Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick: Plays, Painting and Performance

by Robin Simon

A study of theatrical portraiture through the work of William Hogarth and David Garrick.

In 1770 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg remarked, 'What a work could be written on Shakespeare, Hogarth, and Garrick! There is something similar in the genius of all three.' Two-and-a-half centuries on, Robin Simon's highly original and illuminating book takes up the challenge.

William Hogarth (1697-1764) and David Garrick (1717-79) closely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913645444
• ISBN13: 9781913645441
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 11.5"