English poet and landscape gardener (1714-1763)

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Poets: twenty portraits of writers. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Buildings and members of Pembroke College, Oxford. Lithograph by Beynon & Company.

Fame, with a laurel wreath, hovering among clouds: beneath her are four portraits of poets in ovals. Engraving by R. Slann, 1799, after R. Smirke.

"The poet and one hundred woodlice / transcribed and edited by Tracey Dee.

A woman school-teacher sitting on a chair with birches in her hand as a small boy stands in front of her and another child holding a book looks on. Engraving by W.H. Simmons after T. Webster.

[William Shenstone correspondence].

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William Shenstone

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[William Shenstone correspondence].

A woman school-teacher sitting on a chair with birches in her hand as a small boy stands in front of her and another child holding a book looks on. Engraving by W.H. Simmons after T. Webster.