Tag: Sir Joshua Reynolds
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Portraits of vision: Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sally Metzler Chicago, Illinois, United States Fig 1. Joshua Reynolds, Self Portrait, 1788, Royal Collection Trust, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The subject of this portrait wears wiry, diminutive round spectacles, lending a distinctly pedantic flair. Yet gazing out is none other than Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), one of the greatest English painters in history…