Excerpt from The Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight: Containing, His Discourses, Idlers, a Journey to Flanders and Holland, and His Commentary on Du Fresnoy's Art of Painting; To Which Is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author2 From the late James Boswell, Esq. To whom this little circumstance was communicated by our author.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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