Sir Joshua Reynolds at Waddesdon

30 min
13 stops
English
This trail celebrates the life Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), a prolific painter who transformed British painting with portraits and subject pictures that engaged their audience’s knowledge, imagination, memory and emotions. As an eloquent teacher ...
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Tracks

Introduction

01:21 | Waddesdon Manor

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Captain John Hayes St Leger

01:15 | Red Drawing Room

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Lady Jane Halliday (née Lady Jane Tollemache)

01:01 | Grey Drawing Room

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Mrs Abington as The Comic Muse

01:20 | Grey Drawing Room

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Lady Anne Luttrell, Duchess of Cumberland

01:40 | Grey Drawing Room

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Miss Fordyce (later Mrs Greenwood)

01:12 | The Baron's Room

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Miss Theophila Gwatkin or Simplicity

01:26 | The Baron's Room

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Emma Assheton-Smith, Mrs Robert Scott of Danesfield

00:33 | The Baron's Room

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Mrs Sheridan in the character of St Cecilia

01:12 | The Baron's Room

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Thaïs

02:02 | Morning Room

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A Fortune-Teller

02:00 | Bedroom Corridor

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David Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy

01:53 | Fountain Lobby

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Mary Darby, Mrs. Thomas Robinson, known as ‘Perdita’

01:45 | Fountain Lobby

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Joanna Leigh, Mrs Richard Bennett Lloyd

01:38 | Fountain Lobby

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Featured

Lady Jane Tollemache, Lady John Halliday (1750 - 1802)

Captain John Hayes St Leger (1756 - 1799)

Mrs Abington (c1737 - 1815) as The Comic Muse

Lady Anne Luttrell, The Duchess of Cumberland (1743-1809)

Venue

Waddesdon Manor

Waddesdon

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