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43 Portraits in set: The Kit-cat Club portraits: paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller, circa 1697-1721
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, himself a member of the club 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
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3204
John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1700s
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3196
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1700-1712
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3197
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1700s
NPG 3206
after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, (1702)
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3201
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703-1712
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3193
Charles Fitzroy, 2nd Duke of Grafton
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703-1705
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3210
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703-1710
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3211
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703-1710
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3221
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1703
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3224
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1704-1710
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3231
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1715
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3200
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1710
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3203
Algernon Capel, 2nd Earl of Essex
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1705
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3207
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1710
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3208
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1710
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3225
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1708
On display in Room 9 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 3228
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1705-1710
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3229
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, circa 1706-1711
On display at Royal Military School of Music, London
NPG 3214
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun
by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
oil on canvas, 1707
On display in the Dining Room at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 3218
