print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: Ee,3.219
Title: Object: Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy
Description: Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 700); standing three-quarter length between Comedy and Tragedy, smiling towards the latter, but allowing the former to tug him towards her; landscape behind; illustration to 'The Fine Arts of the English School' (ed. John Britton, London 1812); published state. 1811 Stipple and etching
Producer name: After: Sir Joshua Reynolds; Print made by: Anthony Cardon; Published by: Longman; Published by: Josiah Taylor; Published by: William Bond
School/style
Production date: 1811
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: stipple; etching
Dimensions: Height: 284 millimetres; Width: 324 millimetres (trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: See proof before letters for 1891,0410.81, publication for 1840,0808.45.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: theatre/theatrical life; allegory/personification
Associated names: Portrait of: David Garrick; Associated with: John Julius Angerstein; Associated with: John Kemble; Illustration to: John Britton
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Ee,3.219

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