Sculpture: S0013

Title

Life Mask of David Garrick

Technique

Plaster

Subject

Garrick, David

Artist

van Nost, John the Younger [ Attributed to ]

Date

1765?

Dimensions

Height: 25.5cm
Width: 16.5cm
Depth: 10.5cm

Other materials

Painted to resemble bronze, mounted on slate, 36 x 28.3; 51.5 x 44.5 x 4.5 inc. oak frame

Inscription/signature

“DAVID GARRICK / PRESENTED BY W. O. DANCKWERTS, ESQRE K. C. / .1913.” (cream paint on frame below head); “304 GARRICK. Plaster cast of the head of David Garrick, life size, / relief, on a slab of black polished slate, enclosed in broad flat oak frame, with gilt fillet. / From the Theatrical Collection of the late Mrs. C. Wylie, of Chelsea” printed label verso)

Provenance

Mrs Wylie; her sale; W. O. Danckwerts K. C., by whom presented to the Garrick Club, 1912

Other number

Gift 363

Exhibition history

1994 Hereford City Art Gallery "The World of David Garrick"

Related works

Another example of this mask, also in plaster and mounted on slate, is in the Folger Library, Washington.

Possibly a version of the mask that Van Nost took of Garrick's face prior to modelling his bust (see S0011).