The Craftsman (newspaper)
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The Craftsman, also known as The Country Journal or, The Craftsman or The Craftsman: Being a Critique on the Times, was a British newspaper which operated from 1726 to 1752. Established by Lord Boling
The Craftsman
Jonathan Swift
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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput
The Craftsman (newspaper)
…to oppose the administration of Robert Walpole and his 'Court Whig' faction. The paper's writers are claimed to have included early satirists, such as Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, although this is disputed. In April 1740 the opposition essay-paper The Champion complained that the Craftsman had lifted its…
Portrait by Charles Jervas, 1710
The house in which Swift was born; 1865 illustration
Jonathan Swift in 1682, by Thomas Pooley. The artist had married into the Swift family.
Jonathan Swift (shown without wig) by Rupert Barber, 1745, National Portrait Gallery, London