Autograph letters signed from Henri Louis Cain Lekain, Paris and London, to David Garrick and possibly two unidentified people, 1760-1768.

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Autograph letters signed from Henri Louis Cain Lekain, Paris and London, to David Garrick and possibly two unidentified people, 1760-1768.

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In one letter to Garrick (2) he regrets he will not be seeing him as he has to hurry back to Paris. In another (3) he writes on behalf of a Swiss miniaturist [Jean Louis Faesch?] who would like to paint him. He also mentions the success of [Bernard Joseph] Saurin's adaptation of "votre Tragedie Bourgeoise Du Joueur," which was then being performed. In a letter to an unknown addressee (5) he discusses a drama he is sending [Ericie ou La Vestale]. Its author, [Jean Gaspard Dubois] De Fontanelle, has been forced by the Chief of Police in Paris to subject it to the censure of the Archbishop, and would like it performed in Lyons.

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Saurin, Bernard-Joseph, 1706-1781

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Lekain, Henri Louis Cain, 1728-1778

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Fäsch, Johann Ludwig Wernhard, approximately 1738-1778

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Fäsch was a Swiss painter, illustrator, miniaturist, and portraitist, born in Basel ca. 1738 and died in Paris in 1778. Fäsch studied law but soon became a painter. He later moved to Paris and also completed portraits in London. He was known under a number of names including: Jean Louis Fesch and Johann Ludwig Wernhard Faesch, as well as de Fesch, Foech, and Foesch. Fäsch is the first artist to be said with certainty to have drawn his subjects directly from actual performance. Fäsch's work was p...

Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard, 1737-1812

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...