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David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

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Images from the collections

Images by David Garrick

2 images from works
  • A man has been strung up on a pole along with carcasses, a crowd has gathered and they are making fun of him. Etching.
  • Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.

Images featuring David Garrick

5 images from works
  • David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.
  • A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.
  • Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.
  • Dramatists and actors: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • A barber playing the tragic role of Alexander the Great in the acting style of David Garrick. Mezzotint after R. Dighton.

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6 works

    • Books
    • Online

    Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick / edited by George Pierce Baker.

    Garrick, David, 1717-1779. | Date: 1907
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.

    Clint, George, 1770-1854 | Date: 16 March 1821 | Reference: 22007i
    • Pictures

    Subjects of satire and caricature. Album of etchings by Matthew Darly, 1776.

    Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778 | Date: Jan.y 1 1776 | Reference: 4943i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A man has been strung up on a pole along with carcasses, a crowd has gathered and they are making fun of him. Etching.

    | Reference: 32778i
    • Books
    • Online

    [David Garrick correspondence].

    Garrick, David, 1717-1779 | Date: 2008-

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