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This later 18th-century painting (1770) of a young woman at her writing table can be a useful visual intertext for your reading of Pope, especially the motif of the love-letter (or "billet-doux") in Canto I. The young lady reading the love letter…

This entry in the Blackwell Companions to British History series contains a collection of brief essays on a variety of topics related to the material and cultural world of 18th century England. The topics excerpted in this PDF include: women and the…

An engraving in a 1738 text, Tom K---g's: or the Paphian Grove (facing page 44), depicting the rather rowdy goings-on in King's Coffeehouse. From a copy found in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

A handbill advertising the benefits of coffee, from a copy in the British Library, London.

This woodcut engraving advertises "Will's best coffee powder" for sale at Manwaring's coffee house. From an image in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.