Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Russell (March 29, 1745 April 20, 1806) was an English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques. Born in Guildford, Surrey, he trained under the tutelage of Francis Cotes RA, one of the pioneers of English pastel painting, and like Cotes was an admirer of the pastel drawings of Rosalba Carriera whose methods influenced his technique of sweetening.