"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., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs January 20 1783 by G. Carter Margt. Street Cavendish Square
"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., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs January 20 1783 by G. Carter Margt. Street Cavendish Square
