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The National portrait gallery (1901)

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) · London, New York [etc.] Cassell and company, limited · leaf 228

An illustration from The National portrait gallery, 1901, leaf 228
by Charles Jervas. Divine, satirist, and one of the chief masters of English prose.Born at Dublin. Became secretary to Sir William Temple; butseceded from the Whigs, and in 1713 was made Dean of St.Patricks. His first political work was A Tale of a Tub, publishedin 1704. The celebrated Drapiers… … 214 TTIE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY. ALEXANDER POPE. [688-1744. With Martha Blount (?). Painted byCharles Jervas. Celebrated poet. He was only sixteen when he produced those Pastorals which secured him the friendship of the most eminent witsof his time. His Essay on Criticism was published in 1711,…

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