Sketch of Russell by P. Rietvelol (?)

5.

Sketch of Russell by P. Shroff

6.

Sketch Portrait of Russell by Andrew M.P. Tait; 1 original sketch, 2 copies

7.

Sketch by Kate Amberley; "Bertrand's favorite attitude for study -book resting on feet -"

7A.

Sketch by Carl Werner Skogholm

8.

Landscape watercolours perhaps by Kate Amberley; 3 sketches

9. (MC 45)

The Quack Doctor [a cartoon about Amberley]; 1 cartoon

10. (Oversize)

Chair of Indecency (New York Post cartoon) [Stored in Oversize Artwork Box]

11.

Sketch by Nottingham, "Robin Hood and Friar Tuck"; 1 sketch

12.

Sketches by Wilhelm Busch; 2 sketches

13. (Oversize)

Charcoal sketch by Carola Spaeth Hauschka -- Princeton-1944-autographed by B.R. [Stored in Oversize Artwork Box]

14.

Photocopy of drawing by Stefan Andersson [not part of BR’s collection; filed here for convenience]

15.

2 pencils sketches of Russell by George Guazaba, Paris, Sept. 1954

Oversize Artwork

MC 45

b&w cartoon by Macpherson; 38 by 30 cm

Oversize Artwork Box

Portrait of Bertrand Russell by Nancy Freeman. Etching, artist's proof. Size: 47 cm x 42 cm.

Oversize Artwork Box

Framed cartoon of Bertrand Russell with a letter to Mr. Rosen dated 10 May, 1960; 59 by 27 cm. RA3 108.

MC 45

The Quack Doctor [a cartoon about Amberley]; 1 cartoon

Oversize Artwork Box

Chair of Indecency (New York Post cartoon)

Oversize Artwork Box

Charcoal sketch by Carola Spaeth Hautsckha -- Princeton-1944-autographed by B.R.

MC 46

Portrait of Bertrand Russell made with pieces of coloured paper by A.D. Jayawara dated 1st October 1968, unframed; 50 by 31 cm

MC 46

Oil painting of Bertrand Russell by A. Legg, unframed; 50 by 39 cm

Oversize Artwork Box

Painting of Bertrand Russell by A. Spreafico. India ink. Size: 43 cm x 56 cm.

MC 46

Framed Pugwash Science and Society poster of Russell and Albert Einstein done by Canadian Student Pugwash; Size: 42 by 27 cm

Reading Room

Portrait of Bertrand Russell in red charcoal by Augustus Edwin John; 31 by 26 cm

Russell stacks (range 7)

Framed b&w sketch of Bertrand Russell; 25 by 20 cm (43 by 36 cm including frame)

Russell stacks (range 7)

Framed oil painting of Bertrand Russell signed R.G.; 33 by 23 cm

Russell stacks (range 7)

Bronze relief of Russell by Ernest Willi.

Russell stacks (range 7)

Additional unlisted material, including photographs.

Posters

MC 45

"Bertrand Russell 1872 to 1970 Exemplar"; 51 by 33 cm

MC 45

"What I Have Lived For"; 39 by 27 cm

MC 33

Additional posters and photographs.

Other

RA 1710

Silk wall hanging belonging to Russell; acquired from Christopher Farley, 2014.

727
(Reading Room)

Bust

Epstein, Jacob

Bronze bust of Bertrand Russell, one of several made from a casting in 1953. An accompanying folder contains 2 slips which record the bust being exhibited at a gallery in Hartford, Conn., and at the British Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. The owner of the bust in 1975 was Joe Shulman.

1953

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1594 (Reading Room)

Bust

Kovacs, Frank

Plaster cast bust of Russell, 33x23 cm, ca. 1955.

ca. 1955

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1778
(Oversize Artwork Box)

Caricature / cartoon (original).

Bell, Vanessa

Caricature painting or sketch of Russell, one of a series.

1933

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Russell Archives
PR 6011 .O58 Z693

Caricature / cartoon (published).

Bell, Vanessa

Caricature painting of Russell, 1933, in E.M. Forster and His World.

1933

174

Caricature / cartoon (copy)

Chambers [?]

Photograph of cartoon of Russell and Cyrus Eaton in Trafalgar Square, 1962.

1962

Courtesy of Cyrus Eaton

1575

Caricature / cartoon (copy)

Haynie, Hugh

Large reprint of cartoon by Haynie which originally appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal in 1967. Russell is depicted as the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, holding a sign re: his War Crimes Tribunal.

1967

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Russell Archives
NC
1429
.L47A53

Caricature / cartoon (published)

Levine, David

Caricature of Russell in black and white; in Pens and Needles.

Russell Archives
NC
1479
.L65A348

Caricature / cartoon (published)

Low, David

Caricature of Russell in black and white; in Low’s Company.

1046

Caricature / cartoon

Macpherson, Duncan

Original cartoon sketch of Russell, 38x30 cm, by Duncan Macpherson, published in the Toronto Star, 9 Jan. 1959. Depicts Russell peace-making between U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. Possibbly drawn in response to the article “Mr. Dulles Replies to Russell and Khrushchev,” New Statesman, 8 Feb. 1958, or, “Bertrand Russell Replies,” 5 Apr. 1958.

1959

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1136

Caricature / cartoon (copy)

Macpherson, Duncan

Photocopy of a cartoon of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in handcuffs. Russell does not appear in this cartoon, but the caption reads: “Lord Bertrand Russell wants LBJ tried as a war criminal”, with a reply from Johnson: “And like a fool I thought I’d humour the old coot”. 9 June 1966

1966

Courtesy National Archives of Canada.

Russell Archives
NC
1449
.M3A458

Caricature / cartoon (published)

Macpherson, Duncan

Russell as depicted in Toronto Daily Star Cartoons.

Russell Archives
NC
1479
.M34

Caricature / cartoon

Mahood, Kenneth

Caricatures of Russell in The Secret Sketchbook of a Bloomsbury Lady, pp. 12, 30, 41.

1148

Caricature / cartoon (copy)

Packer

Editorial cartoon on Russell and love, by Parker, from Daily Mirror, New York, 21 March 1940.

1940

Courtesy of John Slater.

Russell Archives
CT
104
.S55

Caricature / cartoon (published)

Vicky

In How to be a celebrity, by Milton Shulman. Caricature of Russell in black and white; also on dust jacket grouped with others.

1358

Caricature / cartoon

Unknown

Card (35x68 mm) with colour image of Russell flanked by a mushroom cloud, likely 1966. Issued by “Lyons Maid” as part of their “Famous People” series; this card is no. 36 of a series of 48. It was intended to be enclosed with a package of ice cream.

1966

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1516

Drawing

Berger, Oscar

Pencil drawing done after Berger moved to London in 1935 to work for the Daily Telegraph. A typed note indicates that the drawing was made from life. Russell is wearing spectacles.

1935 or later

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1719

Drawing

Borth, Frank

Charcoal portrait of Russell. Biographical information about Russell penciled on the back of the drawing.

1930s

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n/a

Drawing (published)

Horrabin, J.F.

Sketch of Russell originally published in The Ploughshare, London, n.s. 2 (Feb. 1917): 19. Reprinted in The Masses, Aug. 1917

694
(Reading Room)

Drawing

John, Augustus

Red chalk sketch of Russell, ca. 1913. Published as frontispiece of Collected Papers, vol. 7.

ca. 1913

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Russell Periodical

Drawing (published)

Robinson, Boardman

Pencil drawing of Russell in The Dial, October, 1924, between pages 278 and 279. Filed with periodicals.

1924

Russell Archives
ND
497
.R85

Drawing

Rothenstein, Sir William

Sketch of Russell, probably 1910, published in Men and Memories. There is a thank you note for the portrait from Russell in Rec. Acq. 35.

ca. 1910

1679

Drawing (copy)

Ruhman, Walt

Image of drawing of Russell by Walt Ruhman, ca. 1960. The image is on a film strip; it is also printed on paper inserted on the case housing the film strip.

ca. 1960

Courtesy of Christopher Farley.

1417

Drawing

Swany, S.N.

Pencil sketch of Russell, 1952 or 1956. Mailed to Russell from India for him to add his signature. (Correspondence relating to his available in Series 720).

1952 or 1956

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693
(Oversize Artwork Box)

Drawing
(ink and watercolour)

White, Charles N.

Portrait of Russell, 17.5x13.5 inches, ca. 1980, by Charles N. White, a Cambridge artist.

ca. 1980.

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1576

Mosaic (photograph copy)

Anrep, Boris

Mosaic of Bertrand Russell entitled “Lucidity”, part of a grouping called Modern Virtures on a vestibule floor in the National Gallery, London. Photograph taken in 2008 by a friend of Charlie Haynes.

Donation

472

Painting (photograph copy)

Fry, Roger

Copy of proof photograph, b&w, of portrait of Russell, ca. 1924. The colour portrait was owned by Philip Rieff, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in 1976. (Note: There is another similar version of this portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, London. It has been published several times, including as a frontispiece of Collected Papers, vol. 9.

ca. 1924

Courtesy of Witt Archives, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

1462

Painting (photograph copy)

Fry, Roger

B&W copy of the Russell portrait at King’s College, Cambridge.

1535
(Oversize Artwork Box)

Painting (photograph copy)

Prezament, Joe

Painting was not done from life. It may have been commissioned by Samuel Lapitsky in the 1950s. It was inherited by his grand-daughter, Susan Colman.

1950s

80
(Range 7)

Painting

Williams, Robert

Framed oil painting of Bertrand Russell by artist Robert B. Williams, 1964; not done from life. 65 by 53 cm, including frame.

 1964

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1562
(MC 45)

Pastel

Unknown

Pastel portrait of Russell framed in while and gold; possibly done ca. 1950. Frame measures 29x22 inches, image 12x15. (Former owner acquired it at a Palm Beach charity fund raiser).

ca. 1950

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1623

Eisler, Lee

Painting (postcard copy)

Postcard with illustration of a portrait of Lee Eisler by Carol Marie Decameron; the postcard was sent by Jan Eisler to Warren Allen Smith. Lee Eisler was a founding member of the Bertrand Russell Society.

Courtesy of Warren Allen Smith.

1505

Eliot, Vivien (nee Haigh-Wood)

Print from etching

Vivien as a young girl, 1890s. Signed in pencil by C[harles] Haigh-Wood.

1890s

1382

Mill, John Stuart

Painting (copy)

B&W photograph of portrait by G. Watts.

National Portrait Gallery

1087

Morell, Ottoline

Miniature (copy)

Photograph of a miniature of Ottoline Morrell as a girl. From reproduction in Miniatures by Charles Turrell (1913).

180

Russell, Frank

Drawing

Eyre Crowe sketch of Earl Russell, April, 1902; ink drawing.

1902

1497 (MC 45)

Russell, Frank

Print, tear sheet

Frank Russell bigamy trail, July, 1901

1901

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1382

Russell, John, 1^st Earl

Painting (copy)

B&W photograph of portrait of Russell by G.F. Watts.

National Portrait Gallery.

1583

Russell, Lord John

Prints

1. Engraving of Earl Russell probably removed from a book (in 1583 folder). 2. “Fall of Achilles!” engraving published by T. McLean, 3 Aug. 1839; one of the individuals depicted is Lord Russell (in MC 45).

1839 and later

Courtesy of Andrew Brink.

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