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Etching Club

Also known as: Etching Club; primary name: Etching Club
Details: organisation
Other dates: 1838-1885 (active)
Biography: Founded in February 1838, with a limit of 12 artists. Plates made at meetings that were later revised and commercially sold as series. These were: 1841 The Deserted Village 1843 Songs of Shakespeare 1844 Etched thoughts of the Etching Club 1847 Gray's Elegy in a country churchyard 1849 L'Allegro 1853 Songs and ballads of Shakespeare 1857 Etchings for the Art Union of London 1865 Selection of etchings (being work of 1858-61) 1872 Etchings for the Art Union of London 1879 21 etchings 1880 Il Penseroso There was a later spin-off in the so-called 'Junior' etching club (whence the first one was sometimes later known as the 'Old' etching club).
Bibliography: Emma Chambers Andrea Fredericksen, whole issue of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin for Summer 2002 (see PQ 2004 pp.168-9)

179 related objects

drawing; print; print study

Museum number: 1976,0619.5 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles West CopePublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1853

print

Title: "The paths of Glory lead but to the Grave" Gray's Elegy in a country churchyard |
Museum number: 1857,0214.225 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1847

print

Title: L'Allegro |
Museum number: 1857,0214.226 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1849

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1878,0713.1369 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1847

print

Title: Diavoli pescatori |
Museum number: 1852,1116.156 |
Producer name: BIOG19056 Print made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1838-1850

print

Title: Capri |
Museum number: 1852,1116.124 |
Producer name: BIOG27015 Print made by:Thomas Fearnley |
Production date: 1838-1842

print

Title: Ruins of Neath Abbey |
Museum number: 1852,1116.108 |
Producer name: BIOG47483 Print made by:Charles Stonhouse |
Production date: 1838-1852

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1949,0503.11 |
Producer name: BIOG35028 Print made by:Matthew James Lawless |
Production date: 1859

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1949,0503.10 |
Producer name: BIOG35028 Print made by:Matthew James Lawless |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: The Welcome Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.941 |
Producer name: BIOG40481 Print made by:George Bernard O'Neill |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: "No more the Farmer's News the Barber's Tale-" The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1857,0214.223 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print

Title: The Lone One |
Museum number: 1852,1116.139 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Museum number: 1857,0214.234 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1857

print

Title: "Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee" "Well had the bonding tremblers learn'd to trace" |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1425 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1841

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.4157 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: The Expected Return Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1860,0811.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1830

print

Museum number: 1865,0114.945 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1857

print

Title: Ellen Drford Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.94 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Tempest |
Museum number: 1852,1116.150 |
Producer name: BIOG47483 Print made by:Charles Stonhouse |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: The Survivors of the Storm Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.89 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: A Woodland Dell Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.88 |
Producer name: BIOG35706 Print made by:Charles George Lewis |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Prospero |
Museum number: 1852,1116.162 |
Producer name: BIOG47483 Print made by:Charles Stonhouse |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: The Sick Child Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.107 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The Wood-breakers Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.931 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1856

print

Title: Rejected Addresses Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1850,1214.24 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.4155 |
Producer name: BIOG27015 Print made by:Thomas Fearnley |
Production date: 1838-1842

print

Title: The School Dame Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.926 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1815-1865

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1949,0503.13 |
Producer name: BIOG35028 Print made by:Matthew James Lawless |
Production date: 1859

print

Title: Meditation Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.121 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Plunderers |
Museum number: 1860,0811.5 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1903

print

Title: The School Dame Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1912,1014.286 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1815-1865

print

Title: "Room for his Park &c." The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1857,0214.224 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print

Title: "and as a hare whom hounds & horns persue" The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1857,0214.221 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1348 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1857

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.126 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: The sleeping shepherd Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.927 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Print made by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: The Fisherman's "Good Night" Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.947 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Clarke HookAfter:James Clarke Hook |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: Carcava un peccator con ambo l'anche |
Museum number: 1852,1116.153 |
Producer name: BIOG19056 Print made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1838-1850

print

Title: The Blacksmith Shop Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.110 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Dorothea |
Museum number: 1852,1116.114 |
Producer name: BIOG47483 Print made by:Charles Stonhouse |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: "Colin thou ken'st the Southerne Shepherd's Boye" Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.929 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Clarke HookAfter:James Clarke Hook |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1978,0520.23 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1857

print

Museum number: 1863,1114.28 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: Morning Prayer Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1850,1214.25 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The Skylark Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.939 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Print made by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: The rising moon, or, an English pastoral Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.932 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Print made by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: Caliban's Song. / Tempest - Act 2, Scene 2. Songs of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1869,0213.234 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1843

print

Museum number: 2019,7015.554 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.143 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: The assault |
Museum number: 1860,0811.9 |
Producer name: BIOG19056 Print made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1838-1850

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.136 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles George LewisAfter:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: The mother Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.112 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The Blacksmith Shop Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1367 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.128 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: Love's Enemies Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1850,1214.23 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Love's Enemies Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.97 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: "The Watch Dog's bark" The Deserted Village |
Museum number: 1857,0214.219 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1841

print

Title: Love Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.87 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Respice Finem |
Museum number: 2019,7015.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard RedgravePublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1838-1860

print

Title: The Day in the Country A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1938,0702.13 |
Producer name: BIOG32400 Print made by:William Holman Hunt |
Production date: 1865

print; frontispiece

Title: The Young Mother Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.951 |
Producer name: BIOG38463 Print made by:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1857

print

Museum number: 1857,0214.232 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1857

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.95 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1839

print

Title: The Garden at Haddon. |
Museum number: 1860,0811.4 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1838

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.122 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1838-1852

print; book of prints

Title: Etch'd Thoughts |
Museum number: 1862,0524.51-110 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The progress of war Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.123 |
Producer name: BIOG19056 Print made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Dolce far niente |
Museum number: 1852,1116.144 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1839

print

Title: Sea Cave Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.936 |
Producer name: BIOG28026 Print made by:William Edward Frost |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: The Alarm Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.129 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.116 |
Producer name: BIOG24011 Print made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Worcester Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.113 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1865,0114.925 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1857

print

Museum number: 1857,0214.233 |
Producer name: BIOG48072 Print made by:Frederick Tayler |
Production date: 1838-1857

print

Title: The Shepherd Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.948 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1850

print; book of prints

Title: A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1866,1208.139-150 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:John Everett Millais |
Production date: 1865 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; portfolio

Title: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
Museum number: 1862,0524.22-50 |
Producer name: Print made by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1847 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.132 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London |
Museum number: 1870,1112.432-461 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrint made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Twilight Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.103 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1844 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.161 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Overshot Mill Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.934 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Art Union of London |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.118 |
Producer name: BIOG48756 Print made by:Henry James Townsend |
Production date: 1839

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.160 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.133 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1838-1885 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1865,0114.928 |
Producer name: BIOG32090 Print made by:John Callcott Horsley |
Production date: 1856 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Fellow-Commoners. Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1870,1112.449 |
Producer name: BIOG17458 Print made by:Richard Ansdell |
Production date: 1857 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book of prints

Title: Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare |
Museum number: 1912,0802.108.1-18 |
Producer name: Published by:Etching ClubPrinted by:Gad & Co |
Production date: 1853 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Evening Walk Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.924 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas CreswickPublished by:Art Union of London |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Habitants of our shores Etchings for the Art Union of London |
Museum number: 2019,7015.9 |
Producer name: After:Richard AnsdellPublished by:Etching Club |
Production date: 1872

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.100 |
Producer name: BIOG19056 Print made by:John Bell |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The Lover's Reverie Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etchin |
Museum number: 1865,0114.944 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1857

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1949,0503.12 |
Producer name: BIOG35028 Print made by:Matthew James Lawless |
Production date: 1859

print

Museum number: 1852,1116.141 |
Producer name: BIOG50580 Print made by:Thomas Webster |
Production date: 1838-1852

print

Title: The Readers Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1850,1214.27 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: Rejected Addresses Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.98 |
Producer name: BIOG23588 Print made by:Charles West Cope |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1883,0609.153 |
Producer name: BIOG31295 Print made by:John Rogers Herbert |
Production date: 1838

print

Title: The weary ploughman, or, Tardus Bubulcus A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1872,0511.980 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Print made by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1857

print

Title: Rizpah Watching her Sons Etched thoughts of the Etching Club |
Museum number: 1852,1116.106 |
Producer name: BIOG43251 Print made by:Richard Redgrave |
Production date: 1844

print

Title: The Trvmpet Sounds, and Is the Knell of Peace |
Museum number: 1860,0811.2 |
Producer name: BIOG31295 Print made by:John Rogers Herbert |
Production date: 1839

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