David Garrick as Lord Chalkstone in "Lethe, or Aesop in the Shade"
Gabriel Smith British
Publisher Mary Dickinson British
Sitter David Garrick British
Not on view
The actor and theater manager Garrick wrote the farce "Lethe, or Aesop in the Shades." This print shows Garrick in a scene from the play peering through a magnifying glass, accompanied by three other characters, one of whom is dressed as Mercury.