Thirty Different Likenesses of David Garrick [Garrick and Hogarth, or the Artist Puzzled]

Thirty Different Likenesses of David Garrick [Garrick and Hogarth, or the Artist Puzzled]

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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 trademark ability to change his facial expression. The picture frame on the floor also changes.

For further information, see V&A and NYPL.

Sly, Evan

Houlston, T.

1845-02-10

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