- Title:
- Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (42.9 x 31.1 cm), Plate: 15 1/2 x 11 inches (39.4 x 27.9 cm), Image: 14 1/4 x 11 inches (36.2 x 27.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "David Garrick as 'Abel Drugger' in the Alchemist"
Collector's mark: Paul Mellon
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "I. Dixon Fecit."; lower center: "Published as the Act directs March 18. 1776 by R.Sayer and J.Bennett"; lower right: "J. Zoffany Pinxt"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14606
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actor | costume | literary theme | performance | pipe | plays by Benjamin Jonson (1572–1637), poet and playwright | portrait | science | shadow | stage | The Alchemist | theater (discipline) | tobacco | wig
- Associated People:
- Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
Abel Drugger (character in The Alchemist) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40616
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