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Mr Garrick in the character of Richard 3d [print] : Shakspear. Act 5. Scene 7 / painted by Wm Hogarth ; engrav'd by Wm Hogarth & C. Grignion.

Accession number
PML 146852.1
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, engraver.
Published
[London] : Publish'd according to Act of Parliamt, June 20th 1746.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
Print forms part of an album (PML 146852) that is one of three containing the collected works of William Hogarth; evidently comprised of prints reissued by the artist's widow and compiled no earlier than 1781 (see PML 146851-53).
Description
1 print : etching & engraving ; image: 386 x 505 mm; plate mark: 420 x 524 mm; sheet: 455 x 625 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows David Garrick in the role of Richard III, awakening from his troubled dream in the tent before the battle of Bosworth Field.
Classification
Department