Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… The Guardian (1713). He and Addison were associated with Child’s Coffee House and were also members of the Whig Kit-Kat Club , which was both political club and socio-cultural space. Membership gave Steele access to writers, such as William Congreve and fellow soldier-writer Sir John Vanburgh, as well as to an extensive patronage network of Whig leaders. The club’s reputation for genteel sociability was enhanced by a series of portraits painted by Sir Godfrey Kneller, including …
Morality | Periodicals | Politeness | Print culture | Politics | Slavery | Theatre | Wit | Women
Encyclopedia