On paper · 1750–1924

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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 19 of 21 · 1750–1924

Drawings and prints

The works on paper — Reynolds's rare drawings, and the prints (mezzotints above all) by which his pictures were known: the engravings after him by McArdell, Fisher, Watson, Valentine Green and John Raphael Smith made him the most reproduced painter of his century.

1750 Study of a Woman and Two Children

Metropolitan Museum of Art · drawing

Study of a Woman and Two Children (drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art): a compositional drawing, one of the few by Reynolds, for a maternal group.

1763 Portrait of Miss Nelly O'Brien with a bird.

Museum of John Paul II Collection · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 63 cm

Nelly O'Brien with a Bird (Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw): a version of a portrait of the courtesan Nelly O'Brien (see the Wallace prime).

1774 Omai

Yale University Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint

Omai (Yale University Art Gallery): a version or reduction of the celebrated full-length of the Ra'iatean visitor (see the article entry on the prime Omai).

1778 Charles Rogers, Esq.

Yale Center for British Art · mezzotint print, print · wove paper, mezzotint technique · 36.2 × 26.2 cm

Charles Rogers, Esq. (mezzotint, Yale Center for British Art): a mezzotint after Reynolds's portrait of the collector.

c. 1779 Diana, Viscountess Crosbie

Metropolitan Museum of Art · drawing

Diana, Viscountess Crosbie (drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art): a compositional drawing for the Huntington full-length.

1788 The Age of Innocence

The Box · painting · canvas, oil paint · 80.1 × 67 cm

The Age of Innocence (The Box, Plymouth): a version of the famous fancy picture (see the major entry); at Plymouth, the painter's own country.

1790 Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire

Welsh Portrait Collection · print

Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (print, Welsh Portrait Collection): a reproductive print after Reynolds.

1793 The Macklin Bible -- The Holy Family - Frontispiece of the New Testament

· print

The Macklin Bible: The Holy Family (print): a reproductive print of Reynolds's Holy Family, engraved for Macklin's illustrated Bible.

1795 Colonel Tarleton

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 96 × 71.1 cm

Colonel Tarleton (Brighton Museum): a version of the famous Tarleton (see the article entry; the prime is in the National Gallery).

1811 Sir William Jones

Welsh Portrait Collection · stipple engraving print

Sir William Jones (stipple engraving, Welsh Portrait Collection): a reproductive print after Reynolds's portrait of the great orientalist and jurist.

1924 Sir William Jones

Welsh Portrait Collection · photomechanical print · 251 × 190 cm

Sir William Jones (photomechanical print, Welsh Portrait Collection): a later photomechanical reproduction after Reynolds's portrait of the orientalist.

undated A Strawberry Girl

Chequers · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

A Strawberry Girl (Chequers): a version of Reynolds's much-loved fancy picture of a child with strawberries (the prime is in the Wallace Collection); at the prime minister's country house.

undated David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy

Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 80 × 100.5 cm

David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy (Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum): a version or copy of Reynolds's famous 'Choice of Hercules' composition of 1761 (the prime is at Waddesdon); the museum at Lichfield holds it for the Johnson circle it records.

undated Head and Bust of a Woman

drawings in the National Gallery of Art · drawing · charcoal, pastel · 30.6 × 23.7 cm

Head and Bust of a Woman (drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington): a drawing, one of the few by Reynolds; a study of a woman.

undated Head of an elderly lady; studies from Raphael's Disputation

Yale Center for British Art · drawing · black chalk, laid paper · 50.2 × 38.1 cm

Head of an Elderly Lady; studies from Raphael's 'Disputa' (drawing, Yale Center for British Art): a sheet of Reynolds's studies after Raphael's Vatican fresco — a rare survival of the drawings he made from the masters, and evidence of the study the Discourses preached.

undated Lady Cockburn and Her Children

Orleans House Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 142 × 110 cm

Lady Cockburn and her Children (Orleans House Gallery): a version of Reynolds's great Charity-group of 1773 (the prime is in the National Gallery; see that entry).

undated Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante

Worthing Museum and Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 86.8 × 70.5 cm

Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante (Worthing Museum): a version of the Bacchante composition; Emma Hamilton was painted as a Bacchante by both Reynolds and Romney, and copies abound.

undated Mrs Baldwin. Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx.t Paul Rajon sculp.t

collection des portraits gravés de la Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève · print · 33.4 × 25 cm

Mrs Baldwin (print by Paul Rajon after Reynolds): a nineteenth-century etching after Reynolds's portrait of Jane Baldwin in Turkish dress; a reproductive print.

undated Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

Yale Center for British Art · drawing · wove paper, black chalk, graphite · 50.2 × 39.4 cm

Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's 'Disputa' (drawing, Yale Center for British Art): one of a group of study-sheets after Raphael, from the collection Reynolds's own practice of copying the masters produced.

undated Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

Yale Center for British Art · drawing · wove paper, black chalk, graphite · 50.2 × 38.7 cm

Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's 'Disputa' (drawing, Yale Center for British Art): another of the Raphael study-sheets at Yale — the draughtsman's record of the Grand Manner's sources.

undated Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation (with separate sheet bearing inscription)

Yale Center for British Art · drawing · wove paper, black chalk, graphite · 50.2 × 41.6 cm

Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's 'Disputa' (with a study of a head) (drawing, Yale Center for British Art): a further Raphael study-sheet, with an added head — the kind of working drawing Reynolds rarely preserved.

undated Study of a Seated Woman

Yale Center for British Art · drawing · laid paper, ink, graphite · 26.7 × 19.7 cm

Study of a Seated Woman (drawing, Yale Center for British Art): a figure study, one of the few surviving drawings by a painter who composed on the canvas and drew little.

undated The Infant Hercules

Bradford Museums and Galleries · painting · canvas, oil paint · 127.5 × 102 cm

The Infant Hercules (Bradford Museums): a version or reduction of Reynolds's history painting for Catherine the Great (the vast prime is in the Hermitage).

undated The Infant Samuel

Laing Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 86.4 × 69.6 cm

The Infant Samuel (Laing Art Gallery): a version of Reynolds's much-reproduced fancy picture of the praying child (the prime type is discussed under the Musée Fabre entry).

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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