BIB_ID
107407
Accession number
MA 9516
Creator
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Display Date
"Friday" [1768 June].
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 18.6 x 15.4 cm
Notes
Address panel with fragments of a seal to "David Garrick Esq're."
Endorsed by Garrick: "Mr. Foote's Letter about a little Dog."
See MA 161.5 for Garrick's reply to Foote dated June 2, 1768. Garrick's reply was purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909 as part of a collection of 28 letters related to David Garrick. See MA 161 for the collection level record. Garrick replies "Had I Pompey or Cesar, He sh'd be much at Mr. Barrel's Cleopatra's Service, but I have not been master of one for some years. I am sorry that I cannot oblige the young lady with one of my breed."
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Endorsed by Garrick: "Mr. Foote's Letter about a little Dog."
See MA 161.5 for Garrick's reply to Foote dated June 2, 1768. Garrick's reply was purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1909 as part of a collection of 28 letters related to David Garrick. See MA 161 for the collection level record. Garrick replies "Had I Pompey or Cesar, He sh'd be much at Mr. Barrel's Cleopatra's Service, but I have not been master of one for some years. I am sorry that I cannot oblige the young lady with one of my breed."
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
Asking, on behalf of Mr. Barrel, for the loan of Garrick's dog; saying "Mr. Barrel has prevailed on me to pimp for a four leg'd favorite of his and to send a card to one of your little Gentlemen to beg the favor of his Company for a day : or two, Mr. Barrel will send a chair at any appointed hour."
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