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the idiocy and incompetence of it all
It was a diverse set of characters that made up the hard-core of Josiah Wedgwood’s circle of friends, including even the fascinating figures on the fringes. They were collectively, the most brilliant group in England and also the most eccentric. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dr. Samuel Johnson, Erasmus Darwin, George Morland paintings, James Watt, Jenny Uglow, Johan Zoffany, Josiah Wedgwood, Lichfield Group, Lichfield Group Anna Seward poetess, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, The Lunar Society, Thomas Bentley, Thomas Day Sandford and Merton, Thomas Day The Dying Negro
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chains and chimes of freedom
John Howard, friend of the Josiah Wedgwood circle, worked for prison reform, striding through the foul smelling jails of eighteenth-century England, in Erasmus Darwin’s words, “if not to sever, to relax the chains.” They themselves pressed for the abolition of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, Desmond Clarke, Erasmus Darwin, James Keir, Jenny Uglow, John Howard prison reform, Joseph Priestley, Kevin Brennan minister, Lichfield Group Anna Seward poetess, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Robert E. Schofield, The Lunar Society, Thomas Bentley, Thomas Day, Thomas Day The Dying Negro, William Rosen, William Small, William Wilberforce, William Windus
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