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Probably the most interesting collection of pictures to be placed on exhibition in Widener Library this year, is the group of Garrick portraits which will adorn the walls and cases of the Treasure Room during the next two weeks. The portrait collection is supplemented by several autographed letters, and numerous medals...
...Garrick exhibit is taken from one of the most complete collection of its kind in the world, and is shown under the auspices of the Theatre Collection of Widener Library. Although there is only space in the Treasure Room for the exhibition of about 135 prints, the Garrick collection numbers over...
...autographed letters is from Mrs. Abington to David Garrick, requesting him to permit her to create the part of Roxalana, Garrick's reply is also shown. A poster playbill of Garrick's announcing his playing in "The Jealous Wife", is included in the exhibition...
Another interesting feature of the Garrick collection, is the ticket to Garrick's funeral. The wording of the invitation follows; "The Executors of David Garrick Esq. request the honor of your Company on Monday next, the 1st. of February, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon at his late House in the Adelphi to attend his Funeral to Westminister Abby...
...addition to the Garrick exhibition, a collection of autographed letters from Victorian authors and artists has been given to the Library by A. H. Parker '97, of Boston. The greater part of these letters were written to Frederic Locker Lampson, the poet and book collecter. The writers include Matthew Arnold, Eliot, Froude, Holmes, Lowell, Swinburne, Trollope, and about 35 others...