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Joshua Reynolds

British, 1723-1792

Self Portrait of the Artist as a Deaf Man

Self Portrait of the Artist as a Deaf Man, ca. 1775

oil on canvas

support: 29 1/2 x 24 inches (74.93 x 60.96 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Elisabeth H. Gates Fund, 1918

1918:3

Provenance:

purchased in London at auction by British engraver Samuel Cousins, 1872;
to his estate;
purchased by Thomas Agnew & Sons;
purchased by Sir John Pender;
purchased by Stephen T. Gooden from Pender Collection sale, London, May 8, 1897;
Julius Oehme, New York;
Arthur B. Hughes;
Ehrich Galleries, New York;
purchased by the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, January 1918

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Oil painting

Information may change due to ongoing research. Glossary of Terms

Lord Mansfield, 1786

Francesco Bartolozzi after Joshua Reynolds
Cupid as Link Boy, 1774

Joshua Reynolds
John Hunter, 1788

William Sharp after Joshua Reynolds

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Sketch for the Portrait of Mrs. Billington as St. Cecilia, 1789

Joshua Reynolds

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Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1787

Francis Haward after Joshua Reynolds

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