Garrick Speaking the Jubilee Ode, 1784, Stipple engraving, Sheet (trimmed to plate): 24 7/16 × 17 1/2 in. (62 × 44.5 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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Garrick Speaking, Jubilee Ode, 1784, Stipple engraving, Sheet, trimmed, plate, 24 7/16, 17 1/2, 62, 44.5 cm, Prints, after Robert Edge Pine, British, London, 1720/30?–1788, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1769, David Garrick, organized, Shakespeare Jubilee, three-day extravaganza, held, Stratford-upon-Avon, September 6th, 9th, months, advance publicity, opening dinner, followed, unveiling, new statue, Bard, town hall, Garrick, declamation, ode written, occasion
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