# Joshua Reynolds

English, 1723–1792; born in Plympton; died in London

Reynolds trained in London under Thomas Hudson, then spent two years in Italy studying the old masters, an experience that shaped his ambition to raise portraiture to the dignity of history painting. He became the leading portraitist of Georgian society and, in 1768, the first President of the Royal Academy. His Discourses to its students set out the principles of the Grand Manner and remained influential long after his death.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

5 works in the collection.

- [Sir Thomas Rumbold, Bt.](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sir-thomas-rumbold-bt-aic-84707), Joshua Reynolds, 1788. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Theophilia Gwatkin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/theophilia-gwatkin-aic-251126), Joshua Reynolds, 1776–81. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Portrait of Mrs. George Collier](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-mrs-george-collier-cma-101852), Joshua Reynolds, 18th century. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-ladies-amabel-and-mary-jemima-yorke-cma-122349), Joshua Reynolds, c. 1761. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Captain George K. H. Coussmaker (1759–1801)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/captain-george-k-h-coussmaker-1759-1801-met-437447), Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.