Original: Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 & ndash; 23 February 1792) was an influential 18th century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealisation of the imperfect.
Simplified: Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 & ndash; 23 February 1792) was an English painter of portraits.