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Portrait of David Garrick
Artist	Thomas Gainsborough
Year	1770
Type	Oil on canvas, portrait
Location	National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of David Garrick is a 1770 painting by the British artist Thomas Gainsborough. A half-length portrait of the celebrated English actor-manager David Garrick it was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. Diarist Horace Walpole described it as "very like". Garrick, owner and star performer at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, was at the height of his fame when Gainsborough painted him. It was painted in Bath.

Today it is part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.

References

1. Woodall p.158-59
2. Hamilton p.254
3. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitExtended/mw02424/David-Garrick?
4. Kendall p.114
5. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02424/David-Garrick#:~:text=Described%20as%20%27very%20like%27%20when,thought%20me%20worthy%20of%20some

Bibliography

• Hamilton, James. Gainsborough: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2017.
• Kendall, Alan. David Garrick: A Biography. Harrap, 1985.
• Whitley, William Thomas. Thomas Gainsborough. Smith, Elder & Company, 1915.
• Woodall, Joanna. Portraiture: Facing the Subject. Manchester University Press, 15 Mar 1997.

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