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Mr. Garrick as Steward of the Stratford Jubilee, September 1769
Title
Mr. Garrick as Steward of the Stratford Jubilee, September 1769 [graphic] / B. Vr. Gucht pinxt. ; J. Saunders fecit.
Edition
[State 2].
Publication
[London] : Publish'd as the act directs June 24, 1773, & sold by J. Saunders, at Mr. Deschamps Upholder in Compton Street, Soho, [24 June 1773]
Physical Description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 36.9 x 29 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1902,1011.4098.
Provenance
Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree.
Summary
"Half length, seated at a table in profile facing left, looking at a miniature of Shakespeare, a long stick over his shoulder; published state."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2023
References
Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 279
Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits, v. 3, no. 4, page 1047
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Mezzotints - England - London - 1773.
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