Sir Joshua Reynolds
Patrick Home, 1728 - 1808
About this artwork
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artist:Sir Joshua ReynoldsEnglish (1723 - 1792)
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title:Patrick Home, 1728 - 1808
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date created:1787/9
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.50 x 63.70 cm
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credit line:Accepted by the Secretary of State for Scotland in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1990
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accession number:PG 2839
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, the son of a headmaster. He was apprenticed to the London portrait painter, Thomas Hudson, in 1740. In 1749 he went to Italy, spending two years in Rome. On his return, in 1753, he set up a studio in London. Reynolds developed a portrait style which attempted...
