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David Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the background. Etching by W. Hogarth and C. Grignion after W. Hogarth.

A gathering at Joshua Reynolds's house: Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke among the company. Stipple engraving by W. Walker, 1848, after J.E. Doyle.

Abel Drugger, from Ben Jonson's 'The alchemist', in a posture of combat. Engraving by J. Thornthwaite, 1777, after Roberts.

Dramatists and actors: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

A barber playing the tragic role of Alexander the Great in the acting style of David Garrick. Mezzotint after R. Dighton.

Westminster Abbey: monuments on the west side of Poets' corner. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after F.H. Huet-Villiers, 1811.

A man has been strung up on a pole along with carcasses, a crowd has gathered and they are making fun of him. Etching.

Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.

Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick / edited by George Pierce Baker.

Subjects of satire and caricature. Album of etchings by Matthew Darly, 1776.

[David Garrick correspondence].

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick / edited by George Pierce Baker.

Lord Ogleby with Canton (a valet) and Brush in Colman and Garrick's The clandestine marriage. Engraving by H. Meyer, 1821, after G. Clint.

Subjects of satire and caricature. Album of etchings by Matthew Darly, 1776.

A man has been strung up on a pole along with carcasses, a crowd has gathered and they are making fun of him. Etching.

[David Garrick correspondence].