Reynolds Joshua

Reyn·olds

(rĕn′əldz), Sir Joshua 1723-1792.

British portrait painter who served as the first president of the influential Royal Academy of Arts (1768-1792).

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REYNOLDS JOSHUA Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, in 1723.

Secret will be out soon for painting that really ruffled a few feathers; Picture said to be the work of two legends

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