Richard Reynolds
(1735-1816), Philanthropist and industrialistMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 4 portraits
Iron manufacturer and philanthropist. Reynolds was a partner of Abraham Darby in his Coalbrookdale ironworks. He married Darby's daughter and assumed control of the works on his death. Reynolds produced cylinders for most of the early steam-engines and ordered the first rotative engine made by Watt and Boulton. A Quaker by birth, he gave very large sums to charity.
by Samuel Percy
polychrome wax bust, circa 1817
NPG 4674
by John Baldrey
stipple engraving, published 1799
NPG D13809
by William Sharp, published by and after William Armfield Hobday
line engraving, published 1 December 1817
NPG D39707
by William Sharp, published by and after William Armfield Hobday
line engraving, published 1 December 1817
NPG D18004
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