In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.


Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy (ed. 1778)

Joshua Reynolds Quotes

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.

In portraits, the grace and, we may add, the likeness consists more in taking the general air than in observing the exact similitude of every feature.