Catalogue · undated (3)

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The catalogue — portraits, fancy pictures and histories in chronological order, each with a commentary.

714 works by the painter and workshop · 24 copies and works after · 44,380 words of commentary · Part 18 of 21 ·

The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds · continued

undated Richard Malone, Lord Sunderlin

National Gallery of Ireland · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 63 cm

Richard Malone, Lord Sunderlin (National Gallery of Ireland): a portrait of the brother of the scholar Edmond Malone.

undated Robinetta

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 72.6 × 57 cm

Robinetta (Brighton Museum): a fancy picture of a girl with a robin, one of Reynolds's sentimental child-subjects; a version (the type is at the Tate).

undated Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Harvard Art Museums · painting · canvas, oil paint

Samuel Johnson (Harvard Art Museums): one of Reynolds's several portraits of his closest friend; the Harvard version, in America, is among the images by which Johnson's face is known.

undated Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 90 × 78 cm

Samuel Johnson (Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum): a version of one of Reynolds's Johnson portraits, at Lichfield, the writer's birthplace.

undated Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

Pembroke College · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

Samuel Johnson (Pembroke College, Oxford): a version of a Johnson portrait at Johnson's own Oxford college, which he left without a degree and which later honoured him.

undated Self Portrait

http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/352e1156b73aaace6a7357d3d1693ecd · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

Self-portrait (private collection): one of the many self-portraits Reynolds made across his career; without a firm date, a specimen of his lifelong self-scrutiny.

undated Self Portrait

Chequers · painting · canvas, oil paint · 73.7 × 61 cm

Self-portrait (Chequers): one of the self-portraits, at the prime minister's country house.

undated Self Portrait

Port Eliot · painting · canvas, oil paint · 73.7 × 61 cm

Self-portrait (Port Eliot): a self-portrait at the Eliots' Cornish seat, which holds the largest private group of Reynoldses.

undated Self Portrait

The Box · painting · canvas, oil paint · 75 × 57 cm

Self-portrait (The Box, Plymouth): a self-portrait at Plymouth.

undated Sir James Pennyman Bt (1736 - 1808)

National Trust · painting · canvas, oil paint · 81.3 × 59.7 cm

Sir James Pennyman, Bt (National Trust): a portrait of a Yorkshire baronet.

undated Sir John Cust

Parliamentary Art Collection · painting · canvas, oil paint · 137.1 × 119.3 cm

Sir John Cust (Parliamentary Art Collection): a version of the portrait of the Speaker of the Commons; in the Parliamentary collection.

undated Sir John Cust (1718–1770), Undergraduate (1735–1739), Speaker of the House of Commons (1761–1770)

Corpus Christi College · painting · canvas, oil paint · 55 × 43 cm

Sir John Cust, Speaker of the House of Commons (Corpus Christi College, Cambridge): a portrait of the Speaker; an academic and parliamentary portrait.

undated Sir John Fleming Leicester (1762–1827), 1st Lord de Tabley, in Peer's Robes

Tabley House · painting · canvas, oil paint

Sir John Fleming Leicester, 1st Lord de Tabley (Tabley House): a portrait of the collector who formed one of the first galleries of British art; at his own house.

undated Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), First President of the Royal Academy

Government Art Collection · painting · canvas, oil paint · 77.5 × 64.5 cm

Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy (Government Art Collection): a self-portrait or version, in the national collection of government art.

undated Sir Walter Blackett (1707–1777), Bt, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne (1734–1777)

Royal Victoria Infirmary · painting · canvas, oil paint · 232 × 145 cm

Sir Walter Blackett, Bt, MP for Newcastle (Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle): a portrait of the Northumberland magnate and benefactor; a civic full-length of the kind provincial corporations commissioned.

undated Sir William Lowther (1727–1756), 3rd Bt

Weston Park · painting · oil paint, canvas · 76.2 × 61 cm

Sir William Lowther, 3rd Bt (Weston Park): a portrait of a young baronet who died at twenty-nine; at Weston Park.

undated Sketch of Sir Abraham Hume

Ashmolean Museum · painting · oil paint, paper · 39.6 × 21.3 cm

Sketch of Sir Abraham Hume (Ashmolean Museum): an oil sketch for a portrait of the collector and mineralogist Sir Abraham Hume, a connoisseur of Reynolds's circle.

undated Sleeping Girl

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK) · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.4 × 63.4 cm

Sleeping Girl (Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent): a fancy picture of a sleeping child, in the sentimental mode; one of the few Reynoldses in Belgium.

undated Studio Experiments in Colour and Media

Royal Academy of Arts · painting · canvas, oil paint · 60.9 × 50.9 cm

Studio Experiments in Colour and Media (Royal Academy of Arts): a panel of Reynolds's technical trials — the fugitive carmines, waxes and media whose failure ruined so many pictures; a document of the recklessness the essay describes.

undated Study for 'Beggar Man (George White)'

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 30.5 × 24.5 cm

Study for 'Beggar Man (George White)' (Blackburn Museum): a study of the model George White, a former paviour whose striking head Reynolds used for the Ugolino and other subjects; a rare study from a favourite model.

undated The Captive

Ashmolean Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 75 × 59 cm

The Captive (Ashmolean Museum): a fancy picture of a captive figure, in the sentimental-picturesque mode of the subject-pictures.

undated The Entrance to Mr Thrale's Park, Streatham

Victoria and Albert Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 27.3 × 39.4 cm

The Entrance to Mr Thrale's Park, Streatham (Victoria and Albert Museum): a rare landscape sketch by Reynolds, of the Streatham grounds of the Thrales — Johnson's hosts and Reynolds's friends; a glimpse of the painter off duty.

undated The Holy Family with St John

Shipley Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 60.6 × 50.6 cm

The Holy Family with St John (Shipley Art Gallery): a religious subject-picture, of the kind Reynolds occasionally attempted.

undated The Holy Family with the Infant St John

Ashmolean Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 75 × 62 cm

The Holy Family with the Infant St John (Ashmolean Museum): a rare religious subject-picture by Reynolds, in the manner of the Italian devotional picture he studied; the Ashmolean's example.

undated The Honourable Edward James Eliot (1758–1797)

Port Eliot · painting · canvas, oil paint · 74.7 × 61.6 cm

The Hon. Edward James Eliot (Port Eliot): a portrait of a son of the Eliot family, the friend of Pitt and Wilberforce; at Port Eliot.

undated The Marquis of Granby (1721–1770)

Guildhall Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 64 cm

The Marquis of Granby (Guildhall Art Gallery): a portrait of John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721–1770), the beloved commander of the Seven Years' War whose bald head named a thousand pubs; a military portrait.

undated The Most Reverend Thomas Secker (1693–1768), Bishop of Oxford, Archbishop of Canterbury

St Edmund Hall · painting · canvas, oil paint

Thomas Secker, Bishop of Oxford, later Archbishop of Canterbury (St Edmund Hall, Oxford): a portrait of the primate; an ecclesiastical portrait at Oxford.

undated Thomas Dawson (1726–1813), 1st Viscount Cremorne

Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.5 × 63.9 cm

Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne (Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter): a portrait of an Irish peer; a grand male portrait in a West Country museum.

undated View from Wick House, Richmond, Surrey

Orleans House Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 46 × 62 cm

View from Wick House, Richmond (Orleans House Gallery): a landscape from Reynolds's own villa at Richmond, Wick House, which Chambers built for him; a rare landscape and a personal one.

undated William Augustus (1721–1765), Duke of Cumberland, KG

Town Hall · painting · canvas, oil paint · 221 × 129 cm

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (Town Hall): the victor of Culloden, 'the Butcher', third son of George II; a portrait of the royal duke.

undated William Hunter (1718–1783)

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow · painting · canvas, oil paint · 50 × 35 cm

William Hunter (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow): a portrait of the anatomist.

undated William Markham, Archbishop of York

Christ Church · painting · canvas, oil paint · 114.3 × 88.9 cm

William Markham, Archbishop of York (Christ Church, Oxford): a portrait of the archbishop and headmaster of Westminster; an ecclesiastical portrait at his Oxford college.

undated William Mason (1725–1797)

Pembroke College · painting · canvas, oil paint · 28.5 × 28.5 cm

William Mason, Poet (Pembroke College, Cambridge): a portrait of the poet and Gray's biographer.

undated Young Girl, Draped in a Robe

Newnham College · painting · canvas, oil paint · 40 × 34 cm

Young Girl, Draped in a Robe (Newnham College, Cambridge): a fancy head or study of a young girl.

Works retrieved from Wikidata (creator P170 = Q194402, with image P18); dates from P571 where present, otherwise supplied from the literature; locations from P195/P276; materials P186; dimensions P2048/P2049. Tier labels reflect how many Wikipedia language editions carry an article on the work. Images from Wikimedia Commons; click to enlarge, arrow keys to step. Fetched 2026-08-21.

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