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Date
18th century?
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 leaf
Language
English
Size
16 x 18 cm
Genre
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 232888
Folger call number: Y.d.1089 (25)
Folger holdings ID: 281414
Accession Number: 265177
Folger call number: Y.d.1089 (25)
Folger holdings ID: 281414
Accession Number: 265177
Summary
Copy of a poem first published in The London Chronicle of January 2, 1772
Notes
General notes
First line: When Britain's Roscius on the Stage appears Allegedly written by a "young gentleman, deaf and dumb from his birth" after seeing Garrick perform the part of Hamlet at Drury Lane. Authorship has at times been attributed to the miniaturist Charles Shirreff
Also known as
Uniform title: On seeing Garrick act
Extended title: Copy of On seeing Garrick act, ca. 1772 18th century?
Alternate titles: When Britain's Roscius on the Stage appears
Extended title: Copy of On seeing Garrick act, ca. 1772 18th century?
Alternate titles: When Britain's Roscius on the Stage appears
Subjects
Related names
subject: Garrick, David, 1717-1779
attributed name: Shirreff, Charles, approximately 1750-
attributed name: Shirreff, Charles, approximately 1750-