Sir Samuel Garth FRS was an English physician and poet.
Samuel Garth by Godfrey Kneller.
Image: "The dispensary..." Sir Samuel Garth, 1699 Wellcome L0001057
Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century.
"Kit-cat portrait" by Godfrey Kneller, c. 1703–1712
Joseph Addison: engraving after the Kneller portrait
The actor John Kemble, in the role of Cato, revived at Covent Garden in 1816, drawn by George Cruikshank.
Addison in 1719, the year he died