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001 $ 07/4053
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20201221171544.8
035 # # $z 7969 (vol. I) ; 7970 (vol. II) ; 7971 (vol. III) ; 7972 (vol. IV) ; 7973 (vol. V)
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 0 $a Engravings, From the Pictures & Sketches Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, comprising the whole of his works By Samuel William Reynolds, Engraver to the King.
260 # # $a [London:] $b Published by S.W. Reynolds Bayswater. $c July, 1820. (- 1836.)
300 # # $a 5 vols.; $c 482 mm.
500 # # $a Vol. I: Engr. t.pl., engr. dedic., [65] pl. (Pl. 1, 2, 52 numbered as 1, 2, 3). (Pl. [30] and [65] each carry four images. Pl. [11, 23, 41, 46, 60] each carry six images.) - Vol. II: [68] pl. (Pl. 2, 5, 7, 16, 26, 40, 55, 64 numbered as 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 9, 11, 12, 13). (Pl. [8, 12, 22, 24, 30, 47, 48, 54] each carry four images.) - Vol. III: [75] pl. (Pl. 60 numbered as 14.) (Pl. [3, 21, 22, 33, 53] each carry four images.) - Vol. IV: [72] pl. (Pl. 46, 52, 72 numbered as 15, 16, 17). (Pl. [23] carries four images). - Vol. V: Engr. t.pl., [77] pl. (Pl. 58 numbered as 4).
508 # # $a The engraved title-plates of Volumes I and V are unsigned; the engraved dedication in Volume I is signed as made by Vincent [is this Vincent Woodthorpe?]; all other plates are signed as painted by Joshua Reynolds and engraved by S.W.Reynolds. Most plates carry also the publisher's imprint and date - of 'The Engraver' (10 plates in Vol. I, 16 in Vol. II., 19 in Vol. III, 20 in Vol. IV, 2 in Vol. V) or of 'S.W. Reynolds' (2 plates in Vol. I, one in Vol. IV, 6 in Vol. V), and in Vol. V those of Molteno and Graves (23 pl.), Moon, Boys and Graves (1 pl.), A. Molteno (3 pl.) and that of William Reynolds without date (5 pl.).

The title-page vignette of Volume V is signed as engraved by W. Giller.

The work is dedicated by Saml. Willm. Reynolds to George The Fourth.
510 0 # $a A. Whitman, 'Appendix Engravings From The Works Of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Issued By Samuel William Reynolds, Senior, Bayswater', in A. Whitman, Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters Samuel William Reynolds (1903), p.147-58.

M. Postle, ed., Joshua Reynolds The Creation of Celebrity [exhibition catalogue] (2005); N. Penny, ed., Reynolds [Royal Academy exhibition catalogue] (1986). See also the bibliographic note on E. Hamilton, A Catalogue Raisonné Of The Engraved Work Of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1874).

F. Owen, 'Samuel William Reynolds', in Apollo (1992), p.103-7.
520 2 # $a The publication-date of 1820, given on the title-plate of Volume I, is repeated on many plates, in Volumes I, II and V. But many plates carry later dates - of 1821 (in vol. II), 1822 (in vols. III, IV), 1823 (in vol. III, IV), 1824 (in vol. IV), 1825 (in vol. IV, V), 1831- 1836 (in vol. V).

There are no title-plates for Volumes II-IV; and that of Volume V reads, 'Engravings From the Works Of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Volume IIII.' A. Whitman describes a four-volume set, in which the plates appear in a different order from that followed in the Royal Academy's copy.

Most plates show portraits; some show religious or miscellaneous 'fancy' subjects. All are inscribed as 'Proof' except Vol. I. pl. [5], Vol. III. pl. [2] and Vol. V. pl. [48]. In addition Plate [51] (undated) of Volume III is inscribed as 'On Steel'.

The title-plate of Volume V carries as a vignette an engraved portrait of Sir Joshua.
561 # # $a The Academy resolved to subscribe for 'proof impressions' of this work on 13 March 1821 (RA Council Minutes VI, 195-6). The price per number was 2 guineas. Successive payments to S. W. Reynolds (for vols. I-IV) and to Molteno & Co. (for vol. V) are recorded in RA Council Minutes and / or the Royal Academy Accounts as follows:

'Abstract of Bills for ... Michaelmas to Xmas 1821': 'S. W. Reynolds for Engravings £29.8.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

26 October 1822: 'Reynolds for mezzotint Prints £23.2.0.' (RA Council Minutes VI, 302).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Michaelmas to Xmas 1822': 'S. W. Reynolds for Engravings £23.2.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Xmas 1822 to Lady Day 1823: 'S. W. Reynolds for Prints £10.10.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

26 March 1825: '15 Nos. of Reynolds' engravings after Reynolds £31.10.0.' (RA Council Minutes VII, 64).

31 May 1825: '17 Nos. of engravings in Mezzotinto after Reynolds £35.14.0.' (RA Council Minutes VII, 76).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Xmas 1825 to Lady Day 1826: 'S. W. Reynolds for Engravings £35.14.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Xmas 1831 to Lady Day 1832: 'W. Reynolds for Prints £10.10.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Midsummer to Michaelmas 1832: 'Molteno & Co. £2.2.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Midsummer to Michaelmas 1834: 'Molteno & Co. £4.4.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Lady Day to Midsummer 1835: 'Molteno & Co. £4.4.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).

'Abstract of Bills for ... Midsummer to Michaelmas 1836: 'J. A. Molteno £6.6.0.' (Royal Academy Accounts, RAA/TRE/1/3).
563 # # $a 19th-century half pigskin, brown cloth-covered boards; rebacked in 20th century retaining parts of earlier spine-pieces lettered 'Sir Joshu Reynold's Works Vol. I. (-V.)'.
600 1 4 $a Reynolds, Joshua
600 1 4 $a Reynolds
653 # # $a Celebrities - Great Britain - History - 18th century
653 # # $a Paintings - Portraits - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - Steel engravings - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Reynolds, Joshua $e source artist
700 1 # $a Reynolds $e engraver $e publisher
700 0 # $a George IV $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Giller $e engraver
700 1 # $a Vincent $e script engraver