Finding Aid
Series 950A Artwork: paintings, drawings, caricatures, sculptures and other material. -- [ca. 1870-1980]. -- ca. 80 items
- Bertrand Russell’s original artwork collection
- Artwork acquired from other sources (primarily “Recent Acquisitions” of the Russell archives). Current to RA3 1891.
1. Bertrand Russell’s original artwork collection
Based on a finding aid originally compiled by Sheila Turcon. See also “Series 950 Photographs” for some photographs of 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. | |
2. Artwork acquired from other sources (primarily “Recent Acquisitions” of the Russell archives, up to RA 1719)
Most of the information in the table below was transcribed from a card catalogue maintained in the Russell archives reading room. In some cases, the description was enhanced with information recorded in Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies (indicated by RJ references in the table, i.e. volume and issue number).
Organized into 2 parts: 1. Depictions of Russell, and 2. Depictions of Others.
Depictions of Bertrand Russell
Arranged alphabetically by ‘Type of Work’, and then by ‘Artist’.
| Rec. Acq. | Type of work | Artist | Description | Date | Source | RJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 1594 (Reading Room) | Bust | Kovacs, Frank | Plaster cast bust of Russell, 33x23 cm, ca. 1955. | ca. 1955 | Purchase | |
| 1778 (Oversize Artwork Box) | Caricature / cartoon (original). | Bell, Vanessa | Caricature painting or sketch of Russell, one of a series. | 1933 | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 1719 | Drawing | Borth, Frank | Charcoal portrait of Russell. Biographical information about Russell penciled on the back of the drawing. | 1930s | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 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, 1484 | 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). Colour pencil sketch of Russell, date unknown. | 1952 or 1956 [n.d.] | Purchase | |
| 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. | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 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 | Purchase | |
| 1891 | Oil (digital print) | Griffiths, David | Oil painting of Bertrand Russell by artist David Griffiths, 1967; [done from life?]. 53x49 cm. | 1967 | Courtesy of National Library of Wales and D. Griffiths. |
Depictions of Others
Arranged alphabetically by ‘Subject’.
| Rec. Acq. | Subject | Type of work | Description | Date | Source | RJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | Cantor, Georg | Photograph (copy) | Photograph of Georg Cantor, 13 April 1905. In frame from BR's house. | 1905 | Purchase | |
| 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. | ||
| 1887 | Frege, Gottlob | Photograph | Photograph of Frege at a desk with a book. Handwritten note underneath. In frame from BR's house. | c. 1905 | Purchase | |
| 1505 | Eliot, Vivien (nee Haigh-Wood) | Print from etching | Vivien as a young girl, 1890s. Signed in pencil by C[harles] Haigh-Wood. | 1890s | ||
| 1887 | Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm | Print from etching | B&W etching of Leibnitz in frame from BR's house. | Purchase | ||
| 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 trial, July, 1901 | 1901 | Purchase | |
| 1382 | Russell, John, 1st 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. | 28.2 |
| 1887 | Spinoza, Baruch | B&w print of Spinoza in frame from BR's house | Purchase |
