Valentine Green, 1739–1813, Britishafter Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)
Title:
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III.
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 23 1/4 inches (47.9 x 59.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite center: "Gold [ . . . ] 01"; in graphite lower right: w/ 5H 13"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1124
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | daggers | coat | torches | buttons | actors | lightning | man | woman | doors | windows | columns | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2020, pp. 44, 46, fig. 31, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA)C. A. Lennox-Boyd, Theatre: the age of Garrick, English mezzotints from the collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd , Christopher Lenox-Boyd, London, 1994, p. 81-82, no. 34, NE1816 G7 L45 1994 (YCBA)J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 42, 91, no. 55, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, v.2, p. 554, Green no. 47, NE1816.G7 S58 2004Mary Webster, Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1976, p. 45, no. 48, NJ18 Z68 W43 (YCBA)