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Manuscripts: H0098
Title
Bill of sale to David Garrick signed by William Hogarth
Artist
Provenance
David Garrick; 1779 to Mrs Garrick; sold at the sale of “The Library, Splendid Books of Prints, Poetical and Historical Tracts of David Garrick, Esq.” Wednesday 23rd April 1823 at “The Poets’ Gallery” 39 Fleet Street (lot 1330), bought by Thomas Seaton Forman; William Henry Forman, and then by descent to Alexander Henry Browne of Callaly Castle; either bought privately or through Sotheby’s 1899 by Charles Fairfax Murray, by whom given to the Garrick Club, 7th June 1917
Exhibition history
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (63)
1951 London, Tate Gallery, "Pictures from the Garrick Club" (43)
1997 London, Dulwich Picture Gallery, "Dramatic Art
Theatrical Paintings from the Garrick Club" (3)
June 2017 - September 2017, Lichfield, Johnson Birthplace Museum, "Johnson and Garrick: A Friendship in constant Repair"
October 2017-February 2018, London, Dr Johnson's House, "Johnson and Garrick: A Friendship in constant Repair".
