# Sir Joshua Reynolds — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Sir Joshua Reynolds in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Reynolds

**First appearance:** 0009-lecture-vii-some-principles-reaffirmed

## Who they are

Painter and writer on art, quoted on general principles.

## In the story

### [Lecture II: The Practice of Writing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/lecture-ii-the-practice-of-writing)

Quoted extensively from his Discourses to illustrate how studying old masters fosters invention and originality in practice.

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