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1. Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds / collected and edited by Frederick Whiley Hilles.

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Date:
1929
Physical Description:
xxii, 273, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : port., facsim. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Engravings from the pictures & sketches painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds : comprising the whole of his works / by Samuel William Reynolds, engraver to the king.

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Date:
July 1820 [i.e. 1820-1831]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations (engravings) ; 46 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Frederick W. Hilles, Yale BA 1922, transfer from the Yale University Library.

3. Joshua Reynolds archive, 1749-1816.

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Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Date:
1749-1816
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles

4. A Catalogue of a valuable and highly interesting collection of pictures by favourite English artists, consisting of a very choice and fine assemblage of the works of that admired landscape painter Gainsborough, both paintings and drawings, framed and glazed : the property of the late S. Kilderbee, Esq., of Suffolk : who was the particular friend of Gainsborough, and for whom a few of these were painted expressly by the artist : also a capital landscpe by Wilson, and a few other pictures, the property of the Rev. W. Rose, of Cashalton, deceased : the chief of which was painted expressly for Mr. Rose by Wilson : an original portrait of Joseph Sharpe, Esq. by Sir Joshua Reynolds : a sea-scape by Calcott : the detected correspondence, and a portrait of his late mother, by Opie : and various by A. Kauffman, West, Stothard, Wheatley, Ward, Glover, Barker, Westall, Morland, Arnold, and some fine drawings in water colours by Glover, Turner, Copley Fielding, Reinagle, Robson, Nicholson, Munn, and P. Sandby : which will by sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May the 30th, 1829, precisely at one o'clock : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had at Mr. Christie's office, King Street, St. James's Square.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1829]
Physical Description:
10 pages ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. A catalogue of the select and reserved collection of very capital and valuable pictures, of Mr. Woodburn, Senior, retiring to the country, removed from his house at Knightsbridge : comprising a few grand specimens of the most celebrated Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Masters ... : among them are particularly valuable, Christ and His Disciples at Emmaus, by Titian " The return of the Holy Family out of Egypt, by Vandyck : The Virgin and Child by Corregio ... : some singularly rare and curious portraits, among which are : Leonardo Da Vinci, painted by himself ... : Cardinal Borgia, by G. Romano : ... portrait of Endymion Porter, page of honor to Charles I, by Dobson : and others by Giorgione, Tintoretto, Luini, Parmegiano, Schidone, Baroccio, Carracci, Domenichino, N. Poussin, Holbein, Rubens, V. Dyck, Snyders, Rembrandt, Bol, Brauwer, Waterloo, Sir J. Reynolds, Barret, Morland, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, Pall Mall, on Saturday, the 12th day of May, 1821, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. [Lecture notes for a group of his Slade Lectures on the Discourses of Sir Joshua Reynolds given at Oxford in 1875 when he was Slade Professor of Art.]

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Creator:
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
Date:
[1875]
Physical Description:
1 v. (45 leaves) : 34 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Sir Joshua's nephew : being letters written, 1769-1778, by a young man to his sisters : edited by his great-great-great-niece, Susan M. Radcliffe.

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Creator:
Johnson, Samuel, 1754-1778
Date:
1930
Physical Description:
xvi, 243 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Nollekens and his times : comprehending a life of that celebrated sculptor and memoirs of several contemporary artists from the time of Roubiliac, Hogarth, and Reynolds to that of Fuseli, Flaxman, and Blake / by John Thomas Smith ; in two volumes.

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Creator:
Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
Date:
1829
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : comprising original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. / By James Northcote ...

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
2 v., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., facsimile, ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A catechism on the practice of painting in oil : with some account of the nature of fresco painting, painting on glass, enamel, encaustic, and crayon painting / by an artist.

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Creator:
Pinnock, William, 1782-1843
Date:
1821 [i.e. 1823]
Physical Description:
71, [1] pages, [2] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. A catalogue of the extensive and choice collection of prints, formed by the late Robert Morse, Esq. of Clarges Street, Piccadilly : in this valuable collection is comprised the most estimable productions of every engraver of distinguished talents, from the origin of the art to the present time : and including some of the rarest and finest specimens of the ancient German artists, also an extensive and very choice collection of etchings, by the most eminent Flemish painters; and nearly the entire works of Hogarth, Hollar, Bartozolli, Woollett, Sir Robert Strange, Cornelius Vischer, Jonas Suyderhoef, Gerard Edlinck, Nantuieul, Masson, Mellan, Drevet, &c. &c. : and a matchless collection of the works of John George Wille, in proofs and variations : a very valuable and extensive collection of British Portraits, commencing with the reign of Alfred the Great, and continuing in progression to the great Epoch : comprising the rarest portraits by Faithorne, Glover, Hollar, Loggan, Marshall, Passe, Vandrebanc, &c. : also, a large portion in the present reign from the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds &c. : together with a collection of prints from the paintings of Vandycke, in proofs and variations, in four imperial volumes : Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, illustrated by upwards of 2820 specimens, many of extraordinary curiosity and rarity : a few books connected with the fine arts : splendid gallery works & books of prints, and several superb portfolios with leaves : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Thomas Dodd, at no. 42, Old Bond Street, (four doors from Piccadilly,) on Wednesday, May 15, 1816, & twenty-seven following days (Sundays excepted), at twelve o'clock each day.

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Creator:
Dodd, Thomas, 1771-1850
Date:
[1816]
Physical Description:
191, [1] pages ; 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Memoirs of Sir Joshua Reynolds, KNT. ... : comprising original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries, and a brief analysis of his discourses : to which are added, Varieties on art / by James Northcote.

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
Date:
1813
Physical Description:
[8], 418, clxxvii, [17] p, [3] leaves of plates : ill., port., facsim. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971

13. Observations on the present state of the Royal Academy : with characters of living painters / by an old artist ...

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Creator:
Old artist
Date:
1790
Physical Description:
[2], 29 p. ; 26 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Observations on the discourses delivered at the Royal Academy : addressed to the President.

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Date:
1774
Physical Description:
19, [1] p. ; 29 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Sir Joshua Reynolds, first president of the Royal Academy, by Sir Walter Armstrong ... with seventy-eight photogravures and six lithographic facsimiles in colour.

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Creator:
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918
Date:
1900
Physical Description:
xi, 251 p. illus., 46 plates (part col.) 40 x 32 cm. and portfolio
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

16. A catalogue of the capital, genuine, and valuable collection of pictures, the property of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bart. dec. late president of the Royal Academy : comprising several fine specimens of the works of Teniers, Vandyck, Rubens, Poussin, Rembrandt, Bassan, Titian, Castiglione, &c. &c. : which by order of the executors, will be sold by auction, by Mr. H. Phillips, at his Great Room, 67, New Bond-Street, on Tuesday, May 8, 1798, and following day, at one o'clock each day : may be viewed by catalogues (at one shilling each) to be had as above : of Mr. Lloyd, bookseller, Harley-Sreet : Mr. Varley, York Hotel, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars : and of Mr. Phillips, at his house, No. 22, Bury-Sreet, St. James's.

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Creator:
Phillips, H., -1840
Date:
[1798]
Physical Description:
8 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Testimonies to the genius and memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds. By the author of Imperfect hints towards a new edition of Shakspeare ...

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Creator:
Felton, Samuel
Date:
1792
Physical Description:
2 p. l., 118 p. 28 cm. (4to)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. A catalogue of the valuable and very pleasing collection of Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch pictures of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, deceased : removed from his late residence, Cambridge House : comprising the Infant Christ and St. John, by L. da Vinci : ... assemblage of very spirited battle pieces by Wouvermans, Borgognone, Vander Meulen, Snayers : church pieces by Berkheyde, De Witt, V. Vliet, Houckgeest, P. Nerfs, and Steenwuck : landscapes, sea pieces, and conversations by Berghem, Both, Ruysdael, Capella, Teniers, Dusart, V. Tol, C. Bega, Mieris, De Hooghe, and Hoogstrated : also an original whole length portrait of the late Earl Moira by Sir Joshua Reynolds : historical portraits, and early views of Westminster : portraits of favourite horses, &c. &c. : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his Great Room, No. 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, April the 7th, 1827, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1827]
Physical Description:
7, [1] pages ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Catalogue of the very choice cabinet of ancient & modern pictures, formed with great taste and judgement during the last fifty years by Charles Cope, Esq., deceased ; also, splendid works of Sir J. Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Turner : and several other fine works from different private sources : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods, at their Great Rooms, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 8, 1872, at one o'clock precisely.

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
20 pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Catalogue of the collection of engravings of John Henry Robinson, R.A., deceased ; comprising a large number of choice presentation proofs of the works of S. Cousins, R.A., G.T. Doo, R.A., Lumb Stocks, R.A., E. Goodall, B.P. Gibbon, J. Watt, &c. : also, choice proof sets of book plates, proofs after Turner, R.A., &c., and a great variety of ancient and modern engravings and etchings. Also, from another collection, 100 engravings after Sir J. Reynolds, including many choice and rare proofs, and the works of Watteau, bound in five volumes, comprising nearly 700 plates: and the collection of ancient and modern drawings and engravings of the late Edward White, Esq., of Twickenham ...

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Creator:
Christie, Manson & Woods
Date:
[1872]
Physical Description:
23, [3] pages ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. A catalogue of the capital, extensive, and very valuable collection of chiefly Italian pictures, and choice specimens of the illustrious founder of the English school, Sir Joshua Reynolds : the genuine property of the late Caleb Whitefoord, Esq. F.R. & A.S. Dec : distinguished for his genuine taste in the virtu : the valuable assemblage of pictures collected by him, during a long series of years a very considerable expence, presents a choice treat to the eye of the scientific collector : they comprise the works of Raphael, P. Del Vaga, J. Romano, Correggio, Schidone, Titian, P. Veronese, Schiavone, Tintoretto, Bassan, Carracci, Dominichino, Guido, Poussin, Murillo, Albano, E. Sarani, C. Maratti, Le Seur, Mengs : a variety of interesting portraits, of the literary fiends of the deceased, and other distinguished characters : the celebrated portrait of Nelly O'Bryan : a study for the portrait of Sir J. Reynolds, in the Florence gallery : and a fancy portrait of a boy, in Sir Joshua's happiest manner : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, on the premises, No. 28, Argyll Street, on Friday the. 4th of May, 1810 and following day, punctually at one o'clock.

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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773-1831
Date:
[1810]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 28 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds: : with notices of some of his contemporaries. Commenced by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A., continued and concluded by Tom Taylor ... with portraits and illustrations.

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Creator:
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859
Date:
1865
Physical Description:
2 v., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (some colored), ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library

23. [Catalogue of a selection of works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West ..., and Sir Thomas Lawrence : the last three presidents of the Royal Academy : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution.]

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Creator:
British Institution
Date:
1833
Physical Description:
14 p. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. [Catalogue of the works of Sir Joshua Reynolds : together with a selection of pictures by ancient and deceased English masters : with which the proprietors have favoured the Institution, June, 1843.]

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Creator:
British Institution
Date:
1843
Physical Description:
15 p. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. The life of Sir Joshua Reynolds ... : comprising original anecdotes of many distinguished persons, his contemporaries; and a brief analysis of his discourses. / By James Northcote ...

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Creator:
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
2 v., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., facsimile, ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. A catalogue of portraits, &c. : engraved from pictures painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt., late president of the Royal Academy.

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Creator:
Richardson, William, active 1778-1815
Date:
1794
Physical Description:
[4], 24, [4] pages 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Yale University Library