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Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784

  • burin engraving, etching, paper
  • 272 x 227 mm
  • Inv. 2015-AB

Public Domain

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Joshua Reynolds painted many self-portraits in his long career, many of which were reproduced as prints during his lifetime. This example, engraved by Sherwin in 1784, presents the sitter wearing doctoral robes and holding open papers in his right hand. Both the Universities of Dublin and Oxford had conferred honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law on Reynolds and the lettering below the image here proudly records these and other honors. The print publicized Reynolds's fame, echoing his own words that "distinction is what we all seek." Sherwin produced and published many translations of Reynolds's paintings.

Artist

John Keyse Sherwin RKD
East Dean (Sussex) 1751 - London 1790
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Joshua Reynolds RKD
Plympton 1723 - London 1792
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Title Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds
Date 1784
Period 18th century
Medium and support burin engraving AAT
etching AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx-t. / J. K. Serwin sculp-t. / Sir Joshua Reynolds Kt. / President of the Royal Academy Principal Painter to his Majesty, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, Fellow of the / Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
reproductive prints AAT
Inventory number 2015-AB
Acquisition credit unknown
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8640/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300015637 portraits AAT
Keywords Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass
48C512 painter in non-work situation Iconclass
48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass
49B4233 honorary degree Iconclass
61B2 historical persons Iconclass
61B2(JOSHUA REYNOLDS) historical person (JOSHUA REYNOLDS) Iconclass
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