Who was Joshua Reynolds?
Painter and Foundation Member and First President
of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Date and Place of Birth:
16th July 1723, Plympton, Devon, England.
Family Background:
Seventh child of the Reverend Samuel Reynolds,
Master of Plympton Grammar School and his wife Theophila.
Education:
Plympton Grammar School. 1740 went to London
to be apprenticed to Thomas Hudson, the son-in-law and a pupil of
Richardson.
Chronology/Biography of Joshua Reynolds:
1769: Received
his Knighthood from King George 111.
Marriage:
Never married.
Places of Interest:
LONDON:
The Royal Academy of Arts. (There is a staute
of him outside as he was the RA's first President).
Date and Place of Death:
23rd February 1792, London, England.
Age at Death:
68.
Site of Grave:
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
St Paul's Cathedral, London
(© A Blagg)
