The Kit-cat Club portraits: paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller, circa 1697-1721
43 Portraits in set
These portraits are of a group of influential men pledged to uphold the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the Protestant succession. Founded by Somers, the Lord Chancellor and the publisher Tonson, the club began meeting in Christopher Cat's tavern near Temple Bar, and took its name from his mutton pies known as Kit-cats. Members included Whig MPs and landowners as well as writers. The artist, Kneller, adopted a standard 'kit-cat' format of 36 x 28 inches instead of the standard 30 x 25 inches for the portraits. In the 1730s they hung in a special room which Tonson junior had built at his house at Barn Elms.
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1697
NPG 3204
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, based on a work of 1702
NPG 3201
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3210
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3221
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3224
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1715
NPG 3200
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1710
NPG 3203
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705
NPG 3206
Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1705
NPG 3207
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705
NPG 3208
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705
NPG 3211
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705
NPG 3229
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1707
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3218
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1707
NPG 3228
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1708
NPG 3196
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt, and studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1708
NPG 3232
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1709
NPG 3213
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1709
NPG 3219
James Berkeley, 3rd Earl of Berkeley
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1710
NPG 3195
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1710
NPG 3217
Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1710
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3235
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1710
NPG 3225
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1710
NPG 3234
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1712
NPG 3205
Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1712-1714
NPG 3209
Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1712
NPG 3216
Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1713
NPG 3198
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1714-1716
NPG 3226
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1715
NPG 3197
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1715
NPG 3202
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1715
NPG 3212
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1715
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3220
Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquess of Wharton
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1715
NPG 3233
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1717
NPG 3194
Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1717
On display in Room 8 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3222
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne; Henry Clinton, 7th Earl of Lincoln
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1721
NPG 3215