Memoirs of the celebrated persons composing the Kit-Cat Club; . with a prefatory account of the origin of the association: illustrated with forty-eight portraits, from the original paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller.
James Caulfield (1764-1826)
Category
Books
Date
1821
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123783
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],x,261,[1]p., [48] plates . ports.. . 34cm.. Provenance: Binding stamp combining the Hervey and Upton arms [Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), 1st Marquess of Bristol m.1798 Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full red grained leather binding; five gilt fillets and gilt & blind tooled borders; gilt armorial centrepiece; spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Kit Cat Club".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
James Caulfield (1764-1826) Sir Godfrey Kneller (Lübeck 1646 - London 1723)