William Mason was an English poet, divine, amateur draughtsman, author, editor and gardener.
William Mason by William Doughty (oil on canvas, 1778)
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock, The Dunciad, and An Essay on Criticism, and for his translations of Homer.
Portrait by Michael Dahl, c. 1727
Mawson Arms, Chiswick Lane, with blue plaque to Pope
Alexander Pope, painting attributed to English painter Jonathan Richardson, c. 1736, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Frontispiece and title page of a 1752 edition of Pope's Odyssey