Oil on canvas, approximately 25 x 35 inches. The Royal National Theatre and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Trust.

David Garrick first portrayed Richard in 1741, and in 1759 he again played the part at Drury Lane. This performance prompted Hayman to paint Garrick as Richard in 1760. Unlike his earlier theatrical paintings, Hayman moves his character from the stage and depicts the scene in a more natural setting against a background of the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485). Richard stands in front of his dead horse; his last words in the play (Act V, Scene iv) are "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" In the next scene Richmond, soon to be Henry VII, kills Richard in combat.

John Christian notes that "Garrick's portrayal of Richard III had an astonishing impact on artists." Paintings of Garrick in the role were also rendered by William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli, Nathaniel Dance, Thomas Bradwell, and Philip de Loutherbourg (166).