A George III mezzotint under glass

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A George III mezzotint under glass
After Joshua Reynolds, depicting the actor David Garrick, the text beneath reading Strive nor Tragedy to Engross a GARRICK, who to Your Noblest Characters does Equal Honour below London, Printed for Rob. Sayer Map. & Printseller at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street, mounted in a later gilt moulded frame -- 12¾ x 16½in. (32.5 x 42cm.)

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David Garrick (1717-1779) was the most pre-eminent actor-manager during the Georgian peroid. His talent was recognised and supported by Samuel Johnson, who travelled with Garrick to London in 1737, and by 1749 he was the co-manager of the Drury Lane theatre.

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