Nature and Genius Introducing Garrick to the Temple of Shakespeare

John Hamilton Mortimer 1740 - 1779

Summary

A group of figures crowded around a column of books on a raised dais. The books are to the right and have the bust of a man on top of them. There is a man in theatrical costume and crowned with laurel leaves to the left. He is holding a hat and a mask in his right hand and is facing to the right with one foot on the dais. There is a woman to the right with her back to the viewer and another facing her from the other side of the book column. There are two grostesque figures to the lower left corner and a winged figure on a cloud to the upper centre.