James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!"
Portrait by Stephen Slaughter, 1736
1726 portrait of Thomson by John Vanderbank
The poet James Thomson as depicted on the Scott Monument
The frontispiece of The Seasons by James Thomson. Published by Alexander Donaldson
Richard Savage (poet)
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Richard Savage was an English poet. He is best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's Life of Savage, originally published anonymously in 1744, which is one of the most elaborate of Johnson's Lives
Illustration from Richard Savage: A Romance of Real Life by Charles Whitehead
Title page of Life of Mr Richard Savage
Plaque on the wall of the old site of Bristol Newgate Prison