Mr. Garrick as Richard the Third
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Dixon's mezzotint portrays David Garrick as Richard III at Bosworth Field, unhorsed and soon to fall to the army of Henry Tudor, earl of Richmond. Based on a 1771 painting by Dance-Holland (Town Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon), the image conveys the king's bravery as a soldier at the end of a reign marked by heartless cruelty and manipulation. Garrick famously abandoned a bombastic acting style, formerly the norm, for greater naturalism, and developed a complex presentation of Richard over his long career.
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