Catalogue · 1756–1759

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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 3 of 21 · 1756–1759

The works of Sir Joshua Reynolds · continued

1756 Sir Hutchins Williams (1701–1758)

Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 63.5 cm

Sir Hutchins Williams, Bt (Colchester and Ipswich Museums): a portrait of a baronet of the early career.

1756 Sir William Chambers

National Portrait Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 88.9 × 68.6 cm

Sir William Chambers (National Portrait Gallery): a version of the portrait of the architect and Academy Treasurer (see the Royal Academy prime).

1756 Suzanna Beckford

Tate · painting · canvas, oil paint · 102.2 × 127 cm

Susanna Beckford (Tate/National Gallery): a portrait of a member of the Beckford family.

1757–1758 Colonel (later Major General) The Honourable John Barrington (1722–1764)

National Army Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.5 × 63.8 cm

Colonel the Hon. John Barrington (National Army Museum): a military portrait; Barrington commanded at the capture of Guadeloupe.

1757 Frances, Countess of Dartmouth

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 127 × 102 cm

Frances, Countess of Dartmouth (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid): the pendant to the Earl of Dartmouth; a Reynolds in the Thyssen collection.

1757 John Nicoll (1683–1765)

Christ Church · painting · canvas, oil paint · 73.7 × 63.5 cm

John Nicoll (Christ Church, Oxford): a portrait of the headmaster of Westminster School.

1750–1792 Lord Lifford

Smithsonian American Art Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 61.595 × 45.72 cm

Lord Lifford (Smithsonian American Art Museum): a portrait of an Irish Lord Chancellor.

1757 Miss Elizabeth Ingram (1733–1785)

Walker Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 1270 × 1015 cm

Miss Elizabeth Ingram (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool): a female portrait.

1757 Portrait of Miss Bridget Morris, later wife of Robert Morris of Tredegar

http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/df7cd1e0812db6f099bf9207c5286b2d · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.6 × 63.5 cm

Miss Bridget Morris (private collection): a female portrait.

1757 Portrait of Miss Mary Pelham

Dallas Museum of Art · painting · canvas, oil paint · 71.12 × 56.52 cm

Miss Mary Pelham (Dallas Museum of Art): a female portrait, at Dallas.

1757 William Legge (1731–1801), 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

Foundling Museum · painting · canvas, oil paint · 232.4 × 137.1 cm

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (Foundling Museum): a portrait of the philanthropist peer who gave his name to Dartmouth College; at the Foundling Hospital, of which Reynolds was a governor.

1758 A Boy in Van Dyck Dress

Glasgow Museums Resource Centre · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 61 cm

A Boy in Van Dyck Dress (Glasgow Museums): a child portrait in the historical costume Reynolds favoured for children.

1758–1759 A Little Girl (possibly Lady Frances Scott, later Lady Douglas, 1750 - 1817)

National Galleries Scotland · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 63 cm

A Little Girl (possibly Lady Frances Scott) (National Galleries Scotland): a child portrait, uncertainly identified.

1758–1759 Anne, Countess of Strafford (c. 1715 - 1785)

Minneapolis Institute of Art · painting · canvas, oil paint · 30 × 24.75 cm

Anne, Countess of Strafford (Minneapolis Institute of Art): a female portrait.

1758 Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (1700-1785)

· painting · canvas, oil paint

Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (private collection): a portrait of a Scottish peer.

1758 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond

Goodwood House · painting · canvas, oil paint

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond (Goodwood House): a portrait of the Whig peer and cabinet minister, at the Richmond seat.

1758 Frances Payne, Mrs William Woodley (1738-1813)

National Trust · painting · canvas, oil paint · 74.9 × 61.6 cm

Frances Payne, Mrs William Woodley (National Trust): a female portrait.

1756–1760 James Macardell

National Portrait Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 74.9 × 62.2 cm

James McArdell (National Portrait Gallery): a portrait of the great mezzotint engraver, of whom Reynolds said 'by this man I shall be immortalised' — the man who multiplied the painter's compositions.

1758 Lady Dorothea Harrison (1702–1773)

Guildhall Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 126 × 101 cm

Lady Dorothea Harrison (Guildhall Art Gallery): the pendant to Sir Thomas Harrison.

1758 Lady Elizabeth Hamilton

National Gallery of Art · painting · canvas, oil paint · 117 × 84 cm

Lady Elizabeth Hamilton (National Gallery of Art, Washington): a female portrait, at Washington.

1758 Lady Lepell Phipps (1723–1780), and Her Son, Charles (?) (1753–1786)

Lady Lever Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 90 × 69 cm

Lady Lepell Phipps and her Son (?) (Lady Lever Art Gallery): a maternal group, at Port Sunlight.

1758–1759 Portrait of Sir James Gray

Minneapolis Institute of Art · painting · canvas, oil paint

Sir James Gray, Bt (Minneapolis Institute of Art): a portrait of a diplomat and antiquary, a founder of the Society of Dilettanti.

1758 Sir Conyers D'Arcy

York Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

Sir Conyers D'Arcy (York Art Gallery): a portrait of a Yorkshire gentleman.

1758 Sir Thomas Harrison (1701–1765), Chamberlain of London

Guildhall Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 126 × 101 cm

Sir Thomas Harrison, Chamberlain of London (Guildhall Art Gallery): a civic portrait.

1758 The Hon. Mrs John Barrington

Gainsborough's House · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

The Hon. Mrs John Barrington (Gainsborough's House): a female portrait, in the museum at the house of Reynolds's great rival.

1752–1764 Thomas Lister (The Brown Boy)

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 231 × 147.5 cm

Thomas Lister (The Brown Boy) (Cartwright Hall, Bradford): a full-length of a boy in a brown Van Dyck suit, one of Reynolds's most admired child portraits of the type; a rival to Gainsborough's Blue Boy.

1758 Thomas Secker (1693-1768), Archbishop of Canterbury

Lambeth Palace · painting · canvas, oil paint · 127 × 102 cm

Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (Lambeth Palace): another version of the archbishop's portrait.

1758 Thomas Secker (1693–1768), Archbishop of Canterbury

Lambeth Palace · painting · canvas, oil paint · 127 × 102 cm

Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (Lambeth Palace): a portrait of the primate, at the archbishops' London palace.

1758 William Turner

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco · painting · canvas, oil paint · 123.2 × 96.5 cm

William Turner (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco): a portrait of a gentleman (not the painter).

1759 Bennet Langton (1737-1801)

National Trust · painting · canvas, oil paint · 125 × 100 cm

Bennet Langton (National Trust): a portrait of the scholar and member of the Club, Johnson's friend.

1759 Captain the Honourable John Byron, 1723-86

Royal Museums Greenwich · painting · canvas, oil paint · 77.5 × 64.2 cm

Captain the Hon. John Byron (Royal Museums Greenwich): a naval portrait of 'Foulweather Jack', the poet's grandfather; see the Newstead version.

1759 Catherine ‘Kitty’ Fisher, later Mrs Norris (d.1767)

Petworth House · painting · canvas, oil paint · 109 × 96 cm

Catherine 'Kitty' Fisher (Petworth House, National Trust): another portrait of the famous courtesan; at Petworth.

1759 Cornet Nehemiah Winter, 11th Dragoons

Southampton City Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 113.5 × 137.5 cm

Cornet Nehemiah Winter, 11th Dragoons (Southampton City Art Gallery): a military portrait of a cavalry officer.

1759–1760 Elizabeth Drax, Countess of Berkeley (1720-1792)

· painting · canvas, oil paint · 77.2 × 64.2 cm

Elizabeth Drax, Countess of Berkeley (private collection): a female portrait.

1759 John, 2nd Earl of Egmont and His Second Wife Catherine

Cartwright Hall Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 127 × 184 cm

John, 2nd Earl of Egmont, and his Second Wife Catherine (Cartwright Hall, Bradford): a double portrait of the peer and his wife.

1759 Kitty Fisher (1741–1767) as Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl

Kenwood House · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 63.5 cm

Kitty Fisher as Cleopatra Dissolving the Pearl (Kenwood House): the celebrated courtesan Kitty Fisher (1741–1767) as Cleopatra, in the act of dissolving her pearl in wine — a fancy portrait of a woman of the town in a history role, in the Iveagh Bequest.

1759 Mrs Mary Henrietta Fortescue (1734–1814)

Lady Lever Art Gallery · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76 × 63.5 cm

Mrs Mary Henrietta Fortescue (Lady Lever Art Gallery): a female portrait, at Port Sunlight.

1759 Portrait of Henrietta Edgcumbe

Museum of Fine Arts Boston · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.5 × 63.5 cm

Henrietta Edgcumbe (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): a portrait of a member of Reynolds's early Devon patrons.

1759 Portrait of a Woman

Museo d'arte Kimbell · painting · canvas, oil paint · 238.1 × 147.8 cm

Portrait of a Woman (Kimbell Art Museum): an unidentified female sitter, at the Kimbell.

1759 Prince Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (1707–1751)

National Trust · painting · canvas, oil paint · 76.2 × 62.2 cm

Prince Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales (National Trust): a portrait of George III's father (d. 1751); an early or posthumous royal portrait.

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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