Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) was one of the most famous portrait painters of the 18th century. As the son of a headmaster, he enjoyed a more extensive school education than many of his colleagues. In 1740 Reynolds began his training with the London portrait painter Thomas Hudson. But before he himself settled in London as a portrait painter, he spent three years travelling, mainly in Italy, where he studied the old masters.
Through his intensive studies of antiquity and the Italian Renaissance, as well as Rembrandt and Rubens, Reynolds was able to expand British portraiture and give it more dignity. Thus, shortly after his return to London, Reynolds established himself as one of the best portrait painters in the city. The King, George. III, but he never met him. He painted many other personalities, such as "Anne, 2nd Countess of Albemarle" (ca. 1760), "Captain Robert Orme" (1756) or "Colonel Tarletin" (1782).
Although the painter himself believed that history painting was the noblest of all painting, he himself came only little to this genre. His reputation as a portraitist, however, spoke for itself. When the Royal Academy of Arts was founded in 1768, Joshua Reynolds was elected its first president. Only one year later, the painter was raised to the nobility because of his merits.
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_1777_Sun_089_-_(MeisterDrucke-999216).jpg "The Little Samuel in Prayer by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Strawberry Girl by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait Study of a Young Lady by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Diana, Viscountess Crosbie, 1777 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Captain George K.H. Coussmaker by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The infant Samuel, in prayer by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Infant Samuel, c1776, 1912 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Caroline, Duchess of Marlborough with her daughter Lady Caroline Spencer (detail) by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of William Thomas Beckford by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Age of Innocence, c1788, c1912 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Venus and Cupid, or The Wanton Bacchante by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Charity, 18th Century by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Infant Samuel by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Cupid Unfastening the Girdle of Venus by Joshua Reynolds")
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_17_-_(MeisterDrucke-159480).jpg "Portrait of Francis George Hare, Oldest Son of Francis Hare Naylor, 1788-9 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Gerard Napier, 6th Bt. by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Edward Holden Cruttenden")
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.jpg "The Age of Innocence by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Infant Samuel by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Jane, Countess of Harrington, with her Sons, the Viscount Petersham and the Honorable Lincoln Stanhope by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Robert Shafto, called")
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.jpg "The Honourable Mr Leicester Stanhope, engraved and pub. by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1789 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Jane Countess of Harrington, Lord Viscount Petersham, and the Honourable Lincoln Stanhope by Joshua Reynolds")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-317498).jpg "Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Venus and Cupid, c.1785 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "General William Keppel, Storming the Morro Castle by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Lord Henry Spencer and Lady Charlotte Spencer, later Charlotte Nares: The Young Fortune Tellers, c.1774-75 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Infant Hercules by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Georgiana, Countess Spencer with Lady Georgiana Spencer, 1759-61 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "William Turner by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire with her infant daughter Lady Georgiana Cavendish by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "William Fitz-Maurice Petty, First Marquis of Lansdowne, engraved by H. Robinson by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Love Me, Love My Dog, Miss Bowles by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Miss Sarah Campbell, 1777-78 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Dorothy Vaughan, Countess of Lisburne, c.1777 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "John Parker and His Sister Theresa by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Full-length portrait of Mrs Lloyd: An elegant woman carves a name on a tree trunk in a romantic atmosphere by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Master Hare (Francis George Hare) by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Recovery from Sickness, an Allegory by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "St. John in the Wilderness by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Madame Hale as Euphrosyne by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "A Nymph and Cupid: The Snake in the Grass by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Francis Hastings, Earl of Huntington, 1754 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Esther, Lady Wray, Wearing a White Dress, a Gold and Pink Ermine-Lined Cloak, a Landscape Beyond by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Music of Mademoiselle S. Huberty Inspired by Apollo by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Master Thomas Lister The Brown Boy (detail) by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Miss Mary Hickey by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Mrs. Richard Bennett Lloyd by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "The Infant Hercules Strangling the Serpents by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, Looking Over Right Shoulder by Joshua Reynolds")
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_Governor_of_Gibraltar_during_the_siege_of_1779-83_1787_-_(MeisterDrucke-116305).jpg "Lord Heathfield, Governor of Gibraltar During the Siege of 1779-83, 1787 by Joshua Reynolds")
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_1748_-_(MeisterDrucke-634697).jpg "Admiral the Honourable John Byron (?) by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Hunter, engraved by William Holl by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Miss Crewe by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "James, 7th Earl of Lauderdale by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Georgiana Augusta Frederica Elliott, Later Lady Charles Bentinck by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Caroline, Duchess of Marlborough with her daughter Lady Caroline Spencer (detail) by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Miss Keppel, Afterwards Mrs Thomas Meyrick by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of Louis Philippe II of Orléans by John Raphael Smith")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Riddell by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Caricature of Prime Minister Peel Between Tragedy and Comedy (A Great Actor Between Tragedy & Comedy) (HB Sketches) by John Doyle")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Gentleman, Bust-Length, in a Blue Coat and Yellow Waistcoat by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Self-Portrait as a Deaf Man by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Admiral Lord George Brydges Rodney by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Lady in White by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Lady Wolseley")
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.jpg "Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Duchess of Argyll by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, illustration from")
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.jpg "Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester with Her Dog by Leopold Flameng")
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.jpg "Self Portrait, 1775 by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Maria Marow Gideon and her brother, William by Joshua Reynolds")
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_composer_organist_and_music_historian_-_(MeisterDrucke-1094421).jpg "Portrait of Charles Burney, Composer, Organist and Music Historian by Joshua Reynolds")
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.jpg "Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers by Joshua Reynolds")
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