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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]

Membership

Richard Ansdell
Thomas Oldham Barlow
Charles West Cope (1811–1890)
Thomas Creswick
William Charles Thomas Dobson^[2]
Edwin Austin Forbes (1839–1895) (Honorary member)
William Edward Frost
Francis Seymour Haden
James Clarke Hook
John Callcott Horsley
William Henry Hunt
William Holman Hunt
John Everett Millais
George B. O'Neill
Samuel Palmer
Richard Redgrave (1804–1888)
Frank Stone
John Frederick Tayler (1806–1889)
Henry James Townsend (1810–1890)
Thomas Webster

Publications of The Etching Club

Oliver Goldsmith. The Deserted Village (Joseph Cundall, 1855 - first pub. 1841).
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield.
Bolton Corney. Goldsmith's poetical works (1845).
William Shakespeare. Songs of Shakespeare (1843).
William Shakespeare. The Ballads of Shakespeare (1852).
John Milton. L'Allegro and Il ponseroso (1849).
Thomas Gray. Elegy written in a country churchyard (1847).
The Etching Club. Etched thoughts (1844)
The Etching Club. Etchings For The Art-Union Of London by The Etching Club (London: Art Union of London, 1857).
The Etching Club. A selection of etchings by the etchings club (Joseph Cundall, 1865).

Publications of the Junior Etching Club

Junior Etching Club. Passages from Modern English Poets (Forty-Seven Etchings) (London: William Tegg, 1875); Alaric Alexander Watts.

References and bibliography

^ Lang, p. 39.
^ 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).

External links

The Etching Club.

[1] Lang, p. 39.

[DNB-2] Lee, Sidney, ed. (1901). "Dobson, William Charles Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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+{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
-'''The Etching Club''' was a short-lived artists' society founded in London in 18-- by [[Charles West Cope]] when he was living at 1 Russell Street. The club published several books of etchings illustrating writings by various well-known authors such as [[Oliver Goldsmith]], [[Shakespeare]], [[John Milton]] etc.
+{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
+[[File:Samuel Palmer - The Lonely Tower - Google Art Project (2397075).jpg|thumb|[[Samuel Palmer]], ''The Lonely Tower'', 1879]]
+[[File:Charles West Cope - The Stolen Kiss, 1850 (The Etching Club, 1857).jpg|thumb|[[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.<ref>Lang, p. 39.</ref>
+==Membership==
-Membership included many leading artists of the day:
 {{colbegin}}
-*[[Charles West Cope]]
-*[[William Holman Hunt]]
-*[[Richard Redgrave]]
-*[[Samuel Palmer]]
-*[[Thomas Creswick]]
-*[[John Frederick Tayler]] (1806 - 1889)
-*[[Henry James Townsend]] (1810 - 1890)
-*[[John Callcott Horsley]]
-*[[Thomas Webster (painter)|Thomas Webster]]
-*[[Frank Stone]]
-*[[Samuel Palmer]]
-*[[James Clarke Hook]]
 *[[Richard Ansdell]]
+*[[Thomas Oldham Barlow]]
+*[[Charles West Cope]] (1811&ndash;1890)
+*[[Thomas Creswick]]
+*[[William Charles Thomas Dobson]]<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Dobson, William Charles Thomas}}</ref>
+*[[Edwin Forbes|Edwin Austin Forbes]] (1839&ndash;1895) (Honorary member)
 *[[William Edward Frost]]
-*[[George B. O'Neill]]
+*[[Francis Seymour Haden]]
+*[[James Clarke Hook]]
+*[[John Callcott Horsley]]
 *[[William Henry Hunt (painter)|William Henry Hunt]]
+*[[William Holman Hunt]]
 *[[John Everett Millais]]
+*[[George B. O'Neill]]
+*[[Samuel Palmer]]
+*[[Richard Redgrave]] (1804&ndash;1888)
+*[[Frank Stone (painter)|Frank Stone]]
+*[[John Frederick Tayler]] (1806&ndash;1889)
+*[[Henry James Townsend]] (1810&ndash;1890)
+*[[Thomas Webster (painter)|Thomas Webster]]
 {{colend}}
+==Publications of The Etching Club==
-*[[Oliver Goldsmith]]. "[http://www.archive.org/details/desertedvillage00golduoft The Deserted Village]" (Joseph Cundall, 1855).
+*[[Oliver Goldsmith]]. [https://archive.org/details/desertedvillage00golduoft ''The Deserted Village''] ([[Joseph Cundall]], 1855 - first pub. 1841).
-*[[William Shakespeare]]. Sonnets.
-*[[John Milton]]. "L'Allegro" and "Il ponseroso".
+*[[Oliver Goldsmith]]. ''The Vicar of Wakefield''.
+*[[Bolton Corney]]. ''[[Oliver Goldsmith|Goldsmith]]'s poetical works'' (1845).
+*[[William Shakespeare]]. ''Songs of Shakespeare'' (1843).
+*[[William Shakespeare]]. ''The Ballads of Shakespeare'' (1852).
+*[[John Milton]]. ''L'Allegro and Il ponseroso''  (1849).
+*[[Thomas Gray]]. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=0C8BAAAAQAAJ&q=%22The+etching+club%22 Elegy written in a country churchyard]'' (1847).
+*The Etching Club. ''Etched thoughts'' (1844)
+*The Etching Club. ''Etchings For The Art-Union Of London by The Etching Club'' (London: Art Union of London, 1857).
+*The Etching Club. ''A selection of etchings by the etchings club'' (Joseph Cundall, 1865).
+==Publications of the Junior Etching Club==
-==Bibliography==
+*Junior Etching Club. ''Passages from Modern English Poets (Forty-Seven Etchings)'' (London: William Tegg, 1875); [[Alaric Alexander Watts]].
+==References and bibliography==
-*''Etchings For The Art-Union Of London by The Etching Club'' (London: Art Union of London, 1858).
+{{reflist}}
-*Cope, H. W. "[http://www.archive.org/details/reminiscencesofc00copeiala Reminiscences of Charles West Cope, R. A.]" (London: Bentley, 1891) p. 35 ff.
+*Cope, H. W. "[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofc00copeiala Reminiscences of Charles West Cope, R. A.]" (London: Bentley, 1891) p. 35 ff.
-*Fredericksen, A. ''The Etching Club of London: a taste for painters' etchings'' (exhibition catalogue, 2002)
+*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).
 ==External links==
+{{commonscat}}
 *[http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&person=14559 The Etching Club].
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+[[Category:British artist groups and collectives]]
+[[Category:1838 establishments in England]]
+[[Category:Arts organizations established in 1838]]
+[[Category:Etching]]
+[[Category:1878 disestablishments in England]]
+[[Category:Arts organizations disestablished in the 19th century]]
+[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1878]]

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