1750 Study of a Woman and Two Children
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.
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
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.
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.
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).
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).
Charles Rogers, Esq. (mezzotint, Yale Center for British Art): a mezzotint after Reynolds's portrait of the collector.
Diana, Viscountess Crosbie (drawing, Metropolitan Museum of Art): a compositional drawing for the Huntington full-length.
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.
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (print, Welsh Portrait Collection): a reproductive print after Reynolds.
The Macklin Bible: The Holy Family (print): a reproductive print of Reynolds's Holy Family, engraved for Macklin's illustrated Bible.
Colonel Tarleton (Brighton Museum): a version of the famous Tarleton (see the article entry; the prime is in the National Gallery).
Sir William Jones (stipple engraving, Welsh Portrait Collection): a reproductive print after Reynolds's portrait of the great orientalist and jurist.
Sir William Jones (photomechanical print, Welsh Portrait Collection): a later photomechanical reproduction after Reynolds's portrait of the orientalist.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.