| Portrait of David Garrick | |
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| Artist | Thomas Gainsborough |
| Year | 1770 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
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 Exhibition of 1770.[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]
Today it is part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[5]
- ^ Woodall p.158-59
- ^ Hamilton p.254
- ^ "NPG 5054; David Garrick - Portrait Extended - National Portrait Gallery".
- ^ Kendall p.114
- ^ "David Garrick - National Portrait Gallery".