Sujet

Louis Francois Roubiliac making a sculpture of Shakespeare, c1765, (1920s).Artist: David Martin

Légende

Louis Francois Roubiliac making a sculpture of Shakespeare, c1765, (1920s). Roubiliac is shown finishing the terracotta model on which the marble was based. The sculptor was commissioned by David Garrick, the greatest actor of his day, to sculpt a full-length marble portrait of Shakespeare. It was finished in 1758, and set up in the 'Temple of Shakespeare' that Garrick had built in the garden of his villa at Hampton. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s).
The Print Collector collection

Date

30 nov. 1999

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C34_120

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,5Mo) / 30,9cm x 40,6cm / 3645 x 4794 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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