Excerpt from Sir Joshua Reynolds, First President of the Royal Academy
The aim of this book is to give a concise account of Sir Joshua's career, as recorded in his numerous biographies and in the series of his works, and to express opinions on his art and writings. If my estimate of his character is found to differ in essential points from that usually accepted, I can only say that it has been formed after a very careful weighing of the evidence. It is my conviction that from the first it has been the custom to regard Reynolds through an atmosphere of idealisation created by enthusiasm for his art. If this monograph possesses any originality, it is that I have endeavoured to paint the great artist as a consistent human being, even although the result may be to set him on a plane somewhat different from that chosen by some previous writers.
I have to express my warmest thanks to those proprietors of Sir Joshua's pictures who have given facilities for their reproduction.
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