Joseph F. Reynolds

America, 1861–1925

Signed lower right: “J.F. Reynolds”

Oil on board

Sight Size: 9.5 x 13.75 inches (24.1 x 35 cm.)
Framed: 17 x 20.75 inches (43.2 x 52.7 cm.)

Executed ca. 1899

The American artist, Joseph F. Reynolds (1861–1925), painted in Bermuda in 1903, executing an oil of a typical road scene replete with houses. Another of his paintings, in the collections of the Bermuda National Trust, depicts a little waterside cottage on East Broadway, where a boatyard is now located.(1)He seems to have visited the island as early as 1892,(2) and visits by him in 1899 and 1912 are also indicated.(3)

Footnotes:

1. Bermuda National Trust Reference Number: 89 009 (at ‘Waterville’, Paget)
2. Royal Gazette, April 5th, 1892, p.2 and April 19th, 1892, p.2
3. Ibid, March 14th, 1899, p.2 and February 10th, 1912, p.1

Source:
Jonathan Land Evans, Bermuda in Painted Representation, Volume 2, p.43