| LC control no. | n 84168483 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 |
| See also | Corporate body: Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) |
| Other standard no. | Q194402 27081216 0000000108815237 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Birth date | 1723-07-16 |
| Death date | 1792-02-23 |
| Place of birth | Plympton (Plymouth, England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Painting Portrait painting |
| Affiliation | Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Painters Portrait painters |
| Found in | A Descriptive catalogue of all the prints, with the engravers names and dates, which have been engraved from original portraits and pictures, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., 1825: t.p. (Sir Joshua Reynolds; P.R.A.) LC data base, 9-20-84 (hdg.: Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792) Wikipedia, viewed May 13, 2016 (Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was an influential eighteenth-century English painter, specialising in portraits. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts, and was knighted by George III in 1769. Born in Plympton, Devon, died in London) |
| Associated language | eng |
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