Isaac Hugh Russell was a glass painter by trade, but is best known for his botanical illustration of W. Baxter's British Phaenogamous Botany [1].
Little is known of Russell's early life other than that he was born around 1779 to 1781; the 1841 Census puts his place of birth outside England and Wales.
[2] Russell was based in Caroline Street, St Clement's from as early as 1828[3] until his death in 1849.
[4] In the 1830s, Russell was one of two local artists approached by William Baxter, Curator of the nearby University of Oxford Botanic Garden[1] to illustrate his British Phaenogamous Botany or Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants.
Russell produced over 200 illustrations[5] which were coloured by Baxter's daughter and are now widely reproduced as posters and prints.. As a glass painter, Russell's most significant known work is the east window of St Clement's Church, Oxford.