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Reynolds > Sitter Book of 1755
Titled: 'The New/Memorandum Book/Improv'd;/or, the/Gentleman and Tradesman's/Daily Pocket Journal/For the Year 1755/London, printed for R.Dodsley in Pall Mall.
The publisher, Dodsley was also that of the writer and critic Dr. Johnson a close friend of Reyonlds youngest sister, Fanny.
Reynolds kept notes of his appointments with clients in pocket books throughout his professional life. They are an important source of information about many of his portraits.
This is the earliest surviving pocket book. All but this one are in the possession of the Royal Academy.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (1723-1792)
Title Page
Ref No: CBR.01
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