Editing Joshua Reynolds (section)

===The Club===
Reynolds worked long hours in his studio, rarely taking a holiday. He was gregarious and keenly intellectual, with many friends from London's intelligentsia, numbered among whom were [[Samuel Johnson]], [[Oliver Goldsmith]], [[Edmund Burke]], [[Giuseppe Baretti]], [[Henry Thrale]], [[David Garrick]], and artist [[Angelica Kauffman]], exchanging [[Portrait of Angelica Kauffman|his portrait of her]] for a portrait of him by Kauffman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/872180|title=Angelica Kauffman, ''Sir Joshua Reynolds''|work=National Trust}}</ref> Johnson said in 1778: "Reynolds is too much under [Charles James] [[Charles James Fox|Fox]] and Burke at present. He is under the ''Fox star'' and the ''Irish constellation'' (meaning Burke). He is always under some planet".<ref>Boswell, James, ''Life of Johnson'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 923.</ref>

Because of his popularity as a portrait painter, Reynolds enjoyed constant interaction with the wealthy and famous men and women of the day, and it was he who brought together the figures of [[The Club (dining club)|"The Club"]]. It was founded in 1764 and met in a suite of rooms on the first floor of the Turks Head at 9 [[Gerrard Street, London|Gerrard Street]], now marked by a plaque. Original members included Burke, [[Bennet Langton]], [[Topham Beauclerk]], Goldsmith, [[Anthony Chamier]], [[Thomas Hawkins (literary editor)|Thomas Hawkins]], and [[Christopher Nugent (physician)|Christopher Nugent]], to be joined by Garrick, [[James Boswell|Boswell]], and [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan]]. In ten years the membership had risen to 35. The Club met every Monday evening for supper and conversation and continued into the early hours of Tuesday morning. In later years, it met fortnightly during Parliamentary sessions. When in 1783 the landlord of the Turks Head died and the property was sold, The Club moved to [[Sackville Street, London|Sackville Street]].<ref>City of Westminster green plaques {{cite web|url=http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/leisureandculture/greenplaques/ |title=Westminster City Council - Green Plaques Scheme |access-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716210428/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/services/leisureandculture/greenplaques/ |archive-date=16 July 2012 }}</ref>