Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irishafter Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)Published by Sayer & Bennett, 1725–1794, British
Title:
Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (42.9 x 31.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "David Garrick as 'Abel Drugger' in the Alchemist"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14606
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
costume | tobacco | wig | shadow | stage | portrait | theater (discipline) | literary theme | actor | science | pipe | performance | plays by Benjamin Jonson (1572–1637), poet and playwright | The Alchemist
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
C. A. Lennox-Boyd, Theatre: the age of Garrick, English mezzotints from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd , Christopher Lenox-Boyd, London, 1994, cat. no. 25, NE1816 G7 L45 1994 (YCBA)Martin Postle, Johan Zoffany, RA : Society Observed, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2011, p. 193, cat. no. 22, NJ18 Z68 + A12 2011 Oversize (YCBA)Robin Simon, Shakespeare, Hogarth, and Garrick : plays, paintings and performances, Paul Holberton Publishing, London, 2023, p. 123, fig. 132, N8252 .S56 2023 (YCBA) OversizeJohn Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v. 1, pp. 210-11, Dixon no. 18, NE1816.G7 S58 2004Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 650, NJ18 Z68 W43 2011 + (YCBA)