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Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II, Scene III

Print
30/03/1776 (published)
Artist/Maker
Green, Valentine (engraver)
Boydell, John (publisher)
Zoffany, Johan Joseph (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print depicting David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard in the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Whole-length portraits. Pritchard is standing on the left, turned slightly to left and looking to right; Garrick is standing on the right, turned to and looking to front. The scene is in a gothic interior.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Portraits
Shakespeare
Object type
Print
TitleMr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II, Scene III (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Mezzotint
Brief description
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in the Tragedy of Macbeth, Act II, Scene III. Mezzotint by Valentine Green after Johan Zoffany, 1776.
Physical description
Print depicting David Garrick and Hannah Pritchard in the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Whole-length portraits. Pritchard is standing on the left, turned slightly to left and looking to right; Garrick is standing on the right, turned to and looking to front. The scene is in a gothic interior.
Style
British School
Production typeProof
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'J. Zoffany Pinxit' (Inscribed below image.)
  • 'Published March 30th, 1776, by J. Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside, London.' (Inscribed below image.)
  • 'V. Green, Engraver to his Majesty, fecit' (Inscribed below image.)
  • 'MR. GARRICK AND MRS. PRITCHARD IN THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, ACT II, SCENE III.' (Inscribed below image.)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Subjects depicted
Theatre
Man
Woman
Actor
Actress
Garrick, David
Pritchard, Hannah
Literary referenceShakespeare, William. <u>Macbeth</u>
Bibliographic reference
DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum : Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1874.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.2934

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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