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Richard Steele
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Sir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison.
Portrait by Jonathan Richardson, 1712
Portrait by Jonathan Richardson, 1712
c. 1712 kit-cat portrait of Steele by Sir Godfrey Kneller
c. 1712 kit-cat portrait of Steele by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Steele's house at Llangunnor, near Carmarthen, 1797
Steele's house at Llangunnor, near Carmarthen, 1797
Of the 271 essays published in The Tatler journal, Joseph Addison (left) wrote 42, Steele (right) wrote roughly 188, and the rest were collaborations
Of the 271 essays published in The Tatler journal, Joseph Addison (left) wrote 42, Steele (right) wrote roughly 188, and the rest were collaborations between the two writers.
Kit-Cat Club
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The Kit-Cat Club was an early 18th-century English club in London with strong political and literary associations. Members of the club were committed Whigs. They met at the Trumpet Tavern in London an
Richard Steele
…Whig party. Next, Steele wrote The Lying Lover (1703), one of the first sentimental comedies, but a failure on stage. Steele was a member of the Whig Kit-Kat Club. Both Steele and Addison became closely associated with Child's Coffee-house in St Paul's Churchyard. Steele left the army in 1705, perhaps due to the…
The Trumpet, Shire Lane, Temple Bar, in 1778
The Trumpet, Shire Lane, Temple Bar, in 1778
Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Kneller's kit-cat portrait
Sir John Vanbrugh in Godfrey Kneller's kit-cat portrait
Mezzotint title page from the Kit Cat Club portraits by John Faber the Younger, 1735. Chaloner Smith 1883; British Mezzotinto portraits from the intro
Mezzotint title page from the Kit Cat Club portraits by John Faber the Younger, 1735. Chaloner Smith 1883; British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century # 208. British Museum
Mezzotint portrait of Jacob Tonson by John Faber the Younger after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1733. Chaloner Smith 1883; British Mezzotinto portraits from t
Mezzotint portrait of Jacob Tonson by John Faber the Younger after Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1733. Chaloner Smith 1883; British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century # 208.43. British Museum