Hell-fire Clubs [ Clubs & Societies / Association ]
… Image William Platt, after William Hogarth, ‘Sir Francis Dashwood worshipping Venus’, © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D37234, late 18th century. … references made by members of the Brotherhood corroborate the Hell-fire Club’s sexual nature, such as a letter from Sir William Stanhope, where he assures the Brotherhood that they have his prayers, ‘particularly in that part of the Litany …
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