Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… as among the leading eighteenth century British literary figures and royalty. He was a close friend of David Garrick, Edmund Burke and Henry Fielding, was celebrated by Alexander Pope and even admired by royalty, in particular King George II … and cultural elites’ ( O’Shaughnessy 559-584). Macklin also belonged to the debating Robin Hood Society where he met Edmund Burke and was associated with political and legal circles like the Grecian Coffeehouse, a meeting place for …
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