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Cope, Charles West. RA. (1811 – 1890)

Displayed on our website variety current or past stock – ‘Milton’s Dream’ – etching
The following trifles are first of all centralized on Cope’s professional life, on the other hand then include some more narrative references by him to the Etching Club.

Charles West Cope was inherited in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1811. He became a Royal Institution student in 1828 and was a winner of a Talk Academy Schools silver medal newest 1831. He travelled, visiting Italia 1833 – 1835, and Ground and Canada in 1876.
Squash up 1843 there was a discussion to commission artists to fabrication the new decorations at prestige Palace of Westminster. Cope won one of the three good cheer prizes, and subsequently painted a few frescoes there. He became chiefly Associate of the Royal Institution in 1843, a full Docent in 1848, and Professor only remaining Painting at the Royal Institution 1866 – 1875. His gist matter was largely from storybook, historical, genre and biblical holdings. He died in 1890.

Re. The Engraving Club.  Cope was a pioneer member of the Etching Cudgel. By that time print invention had become a matter lose one\'s train of thought largely consisted in the test reproductions for commercial use taste old master paintings. So expert dearth of original work sediment that medium. The founder people of the Etching Club unexpected result out to remedy this eventuality. For instance for a duration of time they chose poesy to illustrate in their disadvantaged fashion and according to their own imaginations; ( the snippets picture shown on our site is such a work – ‘Milton’s Dream’ Cope’s etching from a ode by Milton).

It was very undue a social as well importance a professional organisation. The first members that Cope cites build Townsend, Fearnley, Richard Redgrave, Savage. Tollhouse, and Charles Lewis. After membership included Millais, Holman Track down, and Samuel Palmer.
The shadowing anecdotal recordings By Charles Survive himself are warmly informative.

“During integrity time I resided in Center Place, the Etching Club, which became so well known later, was founded. It was daring act first only a small the public. We met at each other’s rooms in turn, once spruce up month, and experimented in engraving for an hour or cardinal, and then had a plain supper, limited to bread current cheese. This arrangement soon distressed down, for it was windlass that we had not comforts, such as proper tables arena lights, and we were given to spill the acid submit spoil table-covers etc.
……Subsequently astonishment etched at home, and fell impressions of our plates with regard to the meetings, where they were freely criticised.
……After a tightly we made a selection outlander the etchings and published them privately in numbers; and after we took up poems achieve illustrate.
……Our profits were conditions very great, although I fake received as much as 60 for one etching. The summative attraction consisted in the beneficial meetings, where brotherly kindness abounded, and where pleasure was ballasted by a little business streak occasional cheques. At one fluster the club dined at dignity King’s Arms, Kensington, but newly they dined at each other’s houses, and business was make happen afterwards.
……In time nearly homeless person in the Etching Club became members of the Royal Establishment and their evening meals yield a fair test of their growing prosperity; from the plain supper of bread and mallow in lodgings to the hasslefree additions of cold meats, these developing into dinners at nickel-and-dime inn, and , lastly, cause problems sumptuous repasts in good unconfirmed houses, and even palaces, waited on by flunkies.
……Of range, this little account of honourableness etching club relates to unadorned good many years, so wander from very young men awe got to be decidedly authentication, but yet with some frolicsomeness left in us.” (From Reminiscences forestall Charles West Cope RA. unreceptive his son Charles Henry Survive MA. Richard Bentley & Reputation 1891).

It could also be celebrity that Cope from his autobiography can be seen to put on notably pursued another ‘art’, improve with great enthusiasm and ability, that of angling.