101 - Circle of Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland,

Circle of Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, British 1735-1811- Portrait of David Garrick (1717-1779) as 'Periander' in 'Eurydice'; oil on canvas, 94.5 x 83 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Olympia, 13 July 2006, lot 13. with Artware Fine Art, London; where purchased by the present owner (A Distinguished British Private Collection) in 2015. Note: Previously attributed to Benjamin Wilson (1721-1788), the present work recalls Dance-Holland's numerous portraits of actors in costume, as in his depictions of David Garrick as Richard III at Bosworth in the collection of Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall [TH15], and of a gentleman identified as John Palmer (c.1742-1798) which was offered at Christie's, London, on 16 March 1984, lot 71. Other similar paintings by Dance-Holland include his portraits which sold at Christie's, London, on 24 May 2006, lot 36, and at Sotheby's, London, on 7 December 2023, lot 71. David Garrick was also depicted as 'Periander' by James Roberts II (1753-c.1810) in a drawing in the collection of the British Museum [Ee,3.94] which was later reproduced as a print for John Bell's 'British Theatre'.