Sir Joshua Reynolds apprenticed as a portrait painter in London, England with Thomas Hudson.

The art of Sir Joshua Reynolds has been offered at auction and sold in professional auction houses including but not limited to Christie's, London, England; Gros & Delettrez, Paris, France; Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, TX; Im Kinsky Kunst Auktionen, Vienna, Austria; Ivey-Selkirk, St. Louis, MO; Skinner Inc, Boston, MA; Sloans and Kenyon, Chevy Chase, MD; Slotin Folk Art, Gainesville, GA; Sotheby's, London, England; and Westbridge Fine Art, Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.