Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British, Preface to Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds, undated
- Title:
- Preface to Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Album of Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 9/16 × 8 inches (9 × 20.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
?Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center: "Original sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds bought by me | at the sale of his pictures sketches & belongings to his Niece the | Marchioness of Thormond after her decease in 1820 at Which | sale also bought an unfinished pofait of a Lady in a | black bonnet- an unfinished portrait of a nobleman in a [Harley?] | with a blue Ribbon & [sham?]-and the portait of Sir Joshua- all | three quarter size & painted by him and the picture of | the disobedient prophet slain, by the Lion painted by Rembrandt | which former part of S?ir Joshua's Collection of pictures | Thos. Tudor"
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Thos Tudor"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1982.24.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- genre subject | title page
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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