Prints: P1499

Title

David Garrick as Richard III

Subject

Garrick, David

Character

Richard III : Richard III

Artist

Cook, Thomas Hogarth, William [ Copy after ]

Date

1808

Dimensions

height: 24.3cm
width: 30.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "Hogarth pinxt. / MR. GARRICK IN THE CHARACTER OF RICHARD III. / T. Cook & Son sc. / Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Septr.1st.1808."

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2026.

Other number

E0162

Print depicting David Garrick as Richard III in Act 3 Scene 7 of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Engraved by Thomas Cooke after the painting by William Hogarth, the scene depicted captures the dramatic moment on the eve of the Battle of Bosworth Field when Richard wakes in terror after being haunted in his tent by the ghosts of those he murdered.