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KNELLER, Godfrey (Sir) & FABER, John. The Kit-Cat Club done from the original paintings of... Kneller by Mr. Faber. London: sold by J.Tonson & J.Faber, 1735.
2° (album size: 465 x 323mm., plate size: 250 x 368mm.). Mezzotint throughout, each leaf cut to just outside plate mark, mounted and framed by a single ink line, title by Faber after H.Gravelot, 37 portraits by Faber after Kneller. Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (some damage to surface of leather on covers, spine slightly scuffed). Provenance: FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON CURRER (bookplate); John Sheepshanks (bookplate).
The portraits of the leading Whigs who formed the club were painted by Kneller to hang in the room built for the reception of its members at Jacob Tonson's house at Barn Elms. The proportions of the room neccessitated the use of a smaller than usual 36 x 28 inch canvas, known since as a kit-cat.
2° (album size: 465 x 323mm., plate size: 250 x 368mm.). Mezzotint throughout, each leaf cut to just outside plate mark, mounted and framed by a single ink line, title by Faber after H.Gravelot, 37 portraits by Faber after Kneller. Early 19th-century red straight-grained morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (some damage to surface of leather on covers, spine slightly scuffed). Provenance: FRANCES MARY RICHARDSON CURRER (bookplate); John Sheepshanks (bookplate).
The portraits of the leading Whigs who formed the club were painted by Kneller to hang in the room built for the reception of its members at Jacob Tonson's house at Barn Elms. The proportions of the room neccessitated the use of a smaller than usual 36 x 28 inch canvas, known since as a kit-cat.