The Guardian (1713)

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The Guardian
Founder(s)Richard Steele[1]
Founded12 March 1713[2]
Ceased publication1 October 1713[3]

The Guardian was a short-lived newspaper published in London from 12 March to 1 October 1713.[4]

It was founded by

Tatler
are named).

The lion's head letterbox at Button's Coffee House, used for submissions to The Guardian

Button's Coffee House in Russell Street, Covent Garden, acted as an ad hoc office for the newspaper.[6] Contributors submitted written material in a marble lion's head letterbox, said to have been designed by the artist William Hogarth, for possible publication in The Guardian.

The Gentleman's Magazine[7] followed on the heels of The Guardian, being touted by Richard Steele as a sequel of it.

References

  1. ^ Sir Richard Steele (1897). Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele. Ginn. pp. 14–.
  2. ISBN 978-1-136-17180-2
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  3. ISBN 978-1-317-31414-1
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  4. ^ The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, with New Maps and Original American Articles by Eminent Writers. Werner. 1895. pp. 537–.
  5. ISBN 978-1-5358-5347-7
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  6. ^ Walton, Geri (23 July 2014). "Button's Coffee House: Fashionable Eighteenth-Century Site". Geri Walton. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  7. ^ Marshall (1788). Catalogue of Five Hundred Celebrated Authors of Great Britain, Now Living: The Whole Arranged in Alphabetical Order; and Including a Complete List of Their Publications, with Occasional Strictures, and Anecdotes of Their Lives. R. Faulder, J. Sewel, and B. Law. pp. 33–.

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