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Scrapbook of David Garrick [manuscript], bound ca. 1890.

Garrick, David, 1717-1779, author.; Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, correspondent.; Delaval, addressee.; Huth Library, former owner.
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Title
Scrapbook of David Garrick [manuscript], bound ca. 1890.
Description
1 v. (1-75, 79-125 p.) : ill.
Associated name
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, author.
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, correspondent.
Delaval, addressee.
Huth Library, former owner.
Summary
Collection of letters, poems, part of Cymon, outlines of Lilliput, engravings and other material, 1741-ca. 1816.
Note
Formerly Folger MS A.b.55. Title on spine: Autographs. David Garrick, Kitty Clive, etc. Each manuscript has been catalogued separately. Poems listed in the Folger card index of first lines.
Publications about material
Letter from Foote to Delaval, April 5, 1753 to be quoted in a biography of S. Foote. See letter from S. Trefman, February 20, 1971.
Provenance
Provenance: Huth MS.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. David Garrick.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library W.b.472
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Poems.
Prints.
Scrapbooks.
Manuscripts (documents)

Call number
W.b.472
Folger-specific note
Please do not open at more than a sixty degree angle to prevent the curve of the opening from transferring from the Japanese hinges to the original support pages. Original stubs, bands, and sewing supports now housed with MS old housing. Ask Reading Room for assistance.
Folger accession
cs907

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