Book-Plate of David Garrick (1717–1779)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1760
name: label: Print Maker
content: John Wood, English, died ca. 1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Signed "I Wood in et sc" and showing the name of the actor in an escutcheon which is topped by a bust of Shakespeare. Underneath, a French sentence taken from the fourth volume of the "Menagiana", the conversations of Gilles Ménage (1613-1692) advising one to read a borrowed book immediately to be able to give it back as quickly as possible, beginning "La premiere chose."
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1944-83-13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 8.3 × 9.6 cm (3 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)