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Facts

Also Known As Sir Joshua Reynolds
Born July 16, 1723 • England
Died February 23, 1792 (aged 68) • London • England
Movement / Style English school

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Joshua Reynolds: self-portrait
Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children, oil on canvas by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1777–79; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 238.4 × 147.2 cm.
Reynolds, Joshua: portrait of Charlotte Grote
Reynolds, Sir Joshua
1st Baron Ashburton, detail of a portrait, studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, c. 1768–73; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Blackstone
Boswell, detail of an oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1786; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
portrait of Charles Burney
John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute
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Nicholas Hilliard: A Young Man Among Roses
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Sir Peter Lely, etching after a painting by the artist.
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Raeburn, Henry
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