Sir Joshua Reynolds
(1723-1792), Painter and first President of the Royal AcademyMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 40 portraits
Artist associated with 1425 portraits
Reynolds was the first President of the Royal Academy and 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 Samuel William Reynolds, published by Peter Brown, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 January 1796 (circa 1747-1749)
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'Titianus Redivivus; - or - the seven-wise-men consulting the new Venetian oracle'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 2 November 1797
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by George Clint, published by Lewis Wells, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 November 1799 (1788)
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by Henry Bone, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, April 1804 (circa 1780)
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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 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 Robert Cooper, published by Henry Colburn, after John Jackson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 24 June 1813 (circa 1747-1749)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1823 (1753-1755)
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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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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1834 (1780)
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by Alfred Joseph Stothard, after Giuseppe Ceracchi
bronze medal, 1845
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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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issued by Sarony & Co, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (1747-1749)
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by Samuel William Reynolds, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, (circa 1747-1749)
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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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'A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's'
by D. George Thompson, published by William Walker, and Owen Bailey, after James William Edmund Doyle
stipple and line engraving, published 1 July 1848
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Related People
- Elizabeth Deane (née Johnson) (niece)
- Theophila Gwatkin (née Palmer) (niece)
- John Reynolds (uncle)
- Samuel Reynolds (father)
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