Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
attributed to <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-doughty-155" aria-label="More by William Doughty" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Doughty</a>
Caricature Group
Purchased 1939
<p>The identity of this group has yet  to be established, although it clearly represents a gentleman's club of some sort. Absent members are represented through portraits painted by the artist standing at the extreme right.</p><p>Some of the members wear blue ribbons  and medals around their necks. These  may represent prizes in a 'Catch'  or 'Glee Club'. On the table is a sheet  of music, probably for a popular song  of the period. The group is watching  the harlequin painted upon the hand  one of the members, who amuses his companions with its antics.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
22 April 2002 – 17 November 2002
2002-11-17
22 April 2002 – 17 November 2002
2002-11-17
2002-04-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-04-22
Caricature and Satire
Collection based display
9 June 2010 – 5 September 2010
2010-09-05
9 June 2010 – 5 September 2010
2010-09-05
2010-06-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-06-09
Rude Britannia: British Comic Art
Exhibition
Caricature Group
support: 775 × 1041 mm
frame: 878 × 1160 × 77 mm
Purchased 1939
<p>
The identity of this group has yet <br/>
to be established, although it clearly represents a gentleman's club of some sort. Absent members are represented through <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> painted by the artist standing at the extreme right. </p>
<p>
 </p>
<p>
Some of the members wear blue ribbons <br/>
and medals around their necks. These <br/>
may represent prizes in a 'Catch' <br/>
or 'Glee Club'. On the table is a sheet <br/>
of music, probably for a popular song <br/>
of the period. The group is watching <br/>
the harlequin painted upon the hand <br/>
one of the members, who amuses his companions with its antics.</p>
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