David Garrick as Lord Chalkstone in "Lethe, or Aesop in the Shade"

Gabriel Smith British
Publisher Mary Dickinson British
Sitter David Garrick British

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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.

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