David Garrick

1748

Not on view

This half-length portrait of the actor and theater manager Garrick shows the subject within a simulated oval frame, his body directed to the left and his head turned towards us. The sitter wears a tiewig, velvet coat, and partly open vest and the print is based on a 1745 painting by Arthur Pond.

Artwork Details

Title: David Garrick
Engraver: James McArdell (Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London)
Artist: After Arthur Pond (British, London 1701–1758 London)
Sitter: David Garrick (British, Hereford 1717–1779 London)
Date: 1748
Medium: Mezzotint, second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (35 × 24.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Object Number: 17.3.756-1247
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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