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Immortality of Garrick

January 20, 1783
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Immortality of Garrick
  • Engraver: James Caldwell (British, London 1739–1822)
  • Engraver: Samuel Smith (British, ca. 1745–1802)
  • Artist: After George Carter (British, Colchester, Essex 1737–1794 Hendon)
  • Publisher: George Carter (British, Colchester, Essex 1737–1794 Hendon)
  • Sitter: David Garrick (British, Hereford 1717–1779 London)
  • Sitter: Frances Abington (British, London 1737–1815 London)
  • Sitter: Robert Baddeley (British, 1733–1793)
  • Sitter: Robert Bensley (British, ca. 1738–1817)
  • Sitter: William Brereton (British, 1751–1787)
  • Sitter: Elizabeth Hartley (British, Berrow, Somerset 1750/51–1824 Woolwich)
  • Sitter: Thomas Hull (British, 1728–1808)
  • Sitter: Thomas King (British, 1730–1805 London)
  • Sitter: John Moody (British, 1726/27–1812)
  • Sitter: John Hayman Packer (British, 1730–1806)
  • Sitter: John Palmer (British, 1742/44–1798)
  • Sitter: William Parsons (British, 1735–1795 London)
  • Sitter: Elizabeth Pope (née Younge) (British, London 1739/45–1797 London)
  • Sitter: Jane Pope (British, 1742–1818)
  • Sitter: William "Gentleman" Smith (British, 1730–1819)
  • Sitter: Joseph Vernon (British, 1738?–1782)
  • Sitter: Mary Ann Yates (British, Birmingham? 1728–1787 London)
  • Sitter: Richard Yates (British, 1706?–1796)
  • Date: January 20, 1783
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 22 5/8 in. (41.2 × 57.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.3442-75
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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