Immortality of Garrick [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Immortality of Garrick [graphic]
- Creator
- Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
- Contributor
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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
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"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
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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
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English
French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawer 783.01.20.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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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
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Garrick, David, 1717-1779
England > London > 1783
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9057888
- Object ID (OID)
- 10724696