罗素出生在吉尔福德，萨里，约翰·罗素信噪比的儿子，书籍和印刷卖家和五倍市长镇。他的父亲是一个艺术家的东西，并提请出版吉尔福德的两种观点。罗素在受过教育的皇家文法学校，吉尔福德，很快表现出对艺术的强烈倾向。他训练下，弗朗西斯柯特斯 RA（的卡文迪什广场，的先驱之一，伦敦）英国粉彩画，像科茨，是柔和图纸的崇拜者Rosalba Carriera其方法影响了他的“甜”的技术。在19岁的时候，他转换为理宗，这与他的家庭和他的老师紧张的原因; 他毫不掩饰自己强烈的福音派倾向的秘密，将试图宣讲，并在每一个机会进行转换。

罗素成立了自己的工作室，在伦敦，在1767年他做了一个臭名昭著的博士结识威廉·多德，其肖像他画中的1768年。他被介绍给周梁淑怡，亨廷顿的伯爵夫人，谁不成功地试图说服他放弃了绘画，并出席在她的卫部长培训学院Trevecca在威尔士。在1770年2月5日，他娶了汉娜Faden，一个女儿查林十字印刷和地图卖家，他所转换。他们住在7号莫蒂默街，卡文迪什广场。

罗素的工作使他周围的英国走南闯北。在1772年，他写了绘画蜡笔的元素，而此时他已经赢得了来自他的绘画保费艺术学会于1759年和1760年，并进入皇家艺术学院艺术学院于1770年，赢得了金牌图绘制同年。他陈列在英国艺术家协会在1768和1769之间呈330作品在该学院，直到他去世。

1770年，罗素涂卫部长乔治·怀特菲尔德（刻由詹姆斯·沃森）和未来的慈善家，威廉·威尔伯福斯，则只有11岁。1771年，他表现出的油肖像查尔斯·韦斯利在皇家艺术学院和在1772，在柔和的手绘周梁淑怡，伯爵夫人亨廷顿。[4]这是一个象征性的画面，并失去了它的航程的; 但它被刻的，他后来在油画她也。也是在这一年，他当选为皇家学院的副教授。次年，1773，他画的约翰·卫斯理（由布兰德刻）。

1788年，经过漫长的等待，罗素被选为皇家院士，同年画自然的肖像约瑟夫·班克斯爵士。1789年，他被委任刻画皇家医生弗朗西斯·威利斯。结果显然高兴君如，在1790，他被任命为蜡笔小新（柔和）画家王乔治三世，夏洛特王后，威尔士亲王（两人罗素也画）和约克公爵。有了这样皇家光顾，他开发了大量与时尚的客户。

罗素是深深的宗教信仰的人，乔治·怀特菲尔德的一个虔诚的信徒。他开始在一个精心制作的内省日记约翰·拜罗姆中的速记1766，并继续他的死亡时间。在书中，他记录了他自己的心理状况和宗教练习，偶尔关于他保姆的信息。虽然他的宗教似乎他的婚姻之后已经变得不那么激进，他的日记见证着他的焦虑有关他的精神福利。他不仅不工作，星期天，但他会允许任何人进入他的绘画室。他不敢出去吃晚饭的帐户，他可能会听到松动，渎神的谈话。他与爵士良好的条件雷诺兹，与他共进晚餐的学院，艺术爱好者协会和文学社（现在的俱乐部），但他记录了这些或其他喜庆场合他总是提前离开。

他被不健康的他的生活陷入困境，并在1803年，几乎成了聋子以下回合霍乱。他死在赫尔在1806年承包后斑疹伤寒。

罗素的作品可以在众多画廊观看英国和世界各地，但最大的集由持有吉尔福德镇 艺术画廊吉尔福德。他的许多画像分别刻经，除其他外，约瑟夫哥烈，查尔斯·特纳，詹姆斯·希思，院长，巴尔托洛齐和猪蹄。

Russell was born in Guildford, Surrey, John Russell SNR's son, books and printed sellers and five times mayor of the town. His father is an artist, and drew two views published in guildford. Russell at the Royal grammar school, Guildford, educated, soon showed a strong tendency of art. He trained under Francis Cortes RA (Cavendish square, one of the pioneers of London, UK) powder painting, like Coates, is an admirer of Rosalba Carriera soft drawing method has affected his "sweet" technology. At the age of 19, he converted to LiZong, which causes tension with his family and his teacher; he made no secret of his strong evangelical tendencies of the secret, will try to preach and convert at every opportunity.
Russell set up his own studio in London in 1767, and he made a notorious doctor to meet William, whose portrait he painted in 1768 of the year of the year of the year of the year. He was introduced to Zhou Liangshuyi, the Countess of Huntington, who unsuccessfully tried to persuade him to give up the painting, and attended the at her guardian minister Training Institute at Trevecca. In February 5, 1770, he married Hanna Faden, a daughter of Charing Cross printing and map seller, he converted. They live at 7 Mortimer street, square, Cavendish.
Russell's work made him around the British zounanchuangbei. In 1772, he wrote the crayon painting elements, and this time he has won his painting art from the premium Association in 1759 and 1760, and entered the Royal College of Art School of art in 1770, won the gold medal chart the same year. He was exhibited at the British Artists Association between 1768 and 1769 and was presented with a work of 330 in the college until his death.
In 1770, Russell, Minister of health and health, and the future philanthropist, William, was only 11 years old, by the Minister of health, the state of the World Health Organization (see article), and by the Minister of health, the state of the World Health Organization (), by the Minister of health, the state of the arts and Sciences of the. In 1771, he exhibited an oil portrait of Charles Wesley at the and in 1772, in the gentle hand drawn by Zhou Liangshuyi, Countess of the order of the lady of the year of the year of the year of the year of the year of the year, in which he appeared in the Royal College of Art. [4] this is a symbolic picture and lost its voyage; but it was carved, and he later in the oil painting. Also in this year, he was elected vice president of the Royal academy. The following year, 1773, he painted John Wesley (engraved by bland).
In 1788, after a long wait, Russell was elected to the Royal Academy, with the nature of the portrait of Sir Joseph Banks New Year paintings. In 1789, he was appointed to portray the royal doctor Francis Willis. Results in 1790, and apparently happy, he was appointed as the crayon (soft) painter Wang Qiaozhi III, Queen Sherlock, Prince Welsh (two Russell paintings) and the Duke of York. With this royal patronage, he developed a large number of customers with fashion.
Russell is a deeply religious man, a devout disciple of George Whitfield. He began in an elaborate introspective diary of John Byrom shorthand 1766, and continued his time of death. In the book, he recorded his own mental state and religious practice, and occasionally about his nanny. Although his religion seems to have become less radical after his marriage, his diary has witnessed his anxiety about his spiritual welfare. Not only does he not work on Sunday, but he will allow anyone to enter his drawing room. He went out to eat dinner account dare, he may hear loose, profane talk. He was in good condition with Sir Reynolds, with whom he had dinner with the Academy, the art lovers Association and the literary society (now the club), but he recorded these or other festive occasions he always left early.
He is his life is not the health of the trouble, and in 1803, became almost deaf following bout of cholera. In 1806 in Hull he died after contracting typhus.
Russell's works can be viewed in Britain and around the world in many galleries, but the largest collection of art gallery held by Guildford guildford. Many of his pictures were carved by, among others, Joseph, Charles Turner, James Heath, his brother, Dean, Bartolo Zi and pig's trotters.