Excerpt from Reynolds, Vol. 7<br><br>Reynolds' practice and habit of study during his two years in Rome were regulated by the soundest judgment. Seeking truth, taste, and beauty at the fountain-head, he dili gently copied, sketched, and mentally analyzed such portions of the works of Raphael, Michelangelo, and other masters as seemed to him to bear most directly upon his chosen branch. [he paid for this diligence dearly, for from a cold caught in the corridors of the Vatican the deafness from which he suffered throughout his life was contracted.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.