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[David Garrick, 1717-1779, half-length portrait, seated, facing front] – Antique Photo Print

[David Garrick, 1717-1779, half-length portrait, seated, facing front] — antique engraving
[David Garrick, 1717-1779, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of [David Garrick, 1717-1779, half-length portrait, seated, facing front] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[David Garrick, 1717-1779, half-length portrait, seated, facing front]

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David Garrick, the actor and theater manager who dominated the London stage in the mid-eighteenth century, is shown here in a half-length view, seated and facing the viewer. Engravings like this one were widely sold and copied in Garrick's lifetime, and his face became one of the most recognizable on the London stage, in part because of images such as this. Garrick's management of Drury Lane and his reforms of acting style, which favored natural expression over the stiff declamation of the previous generation, made him a central figure of the period. The caption card gives no date for this print, so it is best read as a general portrait of the actor rather than a record of a particular occasion.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,156 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120951

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