D. Garrick Esq.

by-nc

Maker

After
(artist)
1723-1792
(engraver)
1773-1835
(publisher)

Title

D. Garrick Esq.

Date of Production

(c.) 1820

Medium

printed in black
wove paper
mezzotint

Dimensions

Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 16.4 cm

Object Number

G.1990.WL.6118.32

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sir Joshua Reynolds, Pinx.t //

Inscription: (Lansdowne Coll.) / Christie Sale / March 7, 1930. / Bought by Wells //

Label: SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, P.R.A. / 65 PORTRAIT OF DAVID GARRICK (30) / Famous actor; born 1716; Dr. Johnson's first pupil / at Edial; with him left Lichfield for London, 1737; made / his reputation at Goodman's Fields in "Richard III."; / last actor buried at Westminster Abbey, 1779 / Half-length, sitting before a table facing the spectator, / wearing a brown coat and vest and white lace frills; / powdered wig; his hands joined together, his left first / finger uppermost, with his thumbs pressed together, / resting on a paper inscribed "Prologue"; an inkstand / and books in front / 28 1/2 in. by 24 in. / (...) //

Inscription: S.W. Reynolds, Sculp.t //

Inscription: D. GARRICK ESQ.E. / Proof. //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: 32 / IV //

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Literature

Nineteenth-Century Mezzotinters Samuel William Reynolds
No. 88 on p.152
in appendix

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