Table of Contents

Volume 1: Dedication; The life and writings of Sir Joshua Reynolds; Discourses 1-15; Extracts from The Idler. Volume 2: A Journey to Flanders and Holland; 'The Art of Painting' by du Fresnoy; Annotations on du Fresnoy's poem; Du Fresnoy's 'Sentiments on the principal painters of the two last ages'; Parallel between poetry and painting; Chronological list of painters; Alphabetical list of painters; General index.

Promotional Information

This two-volume posthumous edition of the writings of the great artist Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was published in 1797.