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Description: | inscr on plate "J. Reynolds pinxt. Publish'd Feb.y 1st 1769. J. Finlayson fec.t" CRE FINLAYSON, John; (English; 1730-1776) AFTER REYNOLDS, Joshua Sir; (English; 1723-1792) David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most celebrated British actor of the 18th century, responsible for a new, 'natural' presentation of Shakespeare. Reynolds' picture was painted at the height of the actor's fame, in the late 1760s. In this portrait, the artist depicts him as Kitely, the merchant in Ben Jonson's comedy of 1598, 'Every Man in his Humour'. Garrick's expression relates to Act 2, scene 1, where the merchant suspects his wife of being unfaithful. This print is from a group of framed works from the founder, Dr. Hunter's collection, that were recorded as hanging in the Hunterian Museum by Laskey, 1813. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PORTRAIT : HUNTER : EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR : THEATRE : MERCHANT : HUNTER 2007 : EXPRESSION : JEALOUSY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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