The Life Of Sir Joshua Reynolds 2nd Ed Rev And Augm

Author : Charles Robert Leslie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365274926
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Charles Robert Leslie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Vol. 2 of 2: With Notices of Some of His Contemporaries Routine of Sir Joshua's life A Blue party at Mrs. Ord's A Friday night at the Club A Dilettanti dinner She Stoops to Conquer The Exhibi tion Ugolino - Boswell admitted to the Club The naval review Visit to the Isle of Wight The Oxford degree Letter to Mr. Gardiner Portrait of Dr. Beattie Sir Joshua elected Mayor of Plympton Presents his portrait to the Corporation Plan for decorating St. Paul' Mrs. Hartley; fracas and duel on her account -duel between Lord Bellamont and Lord Townshend Lady Cockburn Streatham Gallery Mrs. Thrale's verses on Sir Joshua Dr. Barnard's verses A dinner in Thrale's Copper Sitters for 17 73 (1774) Letter to Beattie Decoration of the Society of Arts' room in the Adelphi Barry's quarrel with Burke Goldsmith's embarrassments and Retaliation' - His illness and death The Academy dinner and Exhibition Hannah M01 e's introduction to Sir Joshua Gainsborough comes to London Sir Joshua's nephew's tragedy -visit to Devonshire Dissolution of Parliament Analysis of the Sixth Discourse Sitters for 1774 Sir Joshua's practice at this time (1775) Outbreak of war in America Sir Joshua's connection with the prominent men on both sides The public indifference to the war The Duchess of Devonshire Mrs. Sheridan Omiah - Johnson attacks Sir Joshua for drinking wine Hannah More in London again - T he feather head-dresses A dinner at Mrs. Montague's - Jephson's Braganza' The Dilettanti choose two pensioners Dr. Campbell's impressions of Dr. Johnson The Wits at Mrs. Abington's benefit A dinner at Thrale's A field-day at the Club A dinner at Owen Cambridge's Hanging troubles Hone's picture of The Conjuror' The Academy dinner The Exhi bitiou Walpole's account of it Sir Joshua's pictures Portrait of the Primate of Ireland ivolcot's testimony to Sir Joshua's equanimity The regatta Romney in fashion The portrait of Miss Bowles N orthcote gives Sir Joshua notice to quit Some of his recollections - Deaths of Admiral Saunders, Dr. Nugent, and Mrs. Parker Sir Joshua's character of her -motion to omit Gainsborough's name from the Academy list Barry's self-denying resolutions Pictures and practice of the year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.