2 OF 55

David Garrick

2 of 55 portraits of David Garrick

David Garrick

after Louis François Roubiliac
plaster painted terracotta, circa 1758
25 in. (635 mm) high
Given by Sir Theodore Martin, 1883
Primary Collection
NPG 707a

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David Garrick (1717-1779), Actor, playwright and theatre manager. Sitter associated with 55 portraits.

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Louis François Roubiliac (1702-1762), Sculptor. Artist associated with 13 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.

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Garrick loved having his portrait painted and his celebrity owed much to the many paintings, drawings, engravings and portrait busts of him. This one is a copy of a bust by one of his friends, the French sculptor Roubiliac who spent most of his life living and working in England.