William Hazlitt
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William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell. He is also acknowledged as the finest art critic of his age. Despite his high standing among historians of literature and art, his work is currently little read and mostly out of print.
Self-portrait from about 1802
House in Wem, Shropshire where the Reverend William Hazlitt and his family lived between 1787 and 1813
Portrait of Charles Lamb by William Hazlitt, 1804
The back of No. 19, York Street (1848). In 1651 John Milton moved into a "pretty garden-house" in Petty France. He lived there until the Restoration. Later it became No. 19 York Street, belonged to Jeremy Bentham, was occupied successively by James Mill and William Hazlitt, and finally demolished in 1877.
Charles Lamb
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Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764–1847).
Portrait by Henry Hoppner Meyer
Portrait of Charles Lamb by William Hazlitt, 1804
Memorial to Charles Lamb at Watch House in Giltspur Street, London
Fanny Kelly "Entertains" from "The Works of Charles Lamb". The original caption said "Mr Lamb having taken the liberty of addressing a slight compliment to Miss Kelly in his first volume, respectfully requests her acceptance of the collection. 7 June 1818."