Identity:
Sir Joshua Reynolds was a portrait and history painter.
Life:
His works were known to Whistler through the major loan shows held in London.
Bibliography:
Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, 2004; Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, Paris, 1956-61; http://www.getty.edu/research (accessed 2003); The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 2003); Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford, 2004.