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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
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Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796
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Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719–1789
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Barnard, Thomas, 1728–1806
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
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Burney, Charles, 1726–1814
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Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821
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Garrick, David, 1717–1779
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Hope, Henry, 1735 or 6–1811
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Jansen, Hendrik, 1741–1812
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Jekyll, Joseph, 1754–1837
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Johnson, Elizabeth, 1721–1798
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Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737–1806
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Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1718–1800
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Painting, European
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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Jansen, Hendrik, 1741-1812
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Johnson, William, d. 1779
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Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
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Dufresnoy, Charles-Alphonse, 1611-1668
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Mason, William, 1725-1797
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Palmer, Joseph, 1749-1829
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Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640
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Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of, 1754-1787
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
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Yver, P. (Pieter), 1712-1787
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Abington, Frances Barton, 1737-1815
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Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716-1796
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Bacon, John, 1740-1799
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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
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Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827
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Breda, C. F. von (Carl Fredrik), 1759-1818
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Burke, Jane Mary Nugent, 1734-1812
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Catherine, Empress of Russia, II, 1729-1796
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1749-1816
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Commonplace books, notebooks, and diaries
1749-1816
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1749-1816
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1749-1816
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Notes on Johnson's Lives of the poets
between 1784 and 1792
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Notes on Pliny
1750
Archives
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Notes on the life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, containing an excerpt from a narrative by Anthony Pascin
circa 1800?
Archives
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Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
Obituary of Sir Joshua Reynolds
1792 February 24
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Receipt for portraits of the Marquis of Granby
1762 January 27
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Diary
1781
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Draft dedication for Art of painting
1783?
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Draft on Reynolds' collection of Old Masters
1791?
Archives
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1749-1816
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Notebook
1773
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Notebook
1781
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Notebook
1785
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Sir George Beaumont at Tunbridge Wells
1786 August 23
Archives
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart
1791 March 15
Archives
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
[1778] August 14
Archives
20
Hope, Henry, 1735 or 6–1811
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
1781 October 5
Archives
21
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
1783 February 19
Archives
22
Rutland, Charles Manners, Duke of, 1754–1787
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
1784 September 16
Archives
23
Jansen, Hendrik, 1741–1812
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
1786 October 10
Archives
24
Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
1791 May 10
Archives
25
Montagu, Elizabeth Robinson, 1718–1800
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds and his nieces
1777 January 4
Archives
26
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds, at Leicester Square
1790 October 18
Archives
27
Yver, P. (Pieter), 1712–1787
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds at London
1781 October 2
Archives
28
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
Letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds
circa 1790?
Archives
29
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to the Countess of Ossory
1791 January 1
Archives
30
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to the Earl of Upper Ossory
1786 July 10
Archives
31
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to the Honorable William Hamilton at Naples
1769 March 28
Archives
32
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to the Reverend Thomas Percy
1777 March 5
Archives
33
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Cunynham at Lille
1785 November 25
Archives
34
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Edmund Burke
1781 August 10
Archives
35
Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737–1806
Letter to Edmund Burke, Edmund Malone, and Philip Metcalfe
1792 March 2
Archives
36
Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807
Letter to Edward (!sic) Malone Esq. at Queen Anne Street East
[1796] December 8
Archives
37
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to William Johnson
1780
Archives
38
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to William Johnson
1783 January 19
Archives
39
Manuscript copy of "Lettera scritta da Giuseppe Baretti a Luigi Siries a Firenze"
1776 January 26
Archives
40
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to William Roscoe
1784 October 16
Archives
41
Baretti, Giuseppe, 1719–1789
"Lettera scritta da Giuseppe Baretti a Luigi Siries a Firenze"
1778
Archives
42
Palmer, Mary
Letters to William Johnson, in India
1781-1792
Archives
43
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Thoughts on blindness
1781
Archives
44
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Travelling memorandum book
1781
Archives
45
Burney, Charles, 1726–1814
Letter (initialed "CB") to Miss Burney, at Queen's House
1790 December 13
Archives
46
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Bennet Langton
1787 August 31
Archives
47
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Bishop Percy
1790 March 13
Archives
48
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Miss Weston
1749 December 10
Archives
49
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Letter to Mr. West
[1790] April 8
Archives
50
Sheridan, A. B.
Letter to Mrs. ?
1929 July
Archives
51
Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807
Letter to Mrs. Johnson, at Torrington, Devon
1796 December 1
Archives
52
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1790 January 20
Archives
53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Joseph Palmer
1787 December 7
Archives
54
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Frances Abington at Pallmall
between 1769 and 1777? May 26
Archives
55
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Letter to Frances Reynolds
1781 July 21
Archives
56
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Letter to Frances Reynolds
1783 December 8
Archives
57
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Letter to Frances Reynolds
1783 October 1
Archives
58
Johnson, Elizabeth, 1721–1798
Letter to Frances Reynolds
1796 December 4
Archives
59
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Francis Godolphin Waldron
1785 November 5
Archives
60
Jekyll, Joseph, 1754–1837
Letter to G. Agar Ellis
1816? April 8
Archives
61
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Henri Jansen
1786 October 2
Archives
62
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to Henri Jansen
1787 January 10
Archives
63
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to John Bacon
1790 January
Archives
64
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Letter to John Hely-Hutchinson
1780
Archives
65
Invitation to Sir Joshua Reynolds' funeral at the Royal Academy
1792 March
Archives
66
Sketchbook formerly attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds
late 18th century
Archives
67
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821
Heights of members of the Royal Academy Club
1787 November 23
Archives
68
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
Fragments of Discourses and lecture
late 18th century
Archives
69
Barnard, Thomas, 1728–1806
"Epistle to Sir Joshua Reynolds & Co."
1775 December
Archives
70
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Johnson and Garrick (Not Published). London, Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley...1816
1816
Archives
71
Garrick, David, 1717–1779
Humorous verses
1775?
Archives
72
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Collection of autograph drafts concerning his own collection of pictures
circa 1790?
Archives
73
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Commonplace book
circa 1753-1760
Archives
74
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Commonplace book: given to young Reynolds by his father
circa 1730-1741
Archives
75
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
Copy of speech delivered to the Royal Academy, 28 February 1792
1792 February 28
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