The president's chair of the Shakespeare Club [realia] / [William Hogarth].
1756
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Title
The president's chair of the Shakespeare Club [realia] / [William Hogarth].
Variant title
Garrick - Hogarth - Shakespeare chair
Garrick chair
Garrick chair
Created/published
England, ca. 1756.
Description
1 chair
Associated name
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, former owner.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, former owner.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Note
Elaborately-carved mahogany chair designed by William Hogarth for David Garrick's Temple to Shakespeare at Hampton. Sometimes wrongly said to be made of mulberry wood, or to have a mulberry wood plaque.
See curatorial file for exhibition history, provenance, and references.
Samples of red leather upholstery preserved in Burdett-Coutts file.
See curatorial file for exhibition history, provenance, and references.
Samples of red leather upholstery preserved in Burdett-Coutts file.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. David Garrick.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Inv. 1044
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ART Inv. 1044 (realia)