Garrick 's trick on Goldsmith

Garrick 's trick on Goldsmith-illustration from the Dr Johnson's Series. Depicts six men around a table including Samuel Johnson, David Garrick (in disguise) and Oliver Goldsmith. Caption reads: 'Garrick inquiring for the poet Goldsmith. Goldsmith never suspected that his uncle, 'the Dean', was Garrick disguised. ' SJ: English essayist, biographer, lexicographer and critic of English literature: 18 September 1709-13 December 1784. DG: English actor and playwright: 19 February 1717-20 January 1779. OG: Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, poet, physician: 10 November 1730 or 1728- 4 April1774.