Richard Brinsley Sheridan [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… 'Whig fraternity'. People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > Association Mots-clés Anglo-Irishness Clubs Duelling Politics Whigs Richard Brinsley Sheridan was part of the late eighteenth-century London male-dominated world of English clubs. A favourite in society, he was ‘clubbable’, to use the term coined by Samuel Johnson and he was also known for … 1 He was a great socializer, using conversation as a social art and political tool and was a member of several London Clubs, such as Samuel Johnson’s exclusive Literary Club (founded in 1764 by the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds around the …
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