samuel william reynolds was a mezzotint engraver, landscape painter and landscape gardener. reynolds was a popular engraver in both britain and france and there are over 400 examples of his work in the national portrait gallery in london.reynolds was born on 4 july 1773. his father was born in the west indies, the son of a planter, but, being sent in his youth to england for education, settled there permanently, and married reynolds' mother, sarah hunt.reynolds studied in the schools of the royal academy, and under the mezzotint engravers charles howard hodges and john raphael smith. his earl…