1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
David Garrick, actor (1716-1779) is a 1850 by Lowes Cato Dickinson, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a black-and-white print of a man’s head and shoulders. His curly hair is neatly styled, and he’s wearing a dark coat with a white collar peeking out. The edges of the oval frame fade softly into the page, like a shadow. The artist used shading to make his face look three-dimensional, especially around the jaw and collar. It’s not a painting but a printed image, so the lines are precise and the tones are smooth. Check out chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and dark for drama.
The lithograph depicts David Garrick, the actor, in a bust format framed by a roundel, based on the Coleman Portrait of Garrick.
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Lowes Cato Dickinson (27 November 1819 – 15 December 1908) was an English portrait painter and Christian socialist. He taught drawing with John Ruskin and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He was a founder of the Working Men's College in London.
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