Samuel William Reynolds
(1773-1835), Mezzotint engraver and painterSitter in 3 portraits
Artist associated with 637 portraits
Reynolds studied art in London under Charles Howard Hodges and John Raphael Smith. His first engraved portrait, a study of George IV when still Prince of Wales, is dated 1794. Reynolds began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1797 and continued to show his work there until 1827. His work was also greatly admired by the French and was exhibited at the Paris Salons from 1810. Reynolds was appointed portrait engraver to George IV in 1820, after which he produced a set of over 350 small mezzotints after Sir Joshua Reynolds's portraits, issued in four volumes between 1821 and 1826. His son, Samuel William Reynolds, was also a portraitist.
by Samuel William Reynolds
oil on canvas, circa 1820-1825
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1746)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1746)
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Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 2nd Earl of Radnor
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1757)
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Elizabeth Percy (née Seymour), Duchess of Northumberland
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1757-1759)
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Elizabeth Percy (née Seymour), Duchess of Northumberland
by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1757-1759)
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Elizabeth Barrington (née Vassal)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1758)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Edward Evans, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1760)
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William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1761 or 2)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, or by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1761)
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William Pulteney, Viscount Pulteney
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1761 or 2)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
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William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (Lord Shelburne)
by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1764)
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Catherine Bunbury (née Horneck); Mary Gwyn (née Horneck)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1765-1767)
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Catherine Bunbury (née Horneck); Mary Gwyn (née Horneck)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1765-1767)
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Catherine Bunbury (née Horneck); Mary Gwyn (née Horneck)
by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1765-1767)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1767)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1769)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1769)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1769)
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Elizabeth Lamb (née Milbanke), Viscountess Melbourne with Peniston Lamb as a child
by Samuel William Reynolds, or by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1770-1771)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1770-1772)
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Charlotte Mordaunt (née Musgrave)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, late 18th century
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1773)
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Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1774)
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Lady Mary Spencer (née Beauclerk)
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1775)
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Theophila Gwatkin (née Palmer)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1776)
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'Schoolboys' (Henry Gawler; John Bellenden Gawler (later Ker)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1777)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1779-1780)
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John Parker, 1st Earl of Morley; Theresa Villiers (née Parker)
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1779)
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Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, 7th Bt
by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1781)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1783)
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Catherine Mary Forester (née Manners), Lady Forester
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1784)
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Mary Isabella Manners (née Somerset), Duchess of Rutland
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1784-1787)
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Theophila Lowther (née Gwatkin) ('Simplicity')
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1785)
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Louis Philippe Joseph ('Philippe Egalité'), duc d'Orleans
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1785)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1785)
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Sophia Ashburnham (née Thynne), Lady St Asaph; George Ashburnham, Viscount St Asaph
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1786)
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Anne Williams Hope (née Goddard, later Baroness von Dopff)
by Samuel William Reynolds, or by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, published by Henry Graves & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1787)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (1788-1789)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1788
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probably by Jean Condé, and by Samuel William Reynolds, after Charles Hénard
mezzotint, 1790s
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probably by Jean Condé, and by Samuel William Reynolds, after Charles Hénard
mezzotint, 1790s
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, (1790s)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, (1790s)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, published by John Brydon, after Simon de Koster
mezzotint, published 1 May 1794
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Prince Hoare
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1 October 1794
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John Pollexfen Bastard; Edmund Bastard
by Samuel William Reynolds, after James Northcote
mezzotint, published 1795
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by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Charles Smith
mezzotint, published 1795 (1794)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Charles Smith
mezzotint, published 1795 (1794)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1795
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Unknown artist
etching, 1795
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Unknown artist
etching, 1795
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