Record

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/100
Title	To Sir Joshua Reynolds, from Aberdeen
Date	4 September 1775
Extent	1 Item
Administrative History	Sir Joshua Reynolds [1723-1792]. Portrait painter and first President of the Royal Academy. Beattie first met him on his London visit in 1771. He painted an allegorical portrait of Beattie, "The Triumph of Truth", in 1773
Description	Arrived home two or three weeks ago. Has been out of order with bilious complaint, or would have written earlier to thanks Reynolds for offering portrait to Beattie on the day he left London. Reynolds has erected a monument to Beattie which will make the world think he was an extraordinary person when his works are forgotten. Questions of where it goes. Heavily deleted line about Beattie's plans for it if Reynolds does not want to keep it in his own collection - probably saying he would like to offer it to the King. Has heard nothing yet of the print, though he asked Watson to send him a few of the best copies.
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	1 leaf folded
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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