George Watson-Taylor was a wealthy plantation owner in the West Indies and served as a Member of Parliament for over 20 years. Born George Watson, he married into a wealthy family and took his wife's surname. He is best remembered today as an art collector.
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"The Old Hag in a Red Cloak" [1801]
A parody of Matthew Lewis' poetic style as manifested in Lewis' 1801 anthology of Gothic poems Tales of Wonder.
- at LitGothic, courtesy of Prof. Douglass H. Thomson