Joshua Reynolds painted many self-portraits in his long career, many of which were reproduced as prints during his lifetime. This example, engraved by Sherwin in 1784, presents the sitter wearing doctoral robes and holding open papers in his right hand. Both the Universities of Dublin and Oxford had conferred honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law on Reynolds and the lettering below the image here proudly records these and other honors. The print publicized Reynolds's fame, echoing his own words that "distinction is what we all seek." Sherwin produced and published many translations of Reynolds's paintings.
| Artist |
John Keyse Sherwin
RKD
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Joshua Reynolds
RKD
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| Title | Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds |
| Date | 1784 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Medium and support |
burin engraving
AAT
etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Sir Joshua Reynolds pinx-t. / J. K. Serwin sculp-t. / Sir Joshua Reynolds Kt. / President of the Royal Academy Principal Painter to his Majesty, Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, Fellow of the / Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and Member of the Imperial Academy at Florence |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
burin engraving
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reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-AB |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-AB |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8640/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
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300015637 portraits AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A71
male sex; man
Iconclass
31D14 adult man Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 48B3 portrait, self-portrait of artist Iconclass 48C512 painter in non-work situation Iconclass 48C513 portrait, self-portrait of painter Iconclass 49B4233 honorary degree Iconclass 61B2 historical persons Iconclass 61B2(JOSHUA REYNOLDS) historical person (JOSHUA REYNOLDS) Iconclass |
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