Garrick. Can British gratitude delay ... [Garrick unveiling the statue of Shakespeare] [graphic] / R. E. Pine pinxt. ; Caroline Watson sculpt.
1783
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Garrick. Can British gratitude delay ... [Garrick unveiling the statue of Shakespeare] [graphic] / R. E. Pine pinxt. ; Caroline Watson sculpt.
Created/published
London [England] : Published by R. E. Pine, March 1st, 1783.
Description
1 print : engraving ; 23 1/4 x 17 1/2.
Associated name
Watson, Caroline, 1760 or 1761-1814, printmaker.
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, artist.
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, publisher.
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, artist.
Pine, Robert Edge, 1730?-1788, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Shows Garrick gesturing toward the Roubiliac statue of Shakespeare, surrounded by some of Shakespeare's characters (Falstaff, King Lear, and Prospero among others) all amidst billowing clouds of smoke with beams of sunlight shining down on the scene.
Note
Six lines from Garrick's Ode to Shakespeare (beginning "Can British gratitude delay") inscribed in plate beneath image.
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Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
ART File G241 no.123 (size XL)
Call number
ART Vol. d45 no.87v
Folger-specific note
Another copy.