The Etching Club

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

Oliver Goldsmith. "The Deserted Village" (Joseph Cundall, 1855 - first pub. 1841).
Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield.
Corney, B. 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).

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).