Account and sitters book of Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1850?

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Account and sitters book of Sir Joshua Reynolds, ca. 1850?

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This bound volume contains Sir Joshua Reynolds' two account books and alphabetical list of sitters for the period from 1755 to 1789. The volume also includes six pieces of manuscript notes (10 p.) slipped into back of volume. This volume is possibly in the hand of an early biographer and dates from the mid to late 19th century.

1 bound volume 24 cm.214 p.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000076 Sir Joshua Reynolds was the leading portrait painter of late 18th-century England. He was a friend of Samuel Johnson and a founding member of the Literary Club, and was knighted in 1769. He also delivered a series of influential discourses on painting to the Royal Academy from 1769 to 1790. From the description of Papers, 1767-...