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William Congreve, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1709; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
William Congreve
English dramatist
Oliver Goldsmith, oil painting from the studio of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sir John Vanbrugh
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Noël Coward
Noël Coward
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William Wycherley
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W. Somerset Maugham
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Thomas Shadwell, engraving.
Thomas Shadwell
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Sir George Etherege
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Ellen Glasgow, miniature by an unknown artist; in the collection of the Virginia Historical Society.
Ellen Glasgow
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