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Title: Thomas Gainsborough letter to David Garrick
Creator: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Gainsborough writes an amiable letter to David Garrick about a man named Henderson who bears a likeness to Garrick as a performer. Gainsborough possibly refers to John Henderson, a promising actor at the time. Gainsborough goes on to hint at Garrick's old age and imminent demise. He ends with a comment on an Exhibition in which he will not take part. Letter contains a hole, a watermark, wax seal, and a postage mark possibly for April 1st. Image four scan has been rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00541
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/3044
Language: English
Subject: Actors
Death
Exhibitions
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788
Garrick, David, 1717-1779
Henderson, John, 1747-1785
Letters
Postmarks
Sealing-wax
Seals (Closures)
Signatures (Writing)
Watermarks
Source: Handwritten letter, 8.38 x 7.25 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 6, folder 39; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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