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Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Item
Ref No	MS 30/1/202
Title	[Reynolds reply to Beattie] from London
Date	30 March 1782
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	Catalogued as MS 30/24/4/1. Thanks for sight of essay, which he read with great attention. Beattie's ideas agree with his, but Beattie has taken a wider compass. Reynolds wrote many sheets of comments but found them unnecessary and burnt them. He is obliged to be placed next to Titian and Raphael, but no modern name deserves this. Further detailed remarks on concept of beauty.
Access Status	Open

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