Garrick in the Role of Richard III

1746

Charles Grignion

Artist, British, 1717 - 1810

William Hogarth

Artist, English, 1697 - 1764

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper mounted on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed within platemark): 41.5 × 52 cm (16 5/16 × 20 1/2 in.)
    mount: 46.4 × 63 cm (18 1/4 × 24 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1944.5.58

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Paulson 1965, no. 165, State ii/ii

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1967

  • William Hogarth, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1967.

Bibliography

1965

  • Paulson, Ronald. Hogarth's Graphic Works. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Rev. ed., 1970.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, below image, at left: Painted by W.m Hogarth. / Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t June 20.th 1746.; in plate, below image, at center: Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the 3d.. / Shakespear. [sic] Act 5. Scene 7; in plate, below image, at right: Engrav'd by W.m Hogarth & C. Grignion.; verso: none

Wikidata ID

Q65026849

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