Sir Joshua Reynolds
Subtitle: the acquisition of genius
By: Donato Esposito ... [et al.] ; edited by Sam Smiles
Contributors: Plymouth (England). City Museum & Art Gallery
Publisher: Sansom & Company with the University of Plymouth and Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781906593407
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Acquisition of genius
Notes: "Published with an exhibition at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, 21 November, 2009--20 February, 2010"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-199).
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Sam Smiles; title: Sir Joshua Reynolds, painter. City and country / Richard Stephens ; West Country portraits ; The road to the Royal Academy / Martin Postle ; Capturing celebrity ; Self-portraits / Cristina S. Martinez; title: Sir Joshua Reynolds, collector. Care, taste and judgement : Reynolds's collection of works on paper / Donato Esposito ; Prints and drawings acquired by Reynolds; title: Sir Joshua Reynolds, legacy. Posthumous fortunes / Jenny Graham ; Artistic responses and Reynoldsiana.