Joshua Reynolds brass plaque
Connection to This Location
# Joshua Reynolds and Leicester Square Standing on the west side of Leicester Square, you're standing at the address where one of Britain's greatest portrait painters spent the most productive thirty-two years of his life—from 1760 until his death in 1792. This was no mere residence; it was the stu...
Location
Sir Joshua Reynolds bust, Leicester Square
Inscription
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792, Portrait Painter. As a student of Italian art, his work became increasingly classical under the influence of the Bolognese school. In 1768 he was elected the first President of the Royal Academy of Arts and was knighted. From 1760 until his death, he lived and painted in his studio, on the west side of Leicester Square where Fanum House now stands. He is buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The bust is by Henry Weekes (1874)