| David Garrick as Richard III at Bosworth | |
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| Artist | Nathaniel Dance-Holland |
| Year | 1771 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 236.4 cm× 144 cm(93.1 in× 57 in) |
| Location | Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall, Warwickshire |
David Garrick as Richard III at Bosworth is a 1771 portrait painting by the British artist Nathaniel Dance-Holland. It depicts the British actor David Garrick in the title role of William Shakespeare's play Richard III . He portrays the king leading his army at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. [1] Dance-Holland had also adapted one of Shakespeare's other works as a history painting Timon of Athens rather than a portrait. [2] The actor-manager of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Garrick was at the height of his career when Dance-Holland painted him. Two years earlier he had overseen the Shakespeare Jubilee in the playwright's birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon. [3]
It was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1771. [4] Today the painting is in the collection of Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall, having been acquired in 1947. [5] William Hogarth had also earlier notably depicted Garrick in the role with his David Garrick as Richard III (1745). [6]
