Copy of On seeing Garrick act, ca. 1772 [manuscript], 18th century?.
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Copy of On seeing Garrick act, ca. 1772 [manuscript], 18th century?.
Uniform title
On seeing Garrick act.
Description
1 leaf ; 16 x 18 cm
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Copy of a poem first published in The London Chronicle of January 2, 1772.
Note
First line: When Britain's Roscius on the Stage appears.
Allegedly written by a "young gentleman, deaf and dumb from his birth" after seeing Garrick perform the part of Hamlet at Drury Lane. Authorship has at times been attributed to the miniaturist Charles Shirreff.
Allegedly written by a "young gentleman, deaf and dumb from his birth" after seeing Garrick perform the part of Hamlet at Drury Lane. Authorship has at times been attributed to the miniaturist Charles Shirreff.
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Y.d.1089 (25)
Folger accession
265177