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- Title
JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S COPY OF RICHARDSON.
- Authors
Watson, George
- Abstract
Focuses on Joshua Reynolds' copy of Jonathan Richardson's 18th-century book 'An Essay on the Theory of Painting.' Signing of the book's title page by Reynolds; Description of the text as the first book on the theory of art to be written by an Englishman; Union of the functions of artist, connoisseur and theorist; Reynolds' attempt to fulfill Richardson's purpose to restore dignity to painting; Advancement of English artistic confidence in terms of dignity and assurance between the ages of George I and George III.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; ESSAY on the Theory of Painting, An (Book); ENGLISH art; REYNOLDS, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792; RICHARDSON, Jonathan, 1665-1745
- Publication
Review of English Studies, 1991, Vol 42, Issue 167, p425
- ISSN
0034-6551
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/res/XLII.167.425