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Robert Dodsley
Joshua Reynolds1760
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Robert Dodsley (1703-64) was a poet, dramatist and one of the foremost publishers of the day. He published works by Alexander Pope, Dr Johnson, Goldsmith and others. A first payment for the portrait is recorded in Reynolds's ledger for 1760-1. DPG598 was given by the sitter to his friend, the poet William Shenstone, in exchange for a portrait of Shenstone.
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- Title: Robert Dodsley
- Creator Lifespan: 1723 - 1792
- Date: 1760
- Physical Dimensions: w635 x h758 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- Provenance: W. Shenstone (d. 1763); returned to Dodsley family and passed by descent to James Dodsley Tawney; passed to Miss Cuff; Bristol, Miss Charles; bequethed to Miss Wigmore; London, Christie's (Different Properties), 10 Dec. 1898, lot 62. Bt Lesser; H. Y. Thompson; Gift of H. Yates Thompson in memory of George Smith (founder of DNB), 1917.
- Artist: Reynolds, Sir Joshua
- Acquisition Method: Yates Thompson, Henry (Gift, in memory of George Smith, 1917)
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