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Call Number:
MSS 30
Holdings:
[Request]
Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Title(s):
Thoughts on blindness
Date:
1781
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Series:
Series III: Writings
Part of Collection:
Box 1, folder Reynolds 41
Provenance:
Gift of Frederick W. Hilles.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
A description in Reynolds' hand of his sensations when his sight was impaired. Including two newsprint biographies of the artist and handwritten notation: "Autograph of Sir Joshua Reynolds---of J. Waller Fleet St 1876."
Physical Description:
2 pages ; 32 x 20 cm.
Genre:
Commonplace books, Diaries, Letters, and Notebooks
Subject Terms:
Blindness
Description and travel
Painting, European
Associated Places:
Antwerp (Belgium)
Belgium
Brussels (Belgium)
Germany
Netherlands
Paris (France)
Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Associated People/Groups:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Finding Aid Title:
Joshua Reynolds Archive
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/18.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2763
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2763?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1