The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at [the] Golden Eagle in Suffolk Street in [the] County of Middlesex [graphic]

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16193986

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Title
The true effigies of the members of the Calve's Head Club held on [the] 30th of January 1734 at [the] Golden Eagle in Suffolk Street in [the] County of Middlesex [graphic]
Alternative Title
Calf's Head Club
Creator
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created
[1735]
Publication Place
London?
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Satire on young Whig supporters and their supposedly republican tendencies: interior of a tavern with seven young gentlemen drinking at a table on which is a calf's head with a moustache and a nightcap; one of the party holds an axe; an eighth gentleman looks out of the window at a bonfire in the street below; on the wall is a picture of the execution of Charles I."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved above image.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now thought to be by Van der Gucht. See British Museum online catalogue.
"Price 6d."--Lower right corner.
Five lines of text below image: The healths. To the pious memory of Oliver Cromwell, damnation to the race of the Stuarts To the glorious year, 1648. To the man in the mask, &c. &c. &c.
Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand below plate mark: Engraved at least by Vandergucht.
On page 89 in volume 1. Plate mark 208 x 191 mm, on sheet 228 x 196 mm.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 20.8 x 19.1 cm, on sheet 27 x 22 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1735
Etchings England London 1735
Material
engraving ;
Subjects
England > 1735
England > London > 1735
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8862477
Object ID (OID)
16193986

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