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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/105
Title	[To Sir Joshua Reynolds], from Aberdeen
Date	4 April 1776
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	Could not accept Sir Joshua's portrait without being accused of ostentation, but will accept it in trust for James Hay Beattie. Three new essays ready to be subjoined to Essay on Truth in quarto. Will make a 500-page volume separately printed in octavo. Near end of Classical Learning praises Johonson. Encloses something for Mr Gibbon. Longs to see his history.
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	1 leaf folded; paper repaired
Publication Note	Published in "The Correspondence of James Beattie - Letters 1758-1775", ed. Roger J. Robinson

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