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Creator:
Davies, Thomas, 1713–1785
Title(s):
Memoirs of the life of David Garrick, esq. : interspersed with characters and anecdotes of his theatrical contemporaries : the whole forming a history of the stage, which includes a period of thirty-six years / by Thomas Davies.
Edition:
Third edition.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for the author, and sold at his shop in Great Russell Street, Covent Garden, 1781.
Physical Description:
2 v. : port. ; 20 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN2598 G3 D3 1781+ Oversize
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center copy is interleaved with sheets 36 cm. and is extra-illustrated with 200 portraits (including many mezzotints) of eighteenth century actors, actresses, and a few authors and public figures.
Subject Terms:
Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Actors -- Great Britain -- Portraits.
Davies, Thomas -- Publisher.
Garrick, David, 1717-1779.
Portraits -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Mezzotints -- [18--].
Engravings -- [18--].
Stipple engravings -- [18--].
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
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