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Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, David Garrick as Richard III, 1772
- Title:
David Garrick as Richard III
- Date:
- 1772
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (66.7 × 43.5 cm), Plate: 25 1/4 × 15 3/4 inches (64.1 × 40 cm), Image: 24 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (62.9 × 40 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "#12"; Lower right: "458"
Lettered inside image, lower right: "J Dixon Fecit"; below image lower left: "N Danee pinx <Danee pinx*>"; lower center: "Published according to Act of Parliament April 28 1772 by John Boydell Engraver Cheapside London | J Dixon Fecit"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.508
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- literary theme | plays by William Shakespeare | Richard III, play by William Shakespeare
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Richard (character in Shakespeare's Richard III)
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22196
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