Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal Academy
Sitter associated with 38 portraits
Artist associated with 1413 portraits
Reynolds led the eighteenth-century art world as first President of the Royal Academy as a Britain's leading portrait painter. In his attempt to raise the status of portraiture, he created the 'Grand Manner' which borrowed from classical antiquity and the Old Masters to fill his portraits with moral and heroic symbolism. An incredible socialite, social climber and self-promoter, Reynolds used his contacts to advance himself. Appointed President of the newly established Royal Academy in 1768, his annual lectures - or Discourses on Art - had a lasting impact on the contemporary theory of art and practice.
by Thomas Williams Hunt, printed by Richard Holdgate, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple and line engraving, 1847 or before (1775)
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'A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's'
by D. George Thompson, published by Owen Bailey, after James William Edmund Doyle
stipple and line engraving, published 1 October 1851
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by George H. Every, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, 1864-1866 (1780)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1747-1749)
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by James Watson, published by Robert Sayer, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 10 July 1770 (circa 1766?)
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by L. Campo-Antico, published by F. Savoli, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, (1775)
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by and published by Charles Townley, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 30 June 1777 (1775)
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'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Thomas Jervais; Sir Joshua Reynolds)
by Georg Siegmund Facius, by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple and line engraving, published 1 September 1785 (1783-1785)
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'Adoration of the Shepherds' (Thomas Jervais; Sir Joshua Reynolds)
by Georg Siegmund Facius, by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, after Josiah Boydell, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple and line engraving, published 1 September 1785 (1783-1785)
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by Euphrasie Picquenot, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mixed-method engraving, (1788)
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by William Giller, published by Moon, Boys & Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1788)
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by Caroline Kirkley, published by Anthony Molteno, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 13 March 1795
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by Georg Siegmund Facius, and by Johann Gottlieb Facius, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Gilbert Stuart
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1802
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by Henry Bone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, 23 April 1804 (circa 1780)
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by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after Moses Haughton the Younger, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 8 May 1809 (1780)
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by J. Pass, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line and stipple engraving, published 1826
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by George Thomas Doo, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, mid 1830s (1780)
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All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
Harewood House, Leeds, Yorkshire
Knole , Sevenoaks, Kent
Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park, Cornwall
Waddesdon Manor-the Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire
Wilton House, Salisbury, Wiltshire
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