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)
NPG D39709
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)
NPG D646
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)
NPG D3978
by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1762-1764)
NPG D39344
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)
NPG D3752
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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