FDA-E.35-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.35-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
David Garrick between Comedy and Tragedy
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
State by C. Corbutt (Purcell)
Other number
STO 33
Description
Content (person)
Garrick, David, 1717 - 1779 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 350mm
width (actual size): 404mm
width (actual size): 404mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Strive not Tragedy nor Comedy to Engross a Garrick, who to your Noblest characters does Equal honour. Reddere Personae scit convenientia cuique'
Physical description
Cut to size
Production
Person
Reynolds, Joshua (Sir), 1723 - 1792 (Source artist)
Purcell, Richard, ? - c.1766 (Engraver)
Sayer, Robert, 1725 - 1794 (Publisher)
Purcell, Richard, ? - c.1766 (Engraver)
Sayer, Robert, 1725 - 1794 (Publisher)
History and association
Previous ownership
References
• Hamilton, E., A Catalogue Raisonne of the Engraved Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., from 1755 to 1822, London: P&D Colnaghi and Co., 1884 (p. 29)
