Anthony Stephen Mathew

Anthony Stephen Mathew (1734–1824) was a cleric the Church of England. He and his wife Harriet Mathew are most notable for their friendship and support of John Flaxman and William Blake and their gathering of intellectuals and artists salon in their house at Rathbone Place.

Importantly, he was one of the original supporters of Blake's first collection of work ''Poetical Sketches'' (1783). Blake later satirised the Mathews, and the Johnson Circle, in the collection ''An Island in the Moon''. Provided by Wikipedia