Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785
Title:
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.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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:
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. | Davies, Thomas -- Publisher. | Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Actors -- Great Britain -- Portraits. | Portraits -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Mezzotints -- [18--]. | Engravings -- [18--]. | Stipple engravings -- [18--]. | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)