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That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Joshua Reynolds
Born: July 16, 1723
Died: February 23, 1792 (aged 68)
Bio: Sir Joshua Reynolds was an influential eighteenth-century English painter, specialising in portraits. He promoted the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect.
Known for:
- Discourses on art
- A Journey to Flanders and Holland
- Discourses
- The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds
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