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Collections by R. B. Wheler on the Stratford Jubilee of 1769, consisting chiefly...
Catalogue reference: ER1/14
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- ER1/14
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1769-1785
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Collections by R. B. Wheler on the Stratford Jubilee of 1769, consisting chiefly of:
An Ode... at Stratford upon Avon by David Garrick, London, 1769, quarto (ff. 7-37), followed by Lloyds Evening Post and British Chronicle, 4 August 1769, 11 March 1771 (ff. 39-169)
These works are interleaved, the inserted leaves containing copies of correspondence, 3 November 1768 - 13 November 1770 (ff. 5 - 24, 56), together with anecdotes, criticisms, verses and notes on the Jubilee by Wheler.
The following portraits also occur:
Thomas Betterton, f. 4v; Garrick (Miller sc.) f. 5;
Shakespeare, f. 11, 26v; Ben Jonson, f. 28v;
Samuel Johnson (Bartolozzi, 1785), f. 36; Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy (mezz. C. Corbutt), f.38.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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- Quarto, ff. 173.
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Collections by R. B. Wheler on the Stratford Jubilee of 1769, consisting chiefly...