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A History of the County of Oxford
… also possesses a portrait by Franz Hals, a portrait of Garrick by Reynolds, and a landscape with cows by N. Cuyp. …
Old and New London
… for Cave, the editor of the Gentleman's Magazine, and here Garrick made his first theatrical debt in London. Between … 17371741, says Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, in his "Life of Garrick," Garrick's friend Johnson "now working out a miserable …
Survey of London
… (Elphinstone's translations were said by his friend Garrick to be more difficult to understand than the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1401; the house was bought in 1771 by the actor, David Garrick (1717-79). 55 In London Road the earliest houses are …
Old and New London
… time Birchin Lane was still famous for old clothes. Garrick, always a strategist, kept up his interest in the …
Old and New London
… and Dr. Johnson; Rich, Woodward, Booth, Wilkes, Garrick, and Macklin; Kitty Clive, "Peg" Woffington, Mrs. … and Traders;" and in Arthur Murphy's letters to David Garrick will be found a graphic sketch of one of the best of … Club." Here too Wilson, "the English Claude," friend of Garrick and Dr. Arne, had rooms in his palmy days; poor …
Old and New London
… happiness, and cannot check a pistol." DINING-ROOM OF THE GARRICK CLUB. The following curious circumstance is mentioned … Auction Rooms"The Essex Serpent"Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Garrick ClubCollection of Theatrical PortraitsRose … witty and well dressed, after the fashion of the Garrick school; Dr. Gossett, Captain Baillie, Mr. Baker, Mr. …
Old and New London
… Grinling Gibbons' HouseDr. RadcliffeThe Poet WycherleyThe "Garrick's Head"Exhibition of Sign-boardsThe … writes:"After dinner I went to the mock trials at the 'Garrick's Head,' in Bow Street. There is one man who imitates … consisting of upwards of 600 members, including not only Garrick, Foote, Murphy, Dr. Dodd, George Colman, Goldsmith, …
Survey of London
… of Works for the formation of a new thoroughfare (now Garrick Street) from St. Martin's Lane to King Street. From …
Old and New London
… in 1735, founded the Beefsteak Club; and here, in 1746, Garrick played for the season. The site of the theatre was … such an obstruction to the actors that it was abolished by Garrick. At the time of the death of John Rich in 1761, the … Wildair;" but so captivating did she appear in it that Garrick, with whom it had been a favourite part, gave it up …