Portrait of David Garrick

Portrait of David Garrick is a 1770 painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough. A half-length portrait of the celebrated English actor-manager David Garrick it was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.[1] [2] Diarist Horace Walpole described it as "very like".[3] Garrick, owner and star performer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was at the height of his fame when Gainsborough painted him. It was painted in Bath.[4]

Portrait of David Garrick
ArtistThomas Gainsborough
Year1770
TypeOil on canvas, portrait
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London

Today it is part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[5]

References
  1. Woodall p.158-59
  2. Hamilton p.254
  3. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw02424/David-Garrick?
  4. Kendall p.114
  5. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02424/David-Garrick#:~:text=Described%20as%20%27very%20like%27%20when,thought%20me%20worthy%20of%20some

Bibliography
  • Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2017.
  • Kendall, Alan. David Garrick: A Biography. Harrap, 1985.
  • Whitley, William Thomas. Thomas Gainsborough. Smith, Elder & Company, 1915.
  • Woodall, Joanna. Portraiture: Facing the Subject. Manchester University Press, 15 Mar 1997.
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