The Etching Club

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Samuel Palmer, The Lonely Tower, 1879
Charles West Cope, The Stolen Kiss, 1850, published by The Etching Club, 1857 Charles West Cope - The Stolen Kiss, 1850 (The Etching Club, 1857).jpg
Charles West Cope, The Stolen Kiss, 1850, published by The Etching Club, 1857

The Etching Club (also known as Etching Club, the London Etching Club, and the British Etching Club; or the Junior Etching Club for its younger membership grouped separately) was an artists' society founded in London, England, in 1838 by Charles West Cope. The club published illustrated editions of works by authors such as Oliver Goldsmith, Shakespeare, John Milton and Thomas Gray. It effectively ceased to exist in 1878. [1]

Contents

Membership

Publications of The Etching Club

Publications of the Junior Etching Club

References and bibliography

  1. Lang, p. 39.
  2. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Dobson, William Charles Thomas"  . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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