Print made by William Bromley, 1769–1842, British, David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759, 1811
- Title:
- David Garrick as Richard III in the Drury Lane Theatre Performance, 1759
- Additional Title(s):
- David Garrick as Richard III
- Date:
- 1811
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 21 x 14 13/16 inches (53.4 x 37.6 cm), Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (49.9 x 37.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Garrick as Facius-(?) (very faint) | Garrick as Richard III. | Garrick as Richard III."; lower right: "Facingo(?) | 150 (50 underlined)"; on back, upper left: "n90 | uvE | [horizontal line] Ehh"; on back, upper right: "Z"; on back, lower left: "c"; on back, lower right: "172 | [horizontal line] nTT | D60"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.112
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actor | animal art | armor | battle | Battle of Bosworth Field (22 August 1485) | cape (outerwear) | chain | costume | defeat | fear | feathers | field | fighting | fist | helmet | horses (animals) | king (person) | literary theme | men | pendant (jewelry) | performance | play | Richard III, play by William Shakespeare | royalty | swords | theater (discipline) | war | Wars of the Roses (1455–1485)
- Associated Places:
- England | Europe | London | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Richard III (1452–1485), king of England and lord of Ireland
Richard (character in Shakespeare's Richard III)
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25355
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