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• Author/Creator:
  Letton, Thomas, engraver.
  
• Title:
  To the lovers of the drama [graphic] / engrav'd by T. Letton.
  
• Published/Created:
  London : Pub. May 23, 1781, for the proprieor T. Letton, by Mr. Picot, facing Hungerford Coffee House, Strand & Mr. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, [23 May 1781]
  
• Physical Description:
  1 print : engraving ; 295 x 244 mm. and 61 x 244 mm., on sheet 450 x 315 mm.
  

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  Location:
  LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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  Call Number:
  781.05.23.02++
  
  Status:
  No information available
  Notes:
  Thin gold paper boarder mounted on wash-lined mount.
  
  Provenance:
  Purchased from the John C. Reily sale, Northeast Auctions, lot 228; November 2011.
  
   
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• Notes:
  Title from a separately engraved plate below the image. The title is followed by a verse from Sheridan, in two columns, three lines each, and a dedication: "This plate is done from the grand scene in the Monody, in honour of Garrick at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is respectfully dedicated by their most obedient humble servt. Thos. Letton. The portrait from a picture of Sr. Joshua Reynolds, in the collection of Sr. Thos. Mills."
  
• Summary:
  A monument to David Garrick with a putti holding a copy of the portrait of Garrick by Sir Joshua Reynolds just below the urn at the top. Below them, the muses of comedy and tragedy mourn along with three other puttis and various theatrical emblems. At the bottom of the monument is engraved a quote from Shakespeare: " ... take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again."
  
• Format:
  Visual Material
• Subjects:
  Garrick, David, 1717-1779--Monuments.
  Actors--England.
  Monuments & memorials.
  Actors--British.
  
• Genre/Form:
  Engravings--England--London--1781.
  
• Also listed under:
  Picot, Victor Marie, 1744-1805, publisher.
  Harris, John, d. 1812, publisher.
  Letton, Thomas, printseller.