Kit-Cat Club [ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]
… and Tonson continued to exchange their mutual affection and nostalgia for the Club’s hey-day in letters and posted gifts. 11 . Such as those of Walpole at Houghton and Eastbury, or those of Sir Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham … Six of Vanbrugh’s main architectural patrons were fellow members, however, and on one occasion the Club collected a gift of 800 guineas for the actress Mrs Bracegirdle. Reflecting the semi-mercantile nature of the Whig party, the Kit-Cat …
Friendship | Merchants | Patronage | Whigs
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