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№ 1386

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7 October 2004

Hammer Price:
£80

Middlesex [incorporating London], Greater Metropolitan area, Hampton, Skidmore’s Clerkenwell series, Penny, David Garrick’s house, rev. shield of arms, edge lettered, 24.31g/12h (DH 154). Extremely fine and attractively patinated (£90-120)

Provenance:
Fawcett/Litman Collection.

David Garrick (1717-79), the Shakespearean actor and theatrical producer, purchased Hampton House in 1754 and built his riverside temple to Shakespeare in 1755-6. The house, known as Garrick’s Villa, was sold by Garrick’s widow, the German dancer Eva Maria Veigel, in 1822