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One of Keppel's lawyers commissioned Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland to paint a portrait of Keppel, but Keppel redirected it to Reynolds. Reynolds alluded to Keppel's trial in the portrait by painting his hand on his sword, reflecting the presiding officer's words at the court-martial: "In delivering to you your sword, I am to congratulate you on its being restored to you with so much honour".
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Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723 the third son of the Rev. Samuel Reynolds, master of the Plympton Free Grammar School in the town. His father had been a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, but did not send any of his sons to the university.One of his sisters was Mary Palmer (17161794), seven years his senior, author of Devonshi...
Having shown an early interest in art, Reynolds was apprenticed in 1740 to the fashionable London portrait painter Thomas Hudson, who had been born in Devon. Hudson had a collection of Old Master drawings, including some by Guercino, of which Reynolds made copies. Although apprenticed to Hudson for four years, Reynolds remained with him only until ...
In 1789, Reynolds lost the sight of his left eye, which forced him into retirement. In 1791 James Boswell dedicated his Life of Samuel Johnson to Reynolds. Reynolds agreed with Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and, writing in early 1791, expressed his belief that the ancien rgimeof France had fallen due to spending too much time tend...
In appearance Reynolds was not striking. Slight, he was about 5'6" with dark brown curls, a florid complexion and features that James Boswell thought were "rather too largely and strongly limned." He had a broad face and a cleft chin, and the bridge of his nose was slightly dented; his skin was scarred by smallpox and his upper lip disfigured as a ...
English artGrand mannerMary Nesbitt, eighteenth-century courtesan who began her career as Reynolds' model.Martin Postle, an expert on Joshua ReynoldsReferenced books
1. James Boswell, Life of Johnson(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008). 2. Charles Robert Leslie and Tom Taylor, Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds(London: John Murray, 1865, 2 volumes). 3. Ian McIntyre, Joshua Reynolds. The Life and Times of the First President of the Royal Academy(London: Allen Lane, 2003). 4. Martin Postle, Reynolds, Sir Joshua (17231792), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, October 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
Further reading
1. J. Blanc, Les crits de Sir Joshua Reynolds (Thorie de l'art (14001800) / Art Theory (14001800), 4), Turnhout, 2016, ISBN978-2-503-54337-6 2. John Barrell, The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt(1986). 3. A. Graves and W. V. Cronin, A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds(18991901, 4 volumes). 4. F. W. Hilles, The Literary Career of Sir Joshua Reynolds(1936). 5. Derek Hudson, Sir Joshua Reynolds: A Personal Study(1958). 6. Hurll, Estelle M. Sir Joshua Reynolds. 7. J...
"Reynolds, Joshua". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 18851900.614 paintings by or after Joshua Reynolds at the Art UK sitePort Eliot House, home of the Earl of St. Germans contains many fine works by Reynolds, including a rare view of Plymouth'Sir Joshua Reynolds: The Acquisition of Genius' exhibition at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery - 21 November 2009 to 20 February 2010- Joshua Reynolds
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Keppel’s trial generated massive public support for the opposition and his acquittal was greeted with widespread popular celebrations. Reynolds wrote to congratulate his friend on the acquittal, commenting that he had “taken the liberty, without waiting for leave, to lend your picture to an engraver”.
REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua. (b. 1723, Plympton Earl, d. 1792, London) Commodore Augustus Keppel. 1752 Oil on canvas, 239 x 147 cm National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Commodore Keppel was one of fifteen children of the second Earl of Albemarle. After a circumnavigation of the world in 1740, Keppel had a meteoric career in the Royal Navy.
Oct 1, 2024 · One of Keppel's lawyers commissioned Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland to paint a portrait of Keppel, but Keppel redirected it to Reynolds. Reynolds alluded to Keppel's trial in the portrait by painting his hand on his sword, reflecting the presiding officer's words at the court-martial: "In delivering to you your sword, I am to congratulate you on its being restored to you with so much honour".
American Revolutionary War. Battle of Ushant. Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, PC (25 April 1725 – 2 October 1786) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1755 to 1782. He saw action in command of various ships, including the fourth-rate Maidstone, during the War of the Austrian ...
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Edit. A full-length portrait, wearing a version of captain's undress uniform (1748–1767), with grey breeches, waistcoat and facings, double lacing on the waistcoat pockets and slightly striped stockings. Naval historians draw attention in this portrait to the wearing of the new regular uniform made compulsory by an order of 14 April 1748.
