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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Author & Satirist
Francis, (studio) Bindon (1690 - 1765)
Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) dramatist, essayist and politician
Sir James Thornhill (1675 - 1734)
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) author, biographer, and historian
Thomas Woolner (1825 - 1892)
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) writer and politician (identity doubtful)
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Allegorical Tomb of Joseph Addison (1642-1719) essayist and poet
Donato Creti (1671 - 1749)
Carlo Besoli (1707 - 1754)
Nunzio Ferraiuoli (1660 - 1735)
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