An 18th century portrait of Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) by Francis Bindon. Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language.

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Size: 3356px × 4884px
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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