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Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Title(s):
Commonplace book
Date:
circa 1753-1760
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series II: Commonplace books, notebooks, and diaries
Part of Collection:
volume Reynolds 34
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Contains extracts from his reading (chiefly Pope and Shakespeare) and rough drafts of projected essays on painting.
Physical Description:
88 leaves ; 21 x 17 cm.
Genre:
Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
Description and travel
Painting, European
Associated Places:
Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Associated People/Groups:
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/18.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2755
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2755?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1