print
- Museum number
- 1858,0626.370
- Title
- Object: Mr Garrick in the Character of Richard the 3d.
- Description
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David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field; after Hogarth; unfinished etched proof, before letters. 1746
Etching
- Production date
- 1746
- Dimensions
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Height: 393 millimetres (cropped)
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Width: 514 millimetres (cropped)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the painting in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. See S O'Connell, London 1753 (2004), pp. 135-6.
Literature: T.Clayton, 'The English Print 1688-1802', New Haven and London, 1997, pp.91.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Richard III
- Acquisition date
- 1858
- Acquisition notes
- This was lot 1014 in the 1845 Standly sale, where it was sold for £3 18s to Graves. See Carpenter's annotation in the BM copy of the catalogue: "The etching of Garrick as Richard III was secured from Graves for the British Museum."
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1858,0626.370