David Garrick Esq. Full length mezzotint engraving by Valentine Green 1739-1813 after Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788. 38 by 59.5 cms image. 44.5 by 66.5 cms. Overall In 19th.Century ebonised frame. Published 2 April 1769 by J Boydell Cheapside. A good impression trimmed to image. Unexamined out of frame. Pencil inscription to base of Shakespeare's pedestal reads: Presented to Chs.Davis by his esteemed friend Israel Russell Strawberry Hill 1772.
David Garrick 1717-1779 Actor, playwright and Theatre Manager.
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