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Mrs David Garrick's pet-en-l'air


Pet-en-l'air jacket, 1780-90

British informal sack-jacket or pet-en-l'air in
undyed cotton, roller-printed with an all-over Stormont pins
design in pinky brown. Entirely hand stitched. Reputed to have
belonged to Mrs David Garrick, wife of the celebrated actor

Manchester Galleries




The Garden at Hampton House,
with Mr and Mrs David Garrick taking tea,
painting by Johann Zoffany, 1762
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