Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835, British

after Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Title:
Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (58.7 x 40.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite lower right: "Northwich Collection | first state | [ . . . ]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1122
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
books | globe | portrait | wig | costume | drapes | theater | genre subject | pipe | pestle | hourglass | jars | alchemist | science | alchemy | tobacco | actor | science | shadow | specimens | skull | mandible
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 43, 92, no. 56, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41688