REYNOLDS UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME ROMNEY Containing sixteen examples of the master’s work VELASQUEZ Containing sixteen examples of the master’s work A. AND C. BLACK, 4 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. [Illustration: MISS NELLY O’BRIEN 1763. Wallace Collection, London] REYNOLDS BY RANDALL DAVIES CONTAINING SIXTEEN EXAMPLES IN COLOUR OF THE MASTER’S WORK LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1913 PRINTED AT THE BALLANTYNE PRESS LONDON PREFACE The chief authorities on the life and work of Reynolds are James Northcote, R.A., his most successful pupil; Henry William Beechey, and C. R. Leslie, R.A., each of whom produced a two-volume work on the subject. The first of these appeared in 1819, seventeen years after Sir Joshua’s death; the next in 1835, and the last, edited by Tom Taylor, in 1865. Besides these capital works there are memoirs by Joseph Farington, R.A., by Edmund Malone, by William Cotton, by William Mason, and by Allan Cunningham in his “Lives of the British Painters,” all of which appeared in the earlier half of the last century. From such an abundance of material, to say nothing of modern publications, it is hardly possible to collect everything that is of value within the limits of a short memoir. Only such points as are in themselves essential, or seem significant in relation to the enormous influence of Reynolds on his contemporaries, has it been attempted to dwell upon. R. D. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Miss Nelly O’Brien (1763) _Wallace Collection, London_ _Frontispiece_ _Facing p._ 2. Captain Orme (1761) _National Gallery, London_ 2 3. The Strawberry Girl (1773) _Wallace Collection, London_ 4 4. Lady Cockburn and Her Children (1773) _National Gallery, London_ 6 5. Miss Bowles (1775) _Wallace Collection, London_ 8 6. Portrait of Two Gentlemen (1778) _National Gallery, London_ 12 7. Mrs. Carnac (1778) _Wallace Collection, London_ 16 8. Lady and Child (1780 ?) _National Gallery, London_ 20 9. Admiral Keppel (1780) “ “ “ 22 10. Mrs. Hoare and Child (1783 ?) _Wallace Collection, London_ 24 11. Mrs. Robinson (“Perdita”) (1784 ?) “ “ “ 28 12. Lord Heathfield (1787) _National Gallery, London_ 36