David Garrick as King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 1)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: David Garrick|Benjamin Wilson|James McArdell|William Shakespeare
Artist bio: British, Hereford 1717–1779 London|British, Leeds 1721–1788 London|Irish, Dublin 1729–1765 London|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon
Artist role: Sitter|Artist|Engraver|Subject
Artist nationality: British|British|Irish|British
Date: 1761
Medium: Mezzotint; first state of two, proof before letters
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to plate): 16 3/16 × 20 1/4 in. (41.1 × 51.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Men|Shakespeare|Actors|King Lear