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The Etching Club 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]

Membership

Publications of The Etching Club

References & Bibliography

  1. ^ Lang, p. 39.
  2. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Dobson, William Charles Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Cope, H. W. "Reminiscences of Charles West Cope, R. A." (London: Bentley, 1891) p. 35 ff.
  • Ray, Gordon Norton. The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 Dover Publications, 1992) p. 139 ff.
  • Lang, Gladys Engel & Lang, Kurt. Etched in memory: the building and survival of artistic reputation (University of Illinois Press, 2001) p. 37 ff.
  • Fredericksen, A. The Etching Club of London: a taste for painters' etchings (exhibition catalogue, 2002).