Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode, after Robert Edge Pine, 1784

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Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode, 1784, Stipple engraving, Sheet (trimmed to plate): 24 7/16 × 17 1/2 in. (62 × cm), Prints, after Robert Edge Pine (British, London (?) 1720/30?–1788 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), In 1769, David Garrick organized the Shakespeare Jubilee, a three-day extravaganza held at Stratford-upon-Avon between September 6th and 9th with months of advance publicity. An opening dinner was followed by the unveiling of a new statue of the Bard at the town hall, and Garrick's declamation of an ode written for the occasion

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Size: 3852px × 5279px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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