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HUNT.

Hunt, Mrs [1761 Aug. 1762 Jan] Hunter, John, eminent surgeon [1786 Feb, Sept. 1788 June. 1789 May] Character of the portrait, ii, 474, 475. 485. See i, 377 note.

Hunter, Catherine [1757 April. 1758
Feb, May] i, 188 note. 206. Her elope-
ment with Lord Pembroke, 206-208.
Her husband, ii, 216 note.

Hunter, Miss [1760 Feb. 1761 March.
1769 Dec] Misses Charlotte and B.
Hunter [1760 July]
Hunter, Mr [1760 July]
Hunter, Mrs. [1758 April]

Hunter, Dr William, i, 403. 446.

Huntingdon, Lord, sitting to Reynolds, i, 109. Remarks by Walpole, ibid. note. Hurrell, Miss [1762 June] Hussey, Mrs [1760 March] Hutchinson, Mrs [1766 Oct] Huxham, Dr, predicting Reynolds's future eminence, i, 23.

Hyde, Peter, painter and missionary, i, 179 note.

Hyndford, Lord and Lady [1757 April]

I.

Ilchester, Lord [1762 April]
Ilchester, Lady [1779 March]

Inchiquin, Lord and Lady, Reynolds relic given to Barry by, i, 182 note. See 369 note.

Incorporated Society of Artists, models and casts given to the, i, 158. Its constitution and officers, 180 note. Its successive exhibitions, 181 note. 189191. 203. 222, 223. 227. 247. 261-263. 278. 280, 281. 442. ii, 16. 126. 185, 186. Intrigues and feuds, 280. 284, 285. Extinguished, 293, 294. Its pamphlet and case against the Academy, 295 note. 305 note. 316. Cause of its breakup, 304, 305. King's reply to its petition, 317. Its director dumbfounded by the king, 323 note. Attempts to outstrip the Academy, 442. Ingram, Miss, afterwards Lady Beauchamp [1757 May. 1780 March] ii, 287. 297.

See Robinson, Dr.

Ingram, Mr [1762 March]
Ingram, Mrs [1759 April]
Innis, Lady [1769 April]
Ireland, Primate of.
Iremonger, Mr [1758 May]
Iremonger, Mrs [1757 April]
Irwin, Col. and Mrs [1761 March]
Irwin, Lord [1765 Dec. 1771 July]
Italian Art and Artists. See Art, Correggio.
Raphael. Reynolds, Sir Joshua. Titian.

JOHNSON.

J.

Jackson, of Exeter, and Miss Burney, ii,
385. Painted by Opie, 408. 410.
Jackson, Dr, vile office undertaken by, ii,
154. His awful end, ibid. note.
Jackson, Mr and Mrs [1757 Sept]
James, George, elected A. R. A, i, 370.
James, Mr [1757 Feb. 1759 July]
James, Mrs, as a Madonna [1759 June]
James, Sir W [1780 April] his military
exploit, ii, 297.

Jefferies, Dr, balloon feat of, ii, 478.
Jeffreys, James, medal awarded to, ii, 91.
Jeffries, Miss, murderess, i, 96.
Jeffries, Mr [1759 March]

Jenkinson, Charles, painted by Reynolds, i, 221.

Jennings, Mr [1757 May]

Jephson, Captain, dramatic author, his new tragedy, ii, 87. Its reception, 109, IIO. See 177.

Jersey, Lady [1774 Dec.

1787 Jan] ii, 176.

1786 Dec.

Jervas, Charles, why none of his pictures are seen, i, 31 note.

Jervas, glass-painter, and his copy of Sir Joshua's painting in New College window, ii, 263-265. 372, 373.

Jervis, Captain, afterwards Earl Saint Vincent, naval victory of, ii, 378. Joddrell, Mrs and Mr [1774. 1775 1776 Feb]

Johnson, Miss [1761 Jan. 1762 Jan] Johnson, Mrs [1758 July] Johnson, Mrs Elizabeth (Reynolds's sister), i, 4 note. Her recollections of her father and brother, 5. 8. Pecuniary help to her brother, 39. Why she declined a proposal of his, 461.

Johnson, Samuel, LL.D. [1757 Jan. 1761

Sept. 1762 March. 1767 Jan. 1772 March] his confidence in Reynolds's scholarship, i, 6. Accounting for Reynolds's first fondness for art, 9. His first meeting with Reynolds, 118. Shocking the ladies, 119. His retort to Roubiliac, and parody on the Percy ballads, 120. His fondness for tea, and estimate of Miss Reynolds, 120, 121. His pecuniary necessities, 141. Kitty Fisher within arm's length of him, 164 note. His motive for writing 'Rasselas,' 171. Assistance from Reynolds, 171. 185 note. Literary offices performed for the painters, 186. 189 note. First meeting with Goldsmith, 198. His preface to the Artists' Catalogue, 203. To Devonshire with Reynolds, 214, 215. His excesses in Devon dainties and

JOHNSON.

gallantries with Devon damsels, 216, 217. First meeting with and retort on Boswell, 219, 220. Repairing an oversight in his manners, 220 note. His letter on Reynolds's illness, 229. His judgment on Tristram Shandy,' 231. An admirer of Hogarth, 232. Wagered into a completion of his Shakespeare, 244. Missing Burke, 255. His interview with George III, 274, 275. His Royal Academy office, 310. 352. Taking Reynolds to task, 325. Setting down a bluestocking queen, and tripping himself, 334. On sympathy for the distresses of others, 335. His services to Baretti, 336. His interest in and appeals for Maurice Lowe, 337 note. ii. 328. 396, 397. 441 note. Portraits of him by Reynolds, i, 357. ii, 143. 223. Letter of thanks for one, i, 412. An inordinate tea-drinking, 387. His notion of masquerades and the like, 391. 432, 433. Leading his forces to Goldsmith's new comedy, ii, 17. Rebuffing an Oxford don, 28 note. A Roland for his Oliver from Dean Barnard; his penitence, 49-51. His high estimate of Reynolds, 52. Introduction to, and intercourse with Hannah More, 79-81. 109-111. At Beaconsfield: his politics, 90. 121. Characterizing an Otaheitan chief, 105. Taking Reynolds to task for wine-drinking, 106, 107. 158. Taxation no Tyranny,' 112. 119. unflattering sketch of him, 113. Fascinated by an actress, 114-116. Disposing of Macpherson's threats, 117 note. A grumble about bears, 117, 118. Defending his apophthegm on Patriotism, 118. On women artists, good humour, himself, and book-backs, 119, 120. Will not be "Blinking Sam," 143. On Charles Fox's silence, 143 note. Discussing Goldsmith's epitaph, 161-164. Round-robin to him thereon, 164 note. Effect of his 'Life of Lord Lyttelton' on the "Blues," 194. "A dying parson and a dead staymaker," ibid. Proposing Sheridan to the Club: his reason, 194, 195. A night's conversation at the Club, 206, 207. On the company at Sir Joshua's,

208.

His

An

Occasional rudenesses to Sir J, 210-213. Taking a lesson in military matters, 218. At Garrick's funeral, 247. His "property" in, and panegyrics on Garrick, 249. 270, 271. Dia. logues in his style by Sir Joshua, 249257. A letter to Miss Reynolds, 261. Bandying wond with Beauclerk, 267dy, 270. Be

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KAUFFMANN.

wailing Beauclerk's death, 2×6. *H ▼ do you think I live?" 287. Ar question, 322. Loses his friend Turk, 323. Dining with bishops in Pass t Week, 324. Letter on Reynolds « r-covery, 380. Sulky, 382. Visby Sub ing, 391. His judgment on Ma

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Du Fresnoy,' 392. Criticising Crate s 'Village, 395. On the R.A. diter and Barry's great pictures, 39"Fr tude in sickness, 412-414. His regard for Levett, 417. Last Academy d club revivals, &c, 433-435. On Idea 'Carleton,' 444. Project for selling him to Italy: his gratitude, 445, 44°. 450, 451. His element: mourning iz friends, 447. His death, 452. requests to Reynolds, 453. His Cand racter drawn by Sir Joshua, 454-4′′ 2 A wish, 543. Proceedings relative to his monument, 547. 603. 609, 612-15 617-620. See i, 381. 416. ii, 39. 4t, ex 58. 85. 87. Ic8. 168. 224, 260. 2900 32361. 416. 448. 476. 488. 497-542Johnson, William, Sir Joshua's nephew, ii. 482. 491. Sir Joshua's bequest to him, 636.

Johnston, Lady Charlotte [1758 May.
1759 Nov. 1760 Sept]
Johnstone, Lady [1761 June]

Johnstone, Mrs and Master [1786 Feb)
Jones, Inigo, buildings by, i. 381.
Jones, Miss [1755 Aug. 1765 Dec. 1784
Nov. 1786 Oct]

Jones, Mr [1760 April. 1761 Jan. 17

May. 1768 Nov. 1769 Feb, Marci Jones, Paul, daring acts of, ü, 216. Jones, Sir William, i, 319. ii. 258 mote.

307. His Indian appointment, 417. His statue, 443 note.

Jordan, Mrs, actress, bewitching the pub

lic, ii, 489. 528. Romney's portrait A her, 529.

Joseph II, Emperor, dispersal of works of art by, ii, 419. 480.

Jubb, Mr and Mrs [1757 March] "Junius" attacking the King, í. 350. Inveighing against clemency to a murderer, 396.

K.

Kauffmann, Angelica [1766 Oct. 16, Dec. 1777 Oct) Pictures exhibited by her, i, 259, 260. 321. 359 note. 463, 4 4. 443. ii, 74. 126. 182. Her love-pangs, 1. 260. Her portrait of Reynolds, and ures upon it, 326 note. Her divorce, ibid. Her second husband, 370. In Zoffany's pa ture of the Academicians, 448. Work

KELLY.

for which she was selected, ii, 37. Trying Sir Joshua's placidity, 121, 122. Hone's pictorial satire upon her, 122, 123. Her share in the decoration of the Academy's rooms, 289. See i, 167. ii, 371. 487.

Kelly, Hugh, "a dead staymaker," ii,

194.

Kelly, Mr and Miss [1761 April] Kemble, John and Stephen, their obligations to Mrs Siddons, ii, 426. 489. Kemble, Miss, afterwards Mrs Twiss, character of Sir Joshua's portrait of, ii, 426. 436. Benefited by her sister's popularity, 440.

1771

Kendal family, early portraits by Rey-
nolds of the, i, 27 note.
Kennedy, Polly [1770 Nov, Dec.
Jan] her origin, i, 394. Saving her
brothers from the gallows, 394-397. Her
portrait by, and letter thereon from, Sir
Joshua, 398.

Kent, Lady [1786 June]
Kent, Mrs [1777 Jan]

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Keppel, Commodore Augustus, afterwards Admiral and Lord [1759 April. 1764 Aug. 1765 May. 1779 May, July, Sept. 1780 Jan] occasion of Reynolds s introduction to, i, 35. Carries Reynolds abroad with him, 35, 36. His courageous reply to an Algerian threat, 36, 37. Reynolds's famous portrait of him, 104-106. 108. His conduct at the wreck of the Maidstone, 105. His services and successes, 124. 142. 152. 159. 197. 208. 226. Exerting himself for Byng, 150. His chère umie, 163 note. Resigns office, 268. At the head of the Channel fleet, ii, 220, 221. Encountering the French fleet: Palliser's neglect of his orders and accusations against him, 221, 222. Court martial on him, 229, 230. Popular enthusiasm and outbreaks on his acquittal, 230234. Conduct of his counsel relative to their fees, 234. Return made to them by him, 235. Burke s letter on receiving his portrait, and subsequent eulogium on him, 235-238. Full of apprehensions, 274. Sitting anew to Sir Joshua, 283. See i, 128. 141. 267. 379. ii, 267. 273. 279. 305. 355. Keppel, Colonel, afterwards General Wilham [1758 Jan. 1759 Jan. 1762 Feb. 1764 Feb. 1765 Jan] i, 141. military services, 208. 226. Keppel, Ladies Caroline and Elizabeth [1755 Jan. 1757 May, June. 1758

His

Jan. 1759 April. 1761 Sept. 1762 Jan] Their portraits, i, 113. 181 note. 195. 198 note. 205 note. Lady Elizabeth s

LANGDON.

marriage and its fatal termination, 269, 270.

Keppel, Miss [1764 Sept. 1782 May] encored in a minuet, i, 449.

Kerry, Lady [1769 Sept]

Kettle, Tilly, pictures exhibited by, i, 262. Kildare, Lady [1755 Jan]

Killala, Bishop of. See Robinson, Dr.
Kilwalin, Lord [1755 March]
King, Mr [1757 May. 1771 Jan]
Kingsley, General [1760 March]
Kingsmill, Captain [1776 July]
Kingston, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess
of, an early sitter to Reynolds, i, 30.
Her trial for bigamy, ii, 152, 153. Her
attempts to crush Foote: his reprisals,
154, 155.

Kingswell, Captain [1766 Nov]
Kippis, Dr, ii, 65.

Kirby, John Joshua, President of the Incorporated Society, i, 295. His assurance to Reynolds, 296. Dumbfounded by the King, 323 note.

Kirkley, Ralph, Sir Joshua's man, ii, 7. 18 note. 214. Exhibition of pictures for his benefit, 604. His master's bequest to him, 636.

Kitchingman, John, medal awarded to, i,

370.

Kloster Severn, capitulation and convention of, i, 123. 152.

Knapp, Mr and Mrs [1758 Dec. 1759 March. 1773 March, Dec]

Knapton, George, painter to the Dilettanti Society, i, 131. 280. His successor, ii,

186.

Kneller, Sir Godfrey, i, 33 note. 98. 101.
112. 179 note. ii, 35. 136.
Knight, Mr [1755 March]
Knowles, Admiral [1757 July. 1759
March]

Kynaston, Mr. [1760 Jan]

L.

Lade, Sir John, ii, 472.

Ladies at the House of Commons, i, 225.
Their outrageous head-dresses, ii, 273.
Ladies' Club, i, 388. ii, 101. 176.
Lambe, Master [1771 Jan]
Lambert, General [1761 April]
Lambert, George, landscape and scene-
painter, i, 135. 178 note. 180 note. 211.
Exhibiting, 190. 204. Founder of the
Beefsteak Club, 210. Painter of some

of the Vauxhall pictures, 328. Lambton, Mr [1767 May] Lane, Mr [1762 Dec. 1764 June] Langdon, Tobias, Gandy's portrait of, i, 33 note.

LANGTON.

Langton, Bennet [1759 March. 1761 Sept. 1762 June] i, 210. 228 note. 274. 416. His marriage, 415. Silent and shy, ii, 17. In talk with Reynolds, 117. Muddy, 119. At Warley with the militia, 218. See ii, 158. 175. 208. 210. 211. 268 note. 447. Langton, Miss [1764 Jan] Lansdowne, Henry third Marquis of, pictures by Reynolds in his Gallery, i. 165 note. 170. 192 note. ii, 3 note. 20 note. 553. His picture-buying practice, i, 257 note. Living with his "Reynoldses," ii, 315 note.

Lansdowne, William Lord Shelburne, first Marquis of [1788 April. 1789 July] See Shelburne.

La Rena, Lord March's mistress [1759
July. 1760 March. 1761 Sept] i, 172.
Perplexing his lordship, 272.
Lascelles, Mr [1762 Dec. 1764 Feb,
May. 1765 June. 1766 May. 1768
June]
Lascelles, Mrs [1762 Dec. 1764 Feb]
La Torre, famous pyrotechnist, i, 458.
Lauder, literary forger, ii, 65.
Lauderdale, Lady [1760 Aug]
Lauderdale, Lord [1759 May. 1761
April]

Lawrence, Dr, a Reynolds reminiscence of, ii, 483.

Lawrence, General [1760 Dec. 1761 Jan. 1767 Nov, Dec] Lawrence, Sir Thomas, Dilettanti office held by, i, 131. Exposing a spurious and identifying a true Reynolds relic, 182 note. Giving timely caution, ii, 20 note. On Gainsborough's 'Blue Boy,' 227 note. An imitator of Reynolds: results of imitations of himself, 371. Interest taken by Sir Joshua in him, 602. Elected A.R.A, 622. His last resting-place, 634. See i, 300. ii, 535. 598, 599.

Lawson, Miss [1757 Jan]

His

Lee, Charles, American General, his career, ii, 99. Captured, 191. character as a strategist, ibid. note. Lee, Sir George [1757 Jan] Office held by him, i, 155 note 5.

Lee, Henry, "Light-horse Harry," ii, 348. Lee, Mr, afterwards Sir John, popular advocate [1786 Jan] i, 379. ii, 230. Returning his fee, ii, 234. His request to his client, 235. Portrait exhibited, 485. See i, 379. ii, 230. 273, 274. 416. Lee, Lady Elizabeth [1765 March] Lee, Master 161 Oct]

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LISBURN.

Legge, dismissed minister, popular recognitions of, i, 151.

Leicester, Sir John [1789 May] portrait exhibited, ii, 588.

Be

Leicester Fields in 1773, ii, 7.
Leigh, Colonel [1762 March]
Leigh, Miss [1764 Jan]
Leinster, Duchess of [1779 May]
marks on the portrait, ii, 137. Cap-
tured by the French, 274.
Leinster, Duke of, his portrait, ii, 128.
Lely, Sir Peter, ii, 136.

Lennox, Mrs, authoress [1761 Jan] in distress, ii, 10.

Lenox (or Bunbury), Lady Sarah [1-1] April] forbidden love of George I for her, i, 196. 248. Her famous sons, 196. A rejected suitor, 197. Reynolds's portraits of her, 196. 212. 227. 247, 248. 250 note. Her first divorced husband, 228. Her "sacrifices to the Graces," 247 note.

Lenox, Lord George [1760 April. 1762 April. 1764 May]

Leslie, C. R, on Gainsborough's Blue Boy, ii, 227 note.

Lesly. Ladies Mary and Jane [1764 Jan) Lethbridge, Mr [1768 June. 1769 Nov Lethulier, Mrs [1757 March]

Leveson, Lord [1784 Feb] portrait exhibited, ii, 436.

Levett, apothecary, Johnson's friend. dead, ii, 417, 434.

Lewes, Lee, comedian, Shuter's commendation of, ii, 17. Lewisham, Lord [1761 Oct]

Liart, Matthew, medal awarded to, i, 372. Lichtenberg his criticism on Garrick, ii, 149-151.

Lifford, Lord [1788 Aug] portrait exhibited, ii, 535. Ligonier, Lady [1771 Feb]

Ligonier, Sir John, afterwards Lord [1755 Sept. 1757 March. 1760 July] i 141. 237. His chère amie, 163 note. Putting a joke on the elder Pitt, 164 note. Reynolds's portrait of him, 191. Anecdote of same, 192 note. Dead, 354See ii, 46.

Lincoln, Lady [1781 May. 1782 March 1784 April]

Lindsey, Colonel [1759 Sept] Linley, Miss. See Sheridan, Mrs. Liotard, John Stephen, his career: Reynolds's criticism on him, i, 108. Exhi biting, ii, 23. Waning, 74.

Lippe-Schaumburg, Count [1764 Nov. 1767 Aug] one of Reynolds's great pietures, i, 235, 236. 273

Lisburn, Lady [1771 Nov. 1772 May. 1777 May]

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Lisburn, Lord [ 1766 Aug] Lister, Master and Miss [1764 April. 1765 May]

1759 June.

Literary Club established, i, 228. Its early history, ibid. note. Lloyd, Mr [1757 March. 1761 July] Lloyd, Mrs [1757 March. 1759 June. 1777 May] portrait exhibited, ii, 155. Her subsequent marriage, ibid. note. Lock, Mr, painter and patron of painters, i, 386. His generosity to a young artstudent, 410. Lockhart, Captain [1760 Feb. 1762 Jan]

London in Reynolds's early days, i, 92. Reigning beauties, 94. Gambling clubs, murders, and politics, 95, 96. Leading artists, 97, 98. Actors and authors, 99. See Public Events. Masquerades.

Long, Mr and Mrs [1757 Aug]
Long, Miss [1777 Sept]

Long, Richard Walter, the Wiltshire

miser, rejected and satirised, ii, 102. Longford Castle Gallery, i, 215. Lonsdale, Earl. See Lowther, Sir James. Lothian, Lord [1776 July. 1777 March] Louis XV. in 1771, i, 414. Louisburg, capture of, i, 123. 159. Louth, Lord, ii, 71.

Loutherbourg, P. J. de, scene-painter, i, 328. Exhibiting, 446. ii, 23. 74. 126. Criticised by Walpole, 125. 437, 438. Elected A. R. A, 310. Satirized by Peter Pindar, 368.

Louvre, the, its dilapidated gallery and decaying pictures, i, 415. Lovaine, Lady [1789 June] Lowe, Mauritius, medal awarded to, i, 337. 370. His character: Dr Johnson's repeated efforts in his behalf, 337 note. ii, 211. 328. 396. 441 note. A "high-art" picture of his, 396. Academy benefaction to him, 441. His death, 396 note.

Lowten, Mr [1764 Dec]

Lowther, Sir James, afterwards Lord Lonsdale, his character, i, 149. Picturebuying, 154. Ordered on service, 159. Boswell's hopes from him, ii, 529. 546. Lowther, Sir William, his wealth, generosity, and death, i, 149. Luard, Mr [1757 June]

Lucan, Lady, portraits of children of, ii,

484. One of the artistic ladies, 488. Lucan, Lord [1778. 1780 Aug] ii, 175.

216. 224.

Lucas, Dr [1755 Sept]

Ludlow, Lady (1755 May. 1758 April] Ludlow, Mr, and his dog [1755 Feb]

Lunardi, the aëronaut, ii, 451.

Luther, Mrs and Mr [1766 June. 1770 Jan]

Luttrell, Colonel, Wilkes's opponent, i, 347 note 9. 393.

Luttrell, Miss, sister of above [1769 April]

Lyndhurst, Lord [a Royal Academician's son] his defence of the Academy, i, 307 note.

Lyttelton, Lady [1759 Aug]

Lyttelton, Lord, decried by Johnson, i,

453.

Lyttelton Mr [1772 June]

Lyveden, Lord, letters contributed by, ii, 275 note.

M.

MacArdell, mezzotint engraver, i, 28 note. 90. 137. 141. 180 note. 204. 407. Walpole in a huff with him, 169. Macartney, Sir George, afterwards Lord [1764 Oct. 1789 July] i, 448. ii, 540

note.

Macartney, Mrs and Miss [1755 Nov]
Maccaronis, the, ii, 15.

MacDaniel, Lady [1757 April]
Macdonald, Sir A. [1787 Nov]
Macgill, Miss [1765 Feb]

Mackintosh, Sir James, Reynolds reminiscence published by, i, 383 note. Macklin, Charles, the first natural Shylock, ii, 248.

Macklin, printseller, his Bible scheme, ü, 518 note.

Macklin, Mrs and Miss [1788 Aug], fancy picture, ii, 518.

Macnamara, Captain, fatal duel fought by, i, 207 note.

Macpherson, James [1772 June] his edition of Ossian's poems, i, 198, 199. 458. Johnson's answer to his threats, ii, 117. Macpherson, Mr, afterwards Sir John [1779 Nov. 1781 Jan] Sketch of his career, ii, 316 note.

Maguire, Master Gideon [1786 Oct. 1787 June, Aug]

'Maidstone, Keppel and the wreck of the, i, 105.

Maitland, Colonel [1761 April. 1762
March. 1766 Nov]
Major, Mr [1762 June]
Majorca captured, i, 124.

Malden, Lord [1767 April. 1768 April] Malone, Edmond [1759 Nov. 1774. 1778. 1779 July. 1786 Aug] his reminiscences of Reynolds, i, 11. 24. 32. 42. 256. 319. 335. 352. ii, 139. 553.637. Sir Joshua asking his critical help,

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