Identity:
Robert Howard Russell founded the firm of Russell and Sons, New York publishers.
Life:
Robert Howard Russell was the publisher of the New York edition of Whistler, James McNeill, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly. A Valentine with a Verdict, Paris and New York, 1899 [GM, A.24]. His relationship with JW was not entirely satisfactory (see, for instance, JW's letter to Heinemann, #10814).
Bibliography:
New York Public Library on-line catalogue, http://catnyp.nypl.org (accessed 2005).