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Later Stuart Portraits Catalogue

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Essayist and poet

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Joseph Addison

by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
circa 1712
NPG 3193

Joseph Addison

after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
1712, based on a work of circa 1712
NPG 283

Joseph Addison

by Michael Dahl
1719
NPG 714

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