jaded-mandarin:

Boy Holding a Bunch of Grapes by Sir Joshua Reynolds

a-l-ancien-regime:

Sir Joshua Reynolds, “Mrs. Robinson,” 1784, oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

barbaraisherwood:

Article by the Guardian’s Jonathan Jones on 18th century portrait painter  Joshua Reynolds and his ”Grand Manner” style.

Trompe l’Oeil with an Engraving of the Self portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds
by Strickland Lowry

John Musters by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1780

missfolly:

The Heads of Angels, 1787, by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Admiral Sir Edward Hughes by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1786

hatsfromhistory:

missfolly:

Portrait of Jane Maltass (Mrs. Baldwin) (detail) by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782

Very interesting turban!  I wonder if they had some connection to the Eastern world or if this is just showing the popular Turkish influence of the time.  (And look at that necklace- drool!)

Portrait of a Lady (Possibly the Artist’s Sister, Elizabeth) by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Oliver Goldsmith by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1787