Joshua Reynolds - Fifteen Discourses: "Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers"

by Joshua Reynolds

Joshua Reynolds was born in Plympton, Devon, on 16th July, 1723. His father, although a fellow at Balliol College, Oxford, did not send any of his sons to university. However, his elder sister, Mary, a supporter of his early drawing talents did. In 1740 she provided 60, half of the premium paid to Thomas Hudson the portrait-painter, for Joshua's pupilage. Hudson had a collection of Old Master drawings, including some by Guercino, of which Reynolds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787372715
• ISBN13: 9781787372719
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Word to the Wise
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"