David Garrick (1717-1779) as Richard III in William Shakespeare's 'Richard III'
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
258 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341467
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, David Garrick (1717-1779) as Richard III in William Shakespeare's 'Richard III', Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of David Garrick as Richard III, sitting on a couch in a tent.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
RICHARD THE THIRD (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter