On This Day 16th July 1723, 300 hundred years ago Joshua Reynolds was born
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA(16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits.
He was noted for his paintings of the "Streatham Worthies"- a collective description for the circle of literary and cultural figures around the wealthy brewer Henry Thrale and his wife Hester.
Between 1772 and 1781 a set of 13 portraits were painted which were hung in the newly constructed library in Streatham.
Sir Joshua Reynolds by Sir Joshua Reynolds (not one of the 13 paintings) NPG 41 © National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA(16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an English painter, specialising in portraits.
He was noted for his paintings of the "Streatham Worthies"- a collective description for the circle of literary and cultural figures around the wealthy brewer Henry Thrale and his wife Hester.
Between 1772 and 1781 a set of 13 portraits were painted which were hung in the newly constructed library in Streatham.
Sir Joshua Reynolds by Sir Joshua Reynolds (not one of the 13 paintings) NPG 41 © National Portrait Gallery, London
