Kit-Cat Club [ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]
… Image John James Baker, 'The Whig Junto', Tate, T15046, 1710. Image William Hogarth, The Kit Kat Club, Lotherton Hall, Leeds Museums and Galleries … century clubbing and was the first to turn membership into a social credential. With members drawn exclusively from one Whig faction, yet with foundations in the literary world, it became a hub of patronage along lines of intellectual … > Association Practices > Associational culture Practices > Politics & Society Mots-clés Friendship Merchants Patronage Whigs The Kit-Cat Club (c.1690s-c.1720) was one of the earliest and most influential London gentlemen’s dining clubs. It …
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