Chapter I: Preface

This selection of pictures from Reynolds's works is intended to show him at his best in the various classes of subjects which he painted. Johnson and Lord Heathfield are among his finest male portraits, Miss Bowles and Master Bunbury are unsurpassed among his pictures of children, and the Strawberry Girl was the painter's own favorite fancy picture. Penelope Boothby and Angels' Heads are popular favorites which could not be omitted from any collection. In Lady Cockburn and Her Children, The Duchess of Devonshire and Her Child, and Pickaback we have typical groups of mothers and children. Mrs. Siddons stands apart as one of his most unique and remarkable productions. The other pictures add as much as possible to the variety of the collection, and show something of the range of Reynolds's art.

ESTELLE M. HURLL.

NEW BEDFORD, MASS.

September, 1900.

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CONTENTS AND LIST OF PICTURES

PORTRAIT OF REYNOLDS. Painted by himself. (_Frontispiece_) From a Carbon Print by Braun, Clement & Co.

INTRODUCTION

I. ON THE ART OF REYNOLDS

II. ON BOOKS OF REFERENCE

III. HISTORICAL DIRECTORY OF THE PICTURES OF THIS COLLECTION

IV. OUTLINE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN REYNOLDS'S LIFE

V. CONTEMPORARIES

I. PENELOPE BOOTHBY Picture from a Photograph by Mansell

II. MASTER CREWE AS HENRY VIII Picture from an Engraving by S. W. Reynolds

III. LADY COCKBURN AND HER CHILDREN Picture from a Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl

IV. MISS BOWLES Picture from a Photograph by Mansell

V. MASTER BUNBURY Picture from an Engraving by S. W. Reynolds