Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Dates
- Existence: 1723-07-16 - 1792-02-23
Biography
Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), English painter.
Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
Boswell Collection
The Boswell Collection contains the correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of author James Boswell; estate records, letters, personal and professional papers, and other materials documenting the lives and careers of ten generations of Boswells and their possession of the barony of Auchinleck; and correspondence relating to the political career of Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincardine.
Collection of autograph drafts concerning his own collection of pictures, circa 1790?
Commonplace book, circa 1753-1760
Contains extracts from his reading (chiefly Pope and Shakespeare) and rough drafts of projected essays on painting.
Commonplace book: given to young Reynolds by his father, circa 1730-1741
Contains records copied from the family Bible and quotations from his reading. The latest date in the book is a year after Reynolds went to London to study under Thomas Hudson.
Copy of speech delivered to the Royal Academy, 28 February 1792, 1792 February 28
Speech delivered to the Royal Academy at a special meeting held after Reynolds' death.
Diary, 1781
Inscribed: "A Painter's Journal through Flanders, Brabant, Holland, and part of Germany. June 24, 1781." Cased with Reynolds 37.
Draft dedication for Art of painting, 1783?
Draft of a never-completed dedication to William Mason of a new edition of du Fresnoy's Art of painting, a Latin poem translated by Mason and annotated by Reynolds (published by A. Ward, 1783).
Draft on Reynolds' collection of Old Masters, 1791?
Rough draft of a portion of catalogue for Reynolds' exhibition of his collection of Old Masters in the spring of 1791. [Appears to be a draft for a paragraph which was published in the Morning Chronicle, Fri., April 22, 1791.]
"Epistle to Sir Joshua Reynolds & Co.", 1775 December
A reply in verse to a remark made by Johnson.
Fragments of Discourses and lecture, late 18th century
Includes handwritten annotations by James Northcote verifying the hand of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Frederick W. Hilles Manuscript Collection and Papers
Humorous verses, 1775?
Verses entitled "Merry and Wise" written when Beauclerk forgot an invitation he had extended to Reynolds, Barnard, and Garrick, probably in 1775.
Invitation to Sir Joshua Reynolds' funeral at the Royal Academy, 1792 March
John Reynolds Robinson letter to Redgrave, 1865 November 21
Concerning the cleaning and restoration of a Joshua Reynolds painting.
John Ruskin letter to Ellen Heaton, 1857 mid-July
Ruskin gives Heaton some advice on what to see at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, praising works by Paul Veroneses, Joshua Reynolds, William Hogarth, Anthony van Dyck and Thomas Gainsborough. Ruskin thanks Heaton for "all [her] notes.". [Date provided by Surtees: Mid-July 1857]
Johnson and Garrick (Not Published). London, Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley...1816, 1816
"The following jeu d'esprit was written by Sir Joshua Reynolds to illustrate a remark which he made, 'That Dr. Johnson considered Garrick as his property, and would suffer anyone to praise or abuse him but himself.' In the first of these supposed dialogues, Sir Joshua himself, by high encomiums upon Garrick, is represented as drawing down upon him Johnson's censure; in the second, Mr. Gibbon, by taking the opposite side, calls forth his praise."--Title page verso.
Letter (initialed "CB") to Miss Burney, at Queen's House, 1790 December 13
Letter written to his daughter, Frances, after hearing Sir Joshua Reynolds deliver his final Discourse at the Royal Academy.
Letter : London, to Reverend John Oglander, 1778 Jan 9
ALS regarding construction of a window for a nativity painting, with a drawing of the window enclosed.
Letter : London, to William Strahan, 1785 Oct 23
ALS regarding notes made by Mr. Dyer for a new edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary.
Letter to Bennet Langton, 1787 August 31
Sending him a present in pottles for the Langton children. Ingamells no. 174.
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