Postle, Martin Joseph. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS: The Subject Pictures. 374 pp. with 16 color plates and 85 halftones. 4to, cloth. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Although his portraits are of greater renown today, Reynolds' subject paintings were far better known, and much discussed, in his own time. This is the first study to concentrate on this important aspect of his work, covering the period between 1760 to 1830.