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Patronage [ Politics & Society / Social interaction ]
… Image Edward Matthew Ward, ‘Doctor Johnson in the Ante-Room of the Lord Chesterfield Waiting for an Audience’, 1748, Tate, N00430. Abstract In … a patron to an artist) with more market-oriented models that distributed both financial and cultural investments and rewards more broadly. This entry will concentrate mainly on literary patronage as the type in which these changes … a patron to an artist) with more market-oriented models that distributed both financial and cultural investments and rewards more broadly. This entry will concentrate mainly on literary patronage as the type in which these changes …
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Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… on eighteenth-century collective consciousness. From his inception during the Restoration to his apparent decline towards the end of the Georgian era, the figure seems deeply intertwined with the specific hic et nunc of … identify him as a cultural indicator , with which to measure the shifts in gendered sociability and expectations towards upper-class men throughout the period. Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Character Concepts > Social … crowned Charles II could not conceal the fact that the English monarchy had been irremediably weakened by the 1648 Civil War, which had resulted in the execution of Charles I and the decade-long exile of his son. The king’s sobriquet reveals …
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Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… on the couple that they had lacked before, and they were accepted into polite society, with even their Southwark home – partly built on the ruins of Shakespeare’s Globe, or so Hester claimed – now alluring some well-known … had advised and in which he supported her, and by canvassing for her husband’s seat as a Member of Parliament for Southwark (Franklin 43, 63). 3 . See also Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale), in ed. A Hayward, 2 vols (London: Longman, Green, and Roberts: 1861), vol.2, p. 23. Gradually, the Thrales developed a working …
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Joseph Addison [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
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Flora Tristan [ Travel / Art and Literature ]
… constitués de médecins étrangers installés dans la capitale britannique, comme le Docteur John Elliotson, et Martin S. Warburg, avec qui elle entretint des relations étroites. Ces pionniers du mesmérisme, en vogue depuis la fin du … elle célèbre la 'supériorité intellectuelle', celui de Rosine Lytton-Bulwer, 15 fille de Doyle et épouse du romancier Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton. La visiteuse se rendit également dans plusieurs types de maison d'arrêt afin de comprendre les …
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