Immortality of Garrick [graphic]

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Title
Immortality of Garrick [graphic]
Creator
Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
Contributor
Smith, Samuel, approximately 1745-approximately 1808, printmaker.
Carter, George, 1737-1795, artist.
Carter, George, 1737-1795, publisher.
Published / Created
[20 January 1783]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published as the act directs January 20 1783 by G. Carter Margt. Street Cavendish Square
Abstract

"David Garrick, on the left, is lifted from his tomb by two angels, and flown towards the summit of the mount in background, to meet Apollo and the muses; the tomb is supported by the figures of Lyric Poetry and the Belles Lettres, a relief on the front shows Nature weeping over a medallion of Garrick; to the right of the tomb are a group of seventeen theatrical persons, drressed in their favourite Shakespearian characters; descending the mount towards Garrick are Thalia, Melpomene and Shakespeare."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from item.
Accompanied by a key in French on a separate sheet (21 x 34 cm.). Seventeen bust portraits of actors and actresses shown in the print are at top of the key sheet and are identified by name below title, Ils sont tous dans leurs roles favoris du Shakespeare. The list of names is followed by Explication du dessein.
Accompanying key housed in separate folder.
Watermark.
Provenance
Andrew Edmunds; December 1997; Andrew Edmunds; December 1997; Sotheby's, November 13, 1997, Lot 560.
Extent
2 prints : plate mark 48.6 x 62.2 cm, on sheet 51 x 66 cm
Language
English
French

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Drawer 783.01.20.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Engravings England London 1783
Etchings England London 1783
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,
Subjects
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
England > London > 1783

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Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9057888
Object ID (OID)
10724695

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