Portrait of David Garrick standing whole-length to front with legs crossed and leaning on a bust of Shakespeare that stands on a plinth in a garden; he holds a stick in his left hand as he looks to the right; the Palladian bridge at Prior Park can be seen in the distance at the right
Description:
Title, artist, and printmaker scratched with production and publication detail below image.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd 1769, by J. Boydell Cheapside No. 90
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of a letter and Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., Dobson records “from a drawing belonging to Mr. Stevenson or Norwich, after to J. P. Kemble. See Dobson, A. William Hogarth., Copy of no. 2808 in v. 3, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Formerly on page 108 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1797 by Robert Laurie & James Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., and Copy of: No. 2808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Facsimile of a sketch with hand-written descriptions, with outlines of Garrick and Quin from the back, next to a scale of feet, with profiles of a 'short proportion' to the left of Quin, and a 'tall proportion' to the right of Garrick
Alternative Title:
Facsimile of the proportions of Garrick and Quin
Description:
Title engraved above image., Also lettered with a facsimile hand-writing, including the date "Oct 21 1746", and signed "W H" [i.e., William Hogarth]., Copy of: No. 2808 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., On sheet: 268 x 450 mm., and Annotated on verso: LC: 3-415.
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Geographic):
British.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Quin, James, 1693-1766
Print shows actor David Garrick in the role of Kitely from the play "Every Man in his Humour" by Ben Jonson, half-length portrait, facing left, in costume
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1902,1011.2088., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 116 (leaf numbered '167' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Sold by Mr. Parker, No. 82 Cornhill, & Mr. Finlayson in Berwick Street, Soho
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779,, Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
A monument to David Garrick with a putto holding a copy of the portrait of Garrick by Sir Joshua Reynolds just below the urn at the top. Below them, the muses of Comedy and Tragedy mourn along with three other putti and various theatrical emblems. At the bottom of the monument is engraved a quote from Shakespeare: " ... take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again."
Description:
Title from a separately engraved plate below the image. The title is followed by a verse from Sheridan, in two columns, three lines each, and a dedication: "This plate is done from the grand scene in the Monody, in honour of Garrick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is respectfully dedicated by their most obedient humble servt. Thos. Letton. The portrait from a picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, in the collection of Sr. Thos. Mills." and Thin gold paper border mounted on wash-lined mount.
Publisher:
Pub. May 23, 1781, for the proprieor T. Letton, by Mr. Picot, facing Hungerford Coffee House, Strand & Mr. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Subject (Topic):
Monuments, Actors, Monuments & memorials, and British
