<b>Joshua Reynolds</b>
(1723 - 1792)

<i>Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA FRS FRSA was an English painter who specialised in portraits. John Russell said he was one of the major European painters of the 18th century. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting, which depended on idealisation of the imperfect. He was a founder and first president of the Royal Academy of Arts and was knighted by George III in 1769.</i>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Reynolds

Self-portrait
Circa 1750
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 47.6 cm
Yale Center for British Art
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51957

Portrait of Master Bunbury
Posted on July 9th