Fifteen discourses
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Joshua Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16th July, 1723. His father, although a fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, did not send any of his sons to university. However, his elder sister, Mary, a supporter of his early drawing talents did. In 1740 she provided £60, half of the premium paid to Thomas Hudson the portrait-painter, for Joshua's pupilage. Hudson had a collection of Old Master drawings, including some by Guercino, of which Reynolds made copies. Although apprenticed for four years, Reynolds only remained until the summer of 1743. He worked for some time as a portrait-painter in...
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- FIFTEEN DISCOURSES
- INTRODUCTION
- Preface to Discourse I. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY
- DISCOURSE I Delivered at the opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769.
- DISCOURSE II Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 11, 1769.
- DISCOURSE III Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 14, 1770.
- DISCOURSE IV Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1771.
- DISCOURSE V Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1772.
- DISCOURSE VI Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1774.
- DISCOURSE VII Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1776.
- DISCOURSE VIII Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1778.
- DISCOURSE IX Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, in Somerset Place, October 16, 1780.
- DISCOURSE X Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 11, 1780.
- DISCOURSE XI Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1782.
- DISCOURSE XII Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1784.
- DISCOURSE XIII Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 11, 1786.
- DISCOURSE XIV Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1788.
- DISCOURSE XV Delivered to the Students of the Royal Academy, on the Distribution of the Prizes, December 10, 1790.
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