Title
David Garrick and his wife
Technique
Engraving
Subject
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 30.9cm
width: 23.6cm
Inscription/signature
"GARRICK AND HIS WIFE." (title below); "W. HOGARTH, PINXT" (b.l.); "H. BOURNE, SCULPT." (b.r.); "FROM THE PICTURE IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION. / LONDON, PUBLISHED FOR THE PROPRIETORS." (b.c.)
Provenance
Bequeathed to the Garrick club by Frances Hughes, October 2022.
Other number
E0134
Print of David Garrick and his wife Eva Maria Garrick. Garrick is shown sitting down at a desk, facing the viewer, head resting on his hand which holds a quill, his wife standing behind him and leaning over right hand outstretched. There is a piece of paper and inkwell with a quill on the desk. The print is a copy of the picture in the Royal Collection, after William Hogarth, engraved by Herbert Bourne and published for the proprietors.