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Thirty Different Likenesses of David Garrick [Garrick and Hogarth, or the Artist Puzzled]
Mechanical print (two-part print in which top sheet has openings and bottom sheet is a moving wheel, allowing viewer to rotate through different images). This toy shows thirty different views through the canvas and the face of Garrick, showing his…
Photograph of performance of The Beaux' Stratagem
A photograph of a 1949 performance of Farquhar's The Beaux' Stratagem at the Pheonix Theatrein London. For more information seeVictoria & Albert Museum.
Thomas Otway
Half-length portrait of Thomas Otway from the Romantic era
Thomas Otway
Engraved portrait. For more information, see the Victoria & Albert Museum
Edward Kynaston
Half-length oval portrait. For more information, see NPG
Section Diagram of Drury Lane Theatre
A section of the reconstructed Drury Lane in Second Life, showing a few of the specific areas associated with the theatre. For more information, read here
David Garrick as Hamlet
David Garrick in the character of Hamlet, holding his hands up in fear; in the background are the ramparts of the castle.
David Garrick as Hamlet
Bust-length portrait of David Garrick as Hamlet. His eyes are wide in terror and his hair appears to stand on end (likely his famous 'fright wig') at an invisible horror.
Five Orders of Periwigs
Satirical engraving of eighteenth-century wigs drawn as they were worn at the late coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte. Wigs are measured 'architectonically' and put in a hierarchy of five groups, eachbearing annotations using mock…