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Sir Joshua Reynolds(16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792) was an influential eighteenth-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect.

He was one of the founders and first president of the Royal Academy. King George III appreciated his merits and knighted him in 1769.

Jane, Countess of Harrington, 1778

Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16 July 1723 the third son of the Rev. Samuel Reynolds, master of the Free Grammar School in the town. Samuel Reynolds had been a fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

Captain George K. H. Coussmaker, 1782

Reynolds also was recognized for his portraits of children. He emphasized the innocence and natural grace of children when de

The Age of Innocence, 1788

Because of his popularity as a portrait painter, Reynolds enjoyed constant interaction with the wealthy and famous men and women of the day, and it was he who brought together the figures of "The" Club.

Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppelin the pose of the Apollo Belvedere, 1753

The Club met every Monday evening for supper and conversation and continued into the early hours of Tuesday morning. In later years, it met fortnightly during Parliamentary sessions.

George Clive and his family with an Indian maid, 1765

Reynolds was one of the earliest members of the Royal Society of Arts, helped found the Society of Artists, and, with Gainsborough, established the Royal Academy of Arts, a spin-off organisation. In 1768 he was made the Royal Academy's first president, a position he held until his death.

Admiral Hood, 1783

Here's a picture of a famous artist

Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney, The Archers, 1769.

Lady Elizabeth Delmé and Her Children, 1779

Elizabeth, Lady Amherst, 1767

Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, painting at The Huntington, San Marino, California

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (1764)

Edward Cornwallis (1756)

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 1758

Lady Caroline Howard, 1778

Reynolds painted by American artist Gilbert Stuart, oil on canvas, 1784

Lord Heathfield (1787) Lord Keppel (1779)