An English porcelain theatrical figure of David...

An English porcelain theatrical figure of David Garrick in his role as Richard III, c.1800, probably Derby, after John Dixon's mezzotint after Nathaniel Dance's portrait, his right arm outstretched, his hat abandoned on the ground at his feet, left in the white, some staining, 29.2cm.

Provenance: the John Buckingham Collection.

Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, pp.186-188 for details of the original model and the reissues with John Philip Kemble and Edmund Kean.