Sir Roger de Coverley, the fictional character, devised by Joseph Addison, who portrayed him as the ostensible author of papers and letters that were published in Addison and Richard Steele’s influential periodical The Spectator. Seen here leaving his local church, Sir Roger, a baronet of Worcestershire and typical landed country gentleman enquires after the welfare of his tenants. He was also a member of the fictitious Spectator Club, and the de Coverley writings included entertaining vignettes of early 18th-century English life that were often considered The Spectator’s best feature.

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