Coins/Medallions: M0112

Title

Silver portrait medal of David Garrick

Technique

Mixed media

Subject

Garrick, David

Artist

Kirk, John

Date

1772

Dimensions

Height: 2cm
Width: 6.5cm
Depth: 13.4cm

Other materials

Silver medal felt lined leather presentation case; diam. 4.2: dimensions refer to case when open

Inscription/signature

"DAVID GARRICK / I KIRK F." (face of medal); "THE ENGLISH ACTOR MDCCLXXII" (verso); "FROM JOHN GILLIAM / Goldsmith Silversmith Serle Street LINCOLN'S INN" (inside lid)

Provenance

Acquired by the Garrick Club in April 2001 from Christopher Eimer

Exhibition history

29 July-31 December 2016, The Weird and the Wonderful:Entertaining Georgian Polite Society, Fairfax House, York

Related works

The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC has two bronze medals both by I Kirk, however with different years and different elements; similar to an engraving by Isaac Taylor after T Pingo, published as a frontispiece to Thomas Davies, "Life of David Garrick" (1780)