A Thinking Club!!
Satirical Print
25/01/1796 (published)
25/01/1796 (published)
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A satirical print. Six elderly citizens sit round a table lit by two candles. All are muzzled, with straps fixed tightly over their mouths. One raises his clenched fist, as if speaking. On the wall are two large placards: 'Question to be thought on this Evening How long may we be permitted to Think?' Above the chairman (left): 'Rules to be observ'd | by | The Thinking Club | Chair to be taken at eight | To prevent any Member from | Letting his tongue run | Constitutional Muzzles | are sold at the door | That mum be the Order of the day | The President to signify the | subject to be thought on in | writing in a conspicuous Part of the room.' 25 January 1796
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Thinking Club!! (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | G. M. Woodward (possibly copied after). 'A Thinking Club!!'. Satirical etching, 1796, published by S.W. Fores. |
| Physical description | A satirical print. Six elderly citizens sit round a table lit by two candles. All are muzzled, with straps fixed tightly over their mouths. One raises his clenched fist, as if speaking. On the wall are two large placards: 'Question to be thought on this Evening How long may we be permitted to Think?' Above the chairman (left): 'Rules to be observ'd | by | The Thinking Club | Chair to be taken at eight | To prevent any Member from | Letting his tongue run | Constitutional Muzzles | are sold at the door | That mum be the Order of the day | The President to signify the | subject to be thought on in | writing in a conspicuous Part of the room.' 25 January 1796 |
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| Production | The etcher who made this print is unknown. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.229-1953 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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