Sir Joshua Reynolds

A Nymph and Cupid: ‘The Snake in the Grass’

exhibited 1784

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Artist
Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723–1792
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 1245 x 991 mm
frame: 1486 x 1228 x 80 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Purchased 1871
Reference
N00885

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William Hilton the Younger, ‘Cupid and Nymph’ exhibited 1828

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1782–7
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Sir Abraham Hume’ c.1783

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c.1783
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Admiral Viscount Keppel’ 1780

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘A Child’s Portrait in Different Views: ‘Angel’s Heads’’ 1786–7

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1786–7
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Sketch for ‘The 4th Duke of Marlborough and his Family’’ c.1777

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Lady Talbot’ exhibited 1782

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Lesbia’ c.1786

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘The Holy Family with the Infant St John’ 1788–9

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘The Age of Innocence’ ?1788

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?1788
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘The Banished Lord’ engraved 1777

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, ‘Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers’ 1769

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1769
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights