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Ex  Libris 
C.  K.  OGDEN 


THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

LOS  ANGELES 


THE  LIBRARY- 
UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORJWA 
LOS  AJ^GELES 


THE  ARTS  CLUB 

AND 

ITS  MEMBERS 


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THE  ARTS  CLUB 


AND 

ITS  MEMBERS 


BY 

G.  A.  F.  ROGERS 

WITH    ILLUSTRATIONS    BY    MEMBERS   OF 
THE   CLUB 


Non  ebur  neque  aureum 
Mea  renidet  in  domo  lacunar. 

Horace. 


LONDON 
TRUSLOVE  AND  HANSON,  LTD. 
1920 


PRINTED  IN  GREAT  BRITAIN. 

CHISWICK  PRESS:   CHARLES  WHITTINCHAM  AND  GRIGGS  (PRINTERS),  LTD. 

TOOKS  COURT,  CHANCERY  LANE,  LONDON. 


Art 
Library 


NOTE 

HAVE  to  thank  those  friends  who  have  so  kindly 
assisted  me  with  their  criticismsand  reminiscences 
in  the  production  of  this  work.  No  doubt  there 
are  others  who  could  and  would  have  done  like- 
wise had  I  known  precisely  to  whom  to  apply.  I  am  also 
indebted  to  the  artists  who  have  permitted  me  to  reproduce 
their  drawings. 

I  have  collected  from  various  sources  numerous  references 
to  both  the  club  houses  and  to  former  members,  and  have  drawn 
much  information  from  the  invaluable  "  Dictionary  of  National 
Biography." 

G.  A.  F.  ROGERS. 
Arts  Club 

A V gust  [920 


CONTENTS 


PART  I 

CHAP. 

I.  The  Foundation  of  the  Club  . 

II.  No.  17  Hanover  Square  from  17 18  to  1863 

III.  No.  17  Hanover  Square  from  1863  to  1896 

IV.  Dover  Street  from  1680  to  1896 

V.  The  Arts  Club  at  40  Dover  Street 

VI.  Index  to  Part  I     ..... 


I 
6 
12 
26 
35 
45 


PART   II 

I.     Committee  and  Honorary  Members   ....         49 
II.     A  Complete  List  of  M  embers  from  i  863  to  the  Present 
Time,  with  Personal  Notices  of  Many  Deceased 
Members  ........         51 


Vll 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS 


PART  I 

The  Lounge  at  Dover  Street 
A  Mantelpiece  at  Hanover  Square 
Drawing  Room  at  Hanover  Square 
Election  of  an  Honorary  Member 
The  Club  Badge 
A  Steward  .... 

A  Discussion       .        .        .        . 
Saturday  Evening  at  Dover  Street 
The  Jubilee  OF  "The  Arts"  Club    , 


TO  FACE 
PAGE 


Frontispiece 
4 


G.  Du  Maurier 

{in  text) 

Norman  Evill 

E.  F.  Clarke 

G.  Moira 

F.  H.  Townsend 


The  Terrors  of  War     C.A.  Shepperson,  A.F.A.,  A.R.  W.S. 


13 
16 

19 
36 
39 

41 
43 


Tom  Angell 
Algernon  Brent 
John  Richard  Clayton 
Charles  Dickens's  last  Cheque 
Henry  Robert  Eyers 


PART  II 

.    Fred  Walker,  A.R. A. 

52 

Norman  Evill 

59 

Norman  Evill 

64 

EQUE 

69 

Norman  Evill 

73 

IX 


Part  I 
THE  CLUB 


THE  ARTS  CLUB 


I 

THE  FOUNDATION  OF  THE  CLUB 


N  accordance  with  Dr.  Johnson's  definition  of  a  club  as 
"an  assembly  of  gfood  fellows  meeting-  under  certain 
conditions,"  the  Arts  Club  was  founded  in  1863  for  the 
purpose  of  facilitating-  the  social  intercourse  of  those 
connected,  either  professionally  or  as  amateurs,  with 
Art,  Literature,  or  Science.  The  number  of  members  was  originally 
fixed  at  250,  but  was  afterwards  extended  to  400,  then  to  450,  and 
finally  to  600.  Foreign  artists  and  literary  and  scientific  men  whose 
usual  residence  is  out  of  the  United  Kingdom  might  be  elected 
honorary  members  for  a  limited  period,  a  privilege  of  which  a  number 
of  foreign  artists — especially  Belgian — were  glad  to  avail  themselves 
during  the  war  period  from  1914  to  1918.  At  various  times  the  Club 
has  elected  under  this  Rule  such  representative  men  as  Mark  Twain, 
Bret  Harte,  Henry  M.  Stanley,  Gustave  Dore,  Jules  Claretie,  the 
two  Coquelins,  Bastien  le  Page,  Benjamin  Constant,  Rodin,  Rossi, 
Joachim,  and  many  others.  The  Rule  was  also  sometimes  applied 
collectivelyas  whenin  1879  "LesSocietaires  de  la  Com^die  Fran9aise  " 

B 


2  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

and  in  1881  "The  Gentlemen  of  the  Saxe  Meuiingen  Dramatic 
Company"  were  admitted  to  Honorary  Membership  of  the  Club. 
There  is  a  definite  limitation  of  sex  in  the  second,  but  I  cannot  find 
from  the  records  whether  it  applied  to  the  first  case.  Many  foreign 
artists,  architects,  musicians,  and  literary  men  who  have  been  settled 
in  England  have  from  the  earliest  days  of  the  Club  been  elected 
ordinary  members  as  will  be  seen  from  the  list  of  names  which 
appears  later  on. 

The  majority  of  the  members  have  always  been  painters  and 
architects;  sculpture,  literature,  and  journalism  have  been  well 
represented,  and  so  long  as  the  Club  was  located  in  Hanover  Square, 
where  the  next  house  in  Tenterden  Street  was  occupied  by  the  Royal 
Academy  of  Music,  there  was  always  a  numerous  contingent  of  the 
Professors  of  various  branches  of  the  musical  Art.  Science,  too,  has 
been  much  in  evidence  in  the  membership,  especially  in  the  depart- 
ments of  experimental  chemistry  and  zoology. 

The  founder  of  the  Club  was  Mr.  Arthur  J.   Lewis,  an  amateur 

artist  of  considerable  merit,  whose  pictures  were  often  to  be  seen  at 

the  Royal  Academy  exhibitions,   and  who  was  for  many  years    in 

touch  with  a  numerous  group  of  artists  and  literary  men.  He  gathered 

together  at  his  chambers  in  Jermyn  Street  a  body  of  part-singers, 

most  of  whom  were  artists,  who  were  trained  and  conducted  by  John 

Foster,  an  Alto,  one  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Chapel  Royal.     From 

1858  to  1862,  so  long  as  they  met  in  Jermyn  Street,  they  were  known 

as  "The  Jermyn   Band,"  but  after  Arthur  Lewis's    marriage  with 

Miss  Kate  Terry  and  removal  to  Moray  Lodge,  Kensington,  in  the 

latter  year,  the  title  was  changed  to  "The  Moray  Minstrels."  Among 

the  most  regular  attendants  were  Frederick  Walker,  A.  R.A.,  who 

designed  the  cards  of  invitation  ;   Charles  Keene,  whose  correct  ear, 

fine  voice,  and  enthusiastic  support  of  the  institution  made  him  a 

valuable  member;  Stacy  Marks,  R.A.,  who,  in  addition  to  assisting 

in  the  set  programme,  would  afterwards  sing  comic  songs  and  preach 

a  very  amusing  American  sermon;  Du  Maurier,  whose  French  songs 


THE  FOUNDATION  OF  THE  CLUB  3 

were  much  appreciated;  and  "  Tom  "  Angel  who  could  sing  hunting 
songs  with  inspiriting  choruses.  These  gatherings  were,  naturally, 
very  popular  and  largely  attended,  invitations  being  eagerly  sought 
after.  The  proceedings  opened  with  a  programme  of  glees  and  part 
songs  by  "  The  Moray  Minstrels";  then  came  a  good  supper,  which 
always  began  with  oysters  when  in  season,  and  the  evening  wound 
up  with  an  impromptu  miscellaneous  entertainment  to  which  members 
and  visitors  were  called  upon  to  contribute  according  to  their  ability. 
The  following  account  of  these  gatherings  was  contributed  by 
Mr,  Arthur  Severn  to  E.  R.  and  J.  Pennell's  "Life  of  James  McNeill 
Whistler": 

"At  Arthur  Lewis's  parties  on  Campden  Hill  there  were  charm- 
ing gatherings  of  talented  men  of  all  kinds  with  plenty  of  listeners  to 
applaud.  It  was  at  these  parties  that  the  Moray  Minstrels  used  to 
sing,  conducted  by  John  Foster,  and  when  they  were  resting  any  one 
who  could  do  anything  was  put  up.  Du  Maurier  and  Harold  Sower 
used  to  sing  a  duet  '  Les  Deux  Aveugles,'  Grossmith  half-killed  us 
with  laughter  (it  was  at  these  parties  he  first  came  out),  Stacy  Marks 
too  was  always  a  great  attraction  ;  but  towards  the  end  of  the  evening 
when  we  were  all  thoroughly  in  accord  about  everything  there  used 
to  be  drowning  yells  and  calls  for  Whistler,  the  eccentric  Whistler! 
He  used  to  be  seized  and  stood  up  on  a  high  stool  where  he  assumed 
the  most  irresistibly  comic  look,  put  his  glass  in  his  eye,  and  sur- 
veyed the  multitude,  who  only  screamed  and  yelled  the  more.  When 
silence  reigned  he  would  begin  to  sing  in  the  most  curious  way, 
suiting  the  action  to  the  words  with  his  small,  thin,  sensitive  hands. 
His  songs  were  in  argot  French,  imitations  of  what  he  had  heard  in 
low  cabarets  on  the  Seine  when  he  was  at  work  there.  What  Whistler 
and  Marks  did  was  so  entirely  themselves  and  nobody  else,  so 
original  and  quaint  that  they  were  certainly  the  favourites." 

The  idea  of  the  Club  seems  to  have  originated  in  the  first  instance 
out  of  the  association  of  a  number  of  artists  and  others  in  the  Artists' 
Rifle  Corps,  which  was  formed  in  the  early  days  of  the  volunteer 


4  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

movement.  Arthur  Lewis  himself  was  an  enthusiastic  volunteer,  and 
frequent  meetings  were  held  to  discuss  matters  of  interest  to  the  Corps, 
first  at  his  chambers  in  Jermyn  Street,  and  afterwards  at  the  quarters 
in  Old  Burlington  House  occupied  as  Drill  Hall,  Armoury,  and  Mess- 
room.  It  was  not  long  before  it  was  suggested  that  these  gatherings 
might  be  developed  into  a  permanent  club  for  social  purposes;  the 
original  intention  being  that  the  fraternity  should  be  contented  with 
very  simple  fare  and  with  wooden  benches  and  tables  and  sanded 
floors  in  a  house  to  be  found  somewhere  in  the  neighbourhood  of 
Fitzroy  Square,  then  the  principal  artists'  quarter  of  the  town. 

As  a  result  of  the  quarrel  between  Thackeray  and  Edmund  Yates, 
whose  cause  had  been  chivalrously  championed  by  Charles  Dickens, 
the  two  latter  seceded  from  "The  Garrick,"  and  they  now  threw 
in  their  lot  with  the  little  group  which  was  actively  endeavouring  to 
found  a  new  club.  It  was  soon  evident  that  the  number  of  men 
willing  to  join  was  sufficient  to  justify  a  more  ambitious  scheme,  so, 
after  a  somewhat  prolonged  search,  the  lease  was  acquired  of  No.  17, 
an  old  Georgian  mansion  in  the  north-west  corner  of  Hanover 
Square,  of  which  the  following  description  is  given  in  the  "Memoirs 
of  Thomas  Armstrong,  C. B.":  "The  hall  and  staircase  were  of 
admirable  proportions,  and  all  the  rooms  on  the  first  floor  were 
sumptuously  decorated.  In  two  of  them  were  painted  ceilings  said  to 
be  the  work  of  Angelica  Kauffmann,  one  of  them  a  copy  of  Guido's 
Aurora,  and  there  were  fine  mantelpieces  of  coloured  marble,  excellent 
in  design  and  well  executed."  When,  later  on,  the  Club  removed  from 
Hanover  Square  to  Dover  Street,  one  of  these  mantelpieces  was  bought 
by  a  generous  member  and  transferred  to  the  new  house,  where  it  is 
still  much  admired.  Another  of  them  adorns  a  mansion  in  Scotland. 
Hanover  Square  was  built  about  17 18,  and  named  in  honour  of 
George — the  first  King  of  the  Hanoverian  dynasty — who  had  recently 
come  to  the  throne.  It  at  once  became  fashionable.  The  houses  were 
of  handsome  and  substantial  exterior,  and  the  interior  decorations  were 
carried  out  in  an  elaborate  manner.    The  first  settlers  were  people  of 


A  MANTELPIECE  AT  HAXOVER  S(^UARE 


THE  FOUNDATION  OF  THE  CLUP,  5 

distinction,  including  several  of  Marlborough's  old  generals.  They 
soon  began  to  agitate  for  the  removal  of  the  gallows  from  Tyburn  to 
"somewhere  near  Kingsland,"  as  the  rabble  which  attended  the 
frequent  executions  came  betwixt  the  wind  and  their  nobility.  Strype 
reports  a  rumour  "that  the  common  place  of  execution  at  Tyburn 
shall  be  appointed  elsewhere  for  the  removing  any  inconvenience  and 
annoyance  that  might  thereby  be  occasioned  to  Hanover  Square  or 
the  houses  thereabouts."  The  agitation,  though  strongly  supported, 
was  unsuccessful. 


II 

NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1718  TO  1863 

IHE  house,  No.  17,  was  in  the  first  instance  occupied  by 
Sir  Theodore  Janssen,  a  Dutchman  who  had  come  to 
England  in  1680,  where  he  had  a  very  successful  career 
as  a  merchant.  He  was  naturalized  in  1685,  was  elected 
Member  of  Parliament  for  Yarmouth,  and  having  ren- 
dered considerable  services  to  the  governments  of  King  William  and 
Oueen  Anne,  was  created  a  baronet  by  her  in  17 14.  He  was  one  ot 
the  Directors  of  the  South  Sea  Company,  was  involved  in  the  ruin  of 
that  speculation,  and  having  been  held  responsible  for  the  misappro- 
priation of  large  sums  of  money  was  expelled  from  the  House  of 
Commons,  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  Sergeant-at-Arms,  and  his 
house  was  sold. 

The  freehold  was  for  several  generations  the  property  of  the 
Dashwood  family  of  West  Wycombe  Park,  Bucks.  Francis  Dashwood, 
a  junior  member  of  an  old  West  Country  stock,  was  a  prosperous 
Turkey  merchant  and  an  alderman  of  the  City  of  London.  His  son 
Francis,  Member  of  Parliament  for  Winchelsea,  was  created  a  baronet 
in  1707.  His  successor.  Sir  Francis,  was  notorious  as  one  of  the  most 
dissipated  rakes  about  town,  and  is  mentioned  as  such  in  Horace 
Walpolc's  letters.  He  founded  "The  Hell-Fire  Club  "  in  1742,  which 
met  at  the  Abbey  of  Medmenham,  situated  on  the  banks  of  the 
Thames  between  Marlow  and  Henley,  where  the  Rabelaisian  motto 
of  the  club,  '^'^  Fay,  ce  que  voudras,"  may  still  be  seen  over  the  door- 

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2 


NO.    17   HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM    171R  TO   1863        7 

way.  The  Franciscans,  as  they  styled  themselves  in  honour  of  their 
founder,  included  Charles  Churchill,  the  author  of  the  Rosciad,  John 
Wilkes,  Bubb  Doddingfton,  afterwards  created  Lord  Melcombe,  Lord 
Sandwich,  Paul  Whitehead,  and  others,  and  rumour  attributed  to  them 
orgies  of  dissipation,  obscenity,  profanity,  and  sacrilege  which  were 
probably  exaggerated  in  consequence  of  the  mystery  which  surrounded 
them. 

To  counterbalance  these  little  eccentricities  Sir  Francis  had 
generous  qualities,  and  it  is  to  his  credit  that  he  was  one  of  the  few 
defenders  of  the  unfortunate  Admiral  Byng,  and  moved  to  petition  the 
King  for  a  reprieve  of  the  sentence  of  death  to  which  the  Admiral  had 
been  condemned  by  the  court  martial  held  at  Portsmouth  for  not 
having  done  all  in  his  power  to  relieve  St.  Philips  and  to  attack  the 
French  fleet. 

Soon  after  his  accession  the  young  King,  George  III,  had  sum- 
marily dismissed  the  Newcastle  and  Chatham  administration  and  had 
commissioned  Lord  Bute  to  form  a  cabinet.  The  intense  unpopularity 
of  Bute  made  men  of  ability  unwilling  to  serve  under  him,  and  he  had 
to  be  content  with  very  inferior  material.  He  was  at  a  loss  for  a 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer  and  offered  the  post  to  Dashwood  who 
accepted.  It  at  once  became  evident  that  he  was  completely  incom- 
petent, his  financial  statement  in  the  House  of  Commons  was  so 
hopelessly  confused  and  absurd  that  it  was  received  with  laughter,  and 
he  himself  exclaimed  that  the  boys  in  the  street  would  point  at  him 
and  say  "There  goes  the  very  worst  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 
that  ever  was."  To  cover  his  retreat  from  the  House  of  Commons 
and  from  his  official  position,  the  old  Barony  of  Despencer  was  re- 
vived in  his  favour.  This  barony,  which  had  been  created  by  writ  of 
summons  in  1357  and  was  consequently  descendible  to  heirs  general, 
had  passed  through  females  into  the  family  of  the  Fanes,  Earls  of 
Westmoreland.  The  seventh  Earl  died  very  conveniently  in  1762, 
without  issue,  and  Sir  Francis  Dashwood  then  became  one  of  the  co- 
heirs to  the  barony  in  right  of  his  mother,   Lady  Mary  Fane,  the 


8  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

eldest  daughter  of  the  fourth  and  the  sister  of  the  seventh  Earl.  The 
problem  of  getting  rid  of  the  inefficient  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer 
was  thus  simplified  ;  the  barony  was  confirmed  to  Sir  Francis  in  April 
1763,  and  he  was  kicked  upstairs  as  Lord  Despencer. 

Francis  was  at  that  time  living  at  his  house,  No.  17  Hanover 
Square,  where,  on  his  accession  to  the  peerage,  his  friend,  John  Wilkes, 
who  had  succeeded  to  the  colonelcy  of  the  militia  regiment  which 
Francis  had  raised  some  years  before,  called  to  offer  his  congratula- 
tions; and  no  doubt  they  had  some  amusing  recollections  of  the  old 
days  at  Medmenham  to  talk  about. 

Although  the  square  had  then  been  in  existence  for  nearly  half  a 
century  and  was  the  residence  of  many  fashionable  families,  building 
operations  had  not  spread  much  beyond  it,  and  it  was  still  only  on  the 
outskirts  of  town,  the  adjacent  country  being  very  open.  So  much  so 
that,  as  recorded  in  A.  M.  W.  Stirling's  "  Coke  of  Norfolk  "  (who  was 
born  in  1754,  created  Earl  of  Leicester  in  1837,  and  died  in  1842):  "One 
of  the  earliest  recollections  of  little  Tom  Coke  was  being  hurried  to 
the  window  of  the  house  in  Hanover  Square  to  see  a  fox  killed  by  a 
pack  of  hounds  kept  by  his  godfather,  Mr.  Archer,  in  Essex.  The 
whole  chase  swept  into  view  from  the  present  direction  of  Oxford 
Street,  and  the  fox  was  killed  immediately  in  front  of  Mr.  Wenman 
Coke's  house." 

Lord  Despencer  died  in  1781,  when  the  barony  again  went  into 
abeyance,  though  the  baronetcy  still  survives. 

In  the  previous  year  Mrs.  Jordan,  as  a  very  young  girl,  had 
entered  on  her  long  career  on  the  stage ;  and  ten  years  later  she  became 
the  tenant  of  No.  17  Hanover  Square.  In  the  heyday  of  her  youth 
and  beauty  Mrs.  Jordan  was  unquestionably  the  most  popular  actress 
of  her  time.  Hazlitt  says  of  her:  "As  an  actress  in  comedy  Mrs. 
Jordan  can  have  had  but  few  equals ;  to  hear  whose  laugh  was  to  drink 
nectar,  who  talked  far  above  singing,  and  whose  singing  was  like  the 
twanging  of  Cupid's  bow.  Her  person  was  large,  soft,  and  generous 
like  her  soul." 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM  i7iR  TO   1863       9 

Charles  Lamb's  tribute  to  her  in  his  essay  "On  Some  Old  Actors  " 
is  equally  enthusiastic.  "Those  who  have  only  seen  Mrs.  Jordan 
within  the  last  ten  or  fifteen  years  can  have  no  adequate  notion  of  her 
performance  of  such  parts  as  Ophelia,  Helena  in  'All's  Well  that 
Ends  Well,'  and  Viola.  Her  voice  had  latterly  acquired  a  coarseness 
which  suited  well  enough  with  her  Nells  and  Hoydens,  but  in  those 
days  it  sank  with  her  steady  melting  eye  into  the  heart.  Her  joyous 
parts — in  which  her  memory  now  chiefly  lives — in  her  youth  were  out- 
done by  her  plaintive  ones.  There  is  no  giving-  an  account  how  she 
delivered  the  disg^uised  story  of  her  love  for  Orsino.  It  was  no  set 
speech  that  she  had  foreseen,  so  as  to  weave  it  into  an  harmonious 
period,  line  necessarily  following  line  to  make  up  the  music — yet  I 
have  heard  it  so  spoken,  or  rather  read,  not  without  its  grace  and 
beauty — but  when  she  had  declared  her  sister's  history  to  be  a  '  blank  ' 
and  that  she  '  never  told  her  love  '  there  was  a  pause  as  if  the  story 
had  ended — and  then  the  image  of  the  '  worm  in  the  bud  '  came  up 
as  a  new  suggestion — and  the  heightened  image  of  '  Patience '  still 
followed  after  that,  as  by  some  growing  (and  not  mechanical)  process, 
thought  springing  up  after  thought,  I  would  almost  say,  as  they  were 
watered  by  her  tears.    So  in  those  fine  lines : 

Write  loyal  cantos  of  contemned  love — 
Hollow  your  name  to  the  reverberate  hills 

there  was  no  preparation  made  in  the  foregoing  image  for  that  which 

was  to  follow.    She  used  no  rhetoric  in  her  passion;  or  it  was  nature's 

own  rhetoric,  most  legitimate  then  when  it  seemed  altogether  withouj. 

rule  or  law." 

Mrs.  Dorothea,  or  Dora  Jordan  as  she  always  signed  herself,  was 

not  married.    She  was  the  daughter  of  an  Irish  actor  named  Bland, 

and  was  born  near  Waterford  in  1762.    She  went  on  the  stage  at  a 

very  early  age,  and  after  performing  with  no  marked  success  in  Ireland 

and  in  several  English  country  towns  for  a  considerable  period,  she 

obtained  an  engagement  at  Drury  Lane  in  1785.    About  the  year  1791 

she  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  afterwards  King 

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lo  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

William  IV,  and  without  leaving  the  stage  she  lived  with  him  for  the 
next  twenty  years,  and  had  by  him  a  family  of  four  sons  and  five 
daughters.  The  eldest  son,  who  was  born  in  Hanover  Square  in  1794, 
was  created  Earl  of  Munster  on  his  father's  accession  to  the  throne. 
The  Duke  and  Mrs.  Jordan  lived  happily  at  No.  17  Hanover  Square 
when  in  town,  and  at  Bushy  Park  in  the  country,  and  were  on  friendly 
terms  with  the  other  members  of  the  royal  family.  Thus,  on  the 
Duke's  birthday,  a  large  party  was  given  at  Bushy  Park,  which  was 
attended  by  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  the  Dukes  of  York,  Kent,  and 
Cambridge.  The  Prince  led  Mrs.  Jordan  to  the  dining-room,  where 
she  took  her  place  at  the  top  of  the  table  with  the  Prince  at  her  right 
and  the  other  royal  dukes  on  each  side,  the  Duke  of  Clarence  being 
at  the  bottom  of  the  table.  The  populace  was  permitted  to  enter  the 
grounds  and  behold  the  royal  party  at  dinner.  The  children  of  the 
host  and  hostess  were  brought  in  afterwards  and  admired  by  the 
Prince  and  the  other  guests. 

The  Duke  of  Clarence  was  always  in  debt,  and  was  constantly 
on  the  look  out  for  a  lady  of  large  means  with  a  view  to  matrimony, 
and  it  was  probably  because  he  thought  he  had  found  the  desired 
person  that  in  1810  he  suddenly  broke  off  his  connection  with  Mrs. 
Jordan.  She  was  acting  at  Cheltenham  when  she  received  a  letter  from 
H.R.H.  asking  her  to  meet  him  at  Maidenhead  in  order  that  they 
might  bid  each  other  good-bye.  The  blow  was  quite  unexpected,  and 
it  was  with  the  utmost  difficulty  that  she  was  able  to  go  through  her 
part;  in  fact,  during  one  scene  she  was  so  overcome  that  she  burst 
out  crying,  and  the  actor  with  whom  she  was  going  through  the 
performance  invented,  on  the  spur  of  the  moment,  a  few  words  to  cover 
her  confusion.  After  it  was  over  she  was  put  into  a  travelling  chariot 
in  her  stage  dress  to  keep  her  appointment  with  the  Duke.  She  states 
that  they  had  never  had  the  semblance  of  a  quarrel  but  had  always 
lived  happily  together;  that  he  loved  her  and  his  children,  but  that 
money  was  the  cause  of  his  action.  From  the  Duke  himself  and  from 
all  the  members  of  the  royal  family  she  had  never  experienced  any- 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM    171S  TO  1863      11 

thing  but  kindness.  She  adds:  "  the  Duke  has  settled  on  me  and  his 
children  the  most  Hberal  and  generous  provision,  and  I  trust  every- 
thing will  sink  into  oblivion." 

There  was  a  good  deal  of  controversy  between  the  friends  of  the 
respective  parties  as  to  the  sufficiency  of  the  annuity,  but  as  it 
amounted  to  ^4,000  a  year  for  herself  and  her  daughters  it  seems  to 
have  been  quite  enough.  Unfortunately,  Mrs.  Jordan  was  generous 
to  a  fault,  and  practically  ruined  herself  by  her  improvident  gifts  to 
the  various  members  of  her  family.  Hence  she  became  involved  in 
pecuniary  difficulties  to  such  an  extent  that  she  had  to  give  up  her 
house  and  take  refuge  from  her  creditors  in  France,  where  she  died 
under  melancholy  circumstances  in  1816. 

The  Dashwood  baronetcy  and  estates  descended  after  four 
generations  to  Sir  John,  who  died  in  1863  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
nephew  Sir  Edwin. 


Ill 

NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO   1896^ 

IMONG  the  original  members  we  find  painting  repre- 
sented by  Leighton,  Poynter,  Prinsep,  Stacy  Marks, 
Frederick  Walker,  Whistler,  and  Arthur  Severn ;  archi- 
tecture by  A.  W.  Blomfield  and  Horace  Jones;  black 
and  white  drawing  by  Charles  Keene,  John  Tenniel, 
and  G.  Du  Maurier ;  music  by  Jules  Benedict,  Henry  Leslie,  and 
Langton  Butcher,  and  letters  by  Charles  Dickens,  Lord  Houghton, 
and  Edmund  Yates.  Of  these  the  only  survivors  are  Langton  Butcher 
and  Arthur  Severn,  The  former  does  not  often  come  to  the  Club  now, 
but  Mr.  Severn  is  still,  after  more  than  fifty-six  years,  a  constant  and 
ever  welcome  frequenter.  An  interesting  talker,  full  of  anecdote, 
humour  and  reminiscence,  he  takes  his  share  in  the  life  of  the  Club,  and 
is  always  ready  to  join  in  a  game  of  billiards  or  pool,  when  his  accurate 
eye  and  steady  hand  make  him  a  formidable  antagonist  for  players 
who  are  many  years  his  juniors. 

The  organization  of  the  Club  was  soon  completed ;  the  first 
meeting  of  the  Provisional  Committee,  with  Thomas  Hughes  in  the 
chair,  took  place  in  March  1863,  and  the  first  General  Meeting  was 
held  on  the  12th  of  June  in  the  same  year.  The  Club  was  thus  launched 
on  a  career  which — in  spite  of  some  inevitable  fluctuations — has  been 
one  of  steady  prosperity. 

With    such    a    number  of  interesting    personalities  as  original 

'  The  lease  of  the  house  was  then  acquired  by  tlic  Arts  Club. 

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NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO  1896     13 

members,  the  house  in  Hanover  Square  soon  became  a  centre  for  many 
notable  gatherings,  and  we  find  frequent  references  to  it  in  the  memoirs 
and  recollections  of  artists  and  others  throughout  the  whole  period  of 
its  existence;  and  in  several  instances  artist  members  have  used  its 
rooms  as  the  background  of  their  pictures  in  "  Punch,"  as  Du  Maurier 
has  done  in  the  drawing  reproduced  011  the  opposite  page,  in  which 
portraits  of  Charles  Keene,  Frederick  Walker,  and  others  are  recog- 
nizable. 

Charles  Keene  was,  as  already  stated,  an  original  member.  With 
a  rooted  dislike  for  general  society  he  made  constant  use  of  "  The 
Arts,"  where  he  felt  himself  quite  at  home  and  at  liberty  to  do  as  he 
liked.  IVIany  of  his  habits  were  decidedly  peculiar,  but  the  Club  at 
that  time  was  perhaps  especially  indulgent — and  in  fact  encouraging 
—to  individuality.  Keene's  life  was  latterly  divided  between  his 
studio  and  his  club.  He  slept  and  worked  at  his  studio  and  spent  his 
hours  of  recreation  principally  at  "The  Arts."  He  generally  dined 
there  on  Saturday  night,  which  was  then,  as  now,  the  great  gathering 
night  for  members  and  their  friends.  Stacy  Marks  in  his  "  Pen  and 
Pencil  Sketches,"  says:  "  Charles  Keene  had  some  odd  little  habits. 
When  dining  at  'The  Arts,'  or  at  any  public  resort,  he  objected  to 
conversation  and  took  no  part  in  it,  but  would  prop  his  newspaper  or 
book  against  the  water-bottle  and  read  as  he  ate.  At  '  The  Arts  '  he 
would  have  his  after  dinner  coffee  placed  on  the  hob  till  it  was  nearly 
boiling,  when  he  sipped  it  with  gusto  as  he  smoked  his  seventeenth 
century  pipe  of  'dottles,'  or,  failing  'dottles,'  tobacco  of  prodigious 
strength." 

"  Dottles  "  are  the  remnants  of  tobacco  left  at  the  bottom  of  the 
pipe  after  it  has  been  smoked  down  as  far  as  possible.  This  is  of 
course  thoroughly  saturated  with  nicotine,  but,  when  taken  out  and 
dried,  is  again  smokable,  though  of  a  fearful  and  wonderful  strength 
which  would  be  too  much  for  any  ordinary  smoker.  The  little  seven- 
teenth century  pipes  are  still  found  in  considerable  numbers  wherever 
foundations  of  buildings  are  dug  in  the  centre  of  the  London  area. 


14  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

One  very  popular  member  of  the  Club,  who  has  himself  written  in 
praise  of  "  Individuality,"  still  uses  them. 

G.  S.  Layard  in  his  "  Life  of  Charles  Keene  "  gives  the  following 
account  of  him  as  a  member.  "  The  Arts  Club  was  founded  in  1863, 
and  Keene  was  one  of  the  original  members.  Up  to  the  last  he  was 
a  constant  frequenter  of  the  house  in  Hanover  Square,  and  there  would 
from  time  to  time  entertain  a  friend  or  two.    On  November  the  4th, 

1877,  he  writes  that  he  was  entertaining  a  Major  L and  that  he 

had  asked  Du  Maurier  and  Tenniel  to  meet  him,  'I'm  not  used  to 
the  role  and  it's  rather  nervous  work.'  On  the  nth  he  writes  with 
much  glee :  *  My  dinner  went  off  very  well.  We  dined  at  the  Saturday 
tabic  d'hote,  where  the  craft  muster  in  some  strength  and  make  a 
lively  party.  My  friend,  the  Indian  Major,  praised  the  Mulligatawny 
soup,  and  he  wrote  to  me  afterwards:  "  I  do  not  know  when  I  have 
enjoyed  an  evening  more  than  last  Saturday  at  your  Club.  I  was  very 
happy  to  make  the  acquaintance  of  Tenniel  and  Du  Maurier,  and  a 
more  cheery  party  altogether  than  yours  I  have  seldom  met."  '  " 

Walter  Crane,  in  his  book  "An  Artist's  Reminiscences,"  gives 
the  following  description  of  Keene's  appearance  about  1863.  "  A  tall 
figure,  in  a  Glengarrie  cap  on  the  side  of  his  head,  in  a  short  velveteen 
jacket,  loose  tie,  and  ample  peg-top  trousers,  smoking  a  short  pipe. 
Rather  close,  curly  hair  framed  a  somewhat  sallow  visage,  with  con- 
templative eyes.  Add  a  moustache  and  small  Imperial,  and  you  have 
the  appearance  of  Charles  Keene  at  that  time." 

Algernon  Charles  Swinburne  just  missed  becoming  an  original 
member;  he  was  elected  in  1864,  several  of  his  immediate  associates 
having  already  joined.  Edmund  Gosse,  in  his  "  Life  of  Swinburne," 
says:  "Swinburne,  whose  movements  in  London  were  extremely 
precise,  was  accustomed  to  spend  a  part  of  every  day  in  the  Club, 
where  he  wrote  his  letters,  enjoyed  the  conversation  of  his  friends,  and 
occasionally  entertained  strangers.  In  a  life  so  monotonous  as  his 
the  Club  was  a  wholesome  and  an  importantelement  of  daily  change." 

' '  Poet  in  print  as  well  as  on  canvas,  Dante  Gabriel  Rossetti  some- 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO   1896      15 

times  delivered  in  'The  Arts'  Club  smoking  room  those  discourses 
emphasized  by  the  eloquent  Italian  gesture  that  proclaimed  him  a 
natural  leader.  Thither  also  came  his  brother  William  Michael  Ros- 
setti,  the  art  critic,  for  the  most  part  silent,  but  sometimes  readily 
discussing  to  a  little  circle  the  experiences  and  observations,  foreign 
and  British,  of  which  his  comments  were  the  well-weighed  outcome. 
These  were  not  members  of  '  The  Arts  *  but  they  were  its  frequent 
visitors,  and  the  Club  became  the  intellectual  centre  of  the  Swin- 
burne company.  Unfortunately,  during  the  summer  of  1870,  in  circum- 
stances which  were  widely  related  at  the  time,  he  had  a  difference  with 
the  Committee  of  'The  Arts'  and  was  asked  to  resign.  He  considered 
that  he  had  been  harshly  treated  and  from  that  day  forth  Swinburne 
never  consented  to  be  a  candidate  for  any  public  or  private  body  of 
men." 

The  circumstance  to  which  Mr.  Gosse  so  discreetly  alludes  is 
well  known  throughout  the  Club  and  was  matter  of  public  notoriety  at 
the  time  it  happened.  Swinburne,  when  leaving  the  club  one  day,  could 
not  find  his  hat,  and  after  an  unsuccessful  search  for  it  hastily  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  it  had  been  taken  away  by  some  member.  In 
an  access  of  intense  irritation  he  collected  a  number  of  other  hats  and 
assuaged  his  wounded  feelings  by  jumping  on  them.  On  inquiry  of 
the  Hall  Porter  it  was  found  that  in  a  fit  of  absent-mindedness  he 
had  come  into  the  Club  without  a  hat. 

Swinburne  was  an  unrivalled  master  of  vituperation,  as  a  cab- 
man who  had  driven  him  to  the  Club  discovered  to  his  confusion. 
There  was  a  difference  of  opinion  on  the  question  of  a  fare,  and  the 
cabman  became  sarcastic  and  aggressive,  but  Swinburne  turned  on 
him  an  unbroken  stream  of  abuse,  colloquial  and  classical,  which  was 
irresistible.  The  cabman  stared  with  amazement  at  the  frail  figure 
and  sensitive  face,  his  eloquence  died  down  to  "Well  I'm  damned," 
and  he  drove  off  crestfallen. 

Thomas  Hughes,  the  author  of  "Tom  Brown's  Schooldays," 
and  Charles  Dickens,  both  original  members,  were  intimate  and  were 


i6  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

drawn  together  by  a  common  bond  of  sympathy  in  their  admiration 
of  the  character  and  work  of  Dr.  Arnold.  Dickens  was  anxious  to 
meet  Dr.  Stanley,  Dean  of  Westminster,  who,  like  Hughes,  had  been 
educated  by  Dr.  Arnold  at  Rugby,  and  had  written  his  life.  Hughes 
knew  Stanley,  and  in  1864  he  arranged  a  dinner  at  "The  Arts  "  to 
bring-  his  two  friends  together. 

In  1875  RandolphCaldecott  showed  at  the  Club  some  small  groups 
in  terra-cotta  on  which  he  had  been  engaged.  The  invitation  card  was 
a  humorous  pen  drawing  in  which  the  artist  is  shown  as  holding  up 
the  badge  of  the  Club,  the  head  of  Leonardo  da  Vinci  with  a  halo  of 

stars,  which  had  been  originally  designed 
by  Sir  Frederick  Burton  and  redrawn  for 
"The  Arts"  by  Sir  E.  J.  Poynter  (see 
Blackburn's  "Memoir  of  R.  Caldecott  "). 

In  1878  Millais  became  a  member, 
mainly  in  order  that  he  might  take  the  chair 
at  the  dinner  given  by  the  Club  to  Leighton 
on  his  election  as  President  of  the  Royal 
Academy.  In  his  speech,  when  proposing 
^T„„T,.T^^^  the  health  of  the  guest  of  the  evening,  Millais 

CLUB  BADGE  ^  '=" 

said  that  on  oneoccasion  just  after  Thackeray 
had  returned  from  a  trip  to  Rome,  they  met  at  "  The  Garrick,"  when 
Thackeray  said  "Millais,  my  boy,  I  have  met  in  Rome  a  versatile 
young  dog  called  Leighton  who  will  one  of  these  days  run  you  hard 
for  the  Presidentship."  Millais  was  never  a  great  frequenter  of  clubs 
and  rarely  appeared  at  "The  Arts,"  though  he  kept  his  name  on  the 
books  until  his  death  in  1896. 

A  tragic  incident  in  connexion  with  the  Hanover  Square  house  is 
mentioned  in  Martin  Hardie's  "  Life  of  John  Pettie,  R.A."  "George 
Paul  Chalmers,  R.  S.A.,  was  present  at  the  Royal  Scottish  Academy 
banquet  on  the  evening  of  the  15th  February,  1878.  From  the  banquet 
he  went  to  '  The  Arts  '  Club,  spoke  with  eloquence  of  Corot,  and  left 
somewhat  hurt  at  the  lack  of  sympathy  shown  to  his  remarks  by  his 


NO.  17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO   1896      17 

fellow  artists.  An  hour  later  he  was  found  lying-  unconscious  at  the 
foot  of  some  area  steps,  whether  by  an  accident  or  outrage  will  never 
be  known.  The  mystery  that  hung  about  his  death  enhanced  the 
emotion  of  his  friends.  Few  men  have  been  mourned  more  sin- 
cerely." 

For  many  years,  in  fact  almost  to  the  outbreak  of  war  in  1914, 
it  was  the  custom  to  hold  high  revel  on  the  election  of  a  member  of 
the  Club  to  the  Royal  Academy,  when  many  of  the  Academicians 
and  Associates  with  the  newly-elected  one  would  adjourn  to  "The 
Arts,"  where  champagne,  cigars,  and  congratulations  would  be 
forthcoming,  and  Schiitz  Wilson,  who  was  endowed  with  a  gift  of 
facile  and  somewhat  florid  oratory,  was  always  ready  to  mount  a  chair 
or  table  and  deliver  himself  of  a  humorous  and  appropriate  speech. 
These  orations  were  carefully  prepared,  and  in  cases  where  the 
chances  of  several  competitors  were  rather  nicely  balanced,  it  was 
Wilson's  custom  to  prepare  suitable  remarks  for  each  one.  In  these 
circumstances,  he  was  always  on  tenterhooks  to  obtain  the  very 
earliest  information  as  to  the  result  of  the  election.  Occasionally, 
though  very  rarely,  the  unexpected  would  happen,  and  a  candidate 
would  be  successful  for  whom  no  preparation  had  been  made.  This 
was  unfortunate,  but  Wilson  was  an  orator  who  could,  with  well  con- 
structed and  sounding  phrases,  make  the  most  of  a  very  few  facts, 
so  that,  though  there  was  perhaps  less  than  usual  about  the  career 
and  the  art  of  the  victim,  there  was  more  of  mere  compliment  to  fill 
up  the  measure.  Amusing  incidents  sometimes  happened  on  these 
occasions,  as  the  new  R.A.  was  frequently  by  no  means  so  practised 
a  speaker  as  Wilson,  and  there  was  a  marked  contrast  between  the 
glib  eloquence  of  the  one  and  the  halting  periods  of  the  other;  and 
instances  have  even  been  known  where  the  hero  of  the  evening,  after 
providing  unlimited  champagne  and  cigars,  endeavoured  unsuccess- 
fully to  steal  out  of  the  Club  while  the  attention  of  members  was 
engrossed  with  Wilson's  speech. 

These  gatherings  were,  of  course,  very  popular  and  are  often 

D 


i8  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

alluded  to  byartists  and  others  who  have  published  their  reminiscences, 
as  for  instance  by  G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  in  his  "Inner  Life  of  the  Royal 
Academy,"and  by  Stacy  Marks  who,  in  his  "Pen  and  Pencil  Sketches," 
thus  describes  the  scene:  "On  an  Associate  election  night  'The  Arts' 
Club  in  Hanover  Square  is  in  a  state  of  great  excitement.  Many  of 
the  members  of  the  Royal  Academy  are  also  members  of  'The  Arts,' 
indeed,  it  has  been  jokingly  affirmed  that  in  order  to  be  received  into 
the  Academy  fold  it  is  necessary  as  a  preliminary  measure  to  belong 
to  the  Club.  The  first  detachment  from  the  Academy  brings  the 
news  of  'who's  in,'  which  is  quickly  spread  by  the  waiters  through- 
out the  Club,  the  largest  room  of  which  is  filled  with  an  expectant 

crowd — 

To  hear  our  only  orator  expound 

The  hero's  merit  and  themselves  to  drain 

At  his  expense  a  bumper  of  champagne. 

Our  only  orator  is  one  of  the  earliest  and  best  known  members  of 
'  The  Arts,' with  ready  flow  of  eloquence  and  an  aptitude  for  humor- 
ous simile  and  allusion.  He  is  to  make  a  speech  on  the  occasion  as 
he  has  done  on  twenty  others,  to  propose  the  health  of  the  new  A.  R.  A. 
Champagne  is  brought  in  magnums,  order  called,  glasses  filled  ;  the 
orator  springs  to  his  feet  and  in  a  flow  of  remarkable  eloquence  renders 
homage  to  the  power  of  the  hero  or  heroes  of  the  hour,  wilfully 
exaggerating  their  artistic  achievements.  Rounds  of  laughter  and 
applause  greet  him  as  he  sits  down,  while  the  newly-elected  rises  to 
respond,  and  though  '  the  words  of  Mercury  are  harsh  after  the  songs 
of  Apollo,'  the  recipient  of  the  honour  says  his  few  sentences  with 
simplicity  and  modest  manliness." 

The  lines  quoted  are  from  the  following  poem  written  by  J.  M. 
Horsburgh  in  1892,  in  which  the  little  peculiarities  of  many  of  the 
best  known  members  are  cleverly  hit  off.  Several  of  these  members 
are  still  with  us,  but,  in  the  course  of  twenty-eight  years,  a  still  larger 
number  of  them  have  fallen  out  of  the  ranks. 


••I'OKT,  SIR?" 
lieproduced  by  l/u  kind ftrmission  oj  Air.  Noi  iiiun  Evill, 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO  1896      19 


AN  R.A.  ELECTION  NIGHT  AT  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Ho  there!  the  magnums,  for  our  member's  in! 

Dost  hear  the  tumult  and  the  clattering  din? 

Ho,  Heathcote,  Ho  !  Spare  not  the  bins  to-day 

The  Club's  triumphant  in  a  new  R.A. 

And  thou,  sweet  friend,  to  whom  a  child  I  turned, 

Nor  felt  my  infant  passion  wJiolly  spurned, 

Now  link  thyself  with  me,  O  quickening  Muse, 

And  through  my  veins  thy  finer  strength  infuse. 

So  filled  with  thee  as  with  a  living  flame, 

I  may  divine  and  to  the  world  proclaim 

The  fashion  of  the  masters  gathering  round 

To  hear  our  only  Orator  expound 

The  hero's  merits  and  themselves  to  drain 

At  his  expense  a  bumper  of  champagne! 

Of  all  the  noble  crowd  here  congregate 
First  the  great  Wilson  '  will  I  celebrate. 
The  patron  of  the  Muses  and  the  Stage 
The  master  of  jocosest  verbiage. 
Who  loves  not  Latin,  but  with  Goethe  soused. 
Sees  daylight  through  the  second  part  of  Faust. 
Long  live,  friend  Schiitz,  our  orator  to  be, 
The  Arts  without  thee  were  no  Arts  to  me. 

There  David  -  sits,  the  darling  of  the  Club, 

At  home  in  palaces  or  in  a  pub, 

Braw,  bonnie  Scot  who  Southern  rascals  spurns. 

His  frame  on  haggis  fed  his  soul  on  Burns  ; 

Who  'neath  the  "  chutch's  "  moralising  spire 

Provokes  the  village  parson  to  inquire 

Into  the  meaning  of  the  true  Ideal 

Quite  undistinguishable  from  the  Real. 

To  him  the  timid  songsters  look  for  meals 

And  e'en  a  snipe  about  his  easel  steals; 

Schiitz  Wilson. 

Sir  David  Murray,  R.A.,  still  "  the  darling  of  the  Club  "  and  annually  elected 


its  chairman. 


20  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Intent  he  paints,  no  prey  to  phantasies 
Transferring  nature  to  his  canvasses. 
And  scores  from  summer  to  the  sad  year's  fall, 
"A  thirty  break,"  says  Fildes,'  "no  fluke  at  all." 

The  sterner  things  of  life  have  moved  thee,  Fildes, 

To  explore  poor  human  nature's  sombrer  wilds. 

Methinks  I  see  a  longing  in  thine  eye 

To  paint  a  Crucifixion  ere  thou  die. 

Our  hearts  are  wrung  by  thee;  thou  hast  the  power 

To  paint  the  clouds  that  on  the  spirit  lower, 

The  hopeless  watching  through  the  long,  long  night. 

The  hopeless  breaking  of  the  morning  light. 

The  father's  agony,  the  wife's  despair. 

Their  only  joy  dying  unconscious  there, 

The  wistful  look  of  sorrow-lifting  power 

Oh  !  will  it  snatch  from  death  this  fading  flower? 

But,  Fildes,  it  was  not  ever  thus  with  thee 

In  those  old  days  of  halcyon  Italy, 

When  Venice  lent  her  brightest,  loveliest  form, 

And  smiling  took  our  northern  hearts  by  storm. 

Careless  amid  her  flowers  she  smiles  on  me 

A  soft  bewitchment  of  the  phantasy. 

All  hail.  Sir  Richard!"  That  good  honest  face 

Makes  my  heart  leap  and  brightens  all  the  place  ; 

His  gently  swelling  corporation  sways 

As  many  a  handshake  his  slow  step  delays. 

What  stroke  of  fortune  can  his  soul  abate? 

Did'st  hear  the  sofa  crack  beneath  his  weight? 

Wast  once  Adonis,  sayest  thou,  then  Apollo, 

And  end  a  Satyr?  Nay,  I  do  not  follow. 

Here  girls!  quick  crown  him  with  the  leaves  of  vine, 

See  down  his  beard  trickles  the  blood-red  wine, 

A  Bacchus  now,  all  mirth  and  glorious  laughter 

We  are  the  Satyrs  who  are  dancing  after 

Like  the  grand  revellers  of  long  ago 

When  men  as  Gods  and  Gods  as  men  did  show. 

'  Sir  Luke  Fildes,  K.A.  «  Richard  Beavis,  R.W.S. 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO   1S96      21 

But  still  this  tumult,  cease  this  ribald  talk; 

Who  's  there?  The  Vice,  I  know  his  stately  walk. 

His  hopeful  youngster  safe  ensconced  in  bed 

Tom  Angel  shows  an  awe-inspiring  head. 

A  youth  of  seventy,  who  rules  the  Post 

Where  London's  Fashion  congregates  the  most, 

He  rules  us  too  and  who  says  rules  us  badly 

Excepting  Wolferstan  and  Hasil  Bradley? 

Iron  his  hand ;  this  makes  it  extra  hard. 

He  's  pawned  the  velvet  glove  and  sold  the  card. 

No  moody  man,  but  mighty  passionate 

If should  vex  him  with  his  silly  prate; 

But  like  a  summer  storm,  his  passion  done. 
He  shines  out  on  you  like  the  summer  sun. 

Marcus  Apollo  Belvedere  Stone 

Stands  there  erect  in  all  his  glory  shown ; 

No  hand  's  more  cunning  with  the  brush  to  trace 

The  lines  of  beauty  on  a  Virgin's  face; 

Or  mark  the  passion  that  her  breast  must  fill 

If  Sylvia's  lord  bends  not  to  Sylvia's  will. 

Nor  are  the  dreaded  Fates  to  him  unkind; 

Buyers  abound,  for  in  his  scenes  they  find 

A  sweet  suggestion  of  their  youthful  loves 

The  soft  green  foliage  of  our  English  groves. 

Good  evening  to  you — what,  is  Fisher  '  there? 
Emerging  softly  from  the  easy  chair 
Wherein  he  delicately  takes  his  ease, 
A  Gallic  novel  open  on  his  knees. 
The  dusky  pipe,  the  smiler,  close  at  hand. 
Sweetest  of  stimulants  to  converse  bland, 
A  shrewd  adviser  he  to  old  and  young, 
Maxims  galore  come  tripping  from  his  tongue, 
"  Life  is  but  short  -live  your  allotted  span 
Nor  be  a  nuisance  to  your  fellow  man. 
'Tis  not  enough  that  you  should  early  rise 
To  be  successful  you  must  advertise." 

'  W.  Fisher. 


22  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

A  man  inimitably  composite, 

A  neat  epitome  of  dainty  wit, 

And  holds  devoutly — well  I'll  lay  the  odd — 

A  pretty  girl 's  the  noblest  work  of  God. 

Michael  Angelical  majestic  brow, 
Incomparable  Stacy,'  where  art  thou? 
What  companies  soe'cr  thy  presence  boast 
There  Wit  prevails,  there  Humour  rules  the  roast. 
Shun  not  the  haunts  of  yore,  shun  not  the  scene 
Where  thou  the  welcomest  hast  ever  been. 
Beloved  of  all,  dear  Stacy,  most  of  me 
Wit,  poet,  painter,  genial  Trinity! 

Now  tremble  ye  Directors  of  the  House 

As  'fore  the  cat  trembles  the  timorous  mouse; 

For  Nevill "  comes  to  make  your  gambols  cease, 

The  great  conspirator  against  your  peace. 

A  man  of  arguments  whose  spacious  soul 

Is  centred  on  the  blessed  word  "  control  "; 

And  while  he's  righting  our  domestic  hash 

Domestic  Architecture  yields  the  cash  ; 

Eager  alike  to  back  his  dinner  bills 

Or  limn  some  cottage  'mid  the  Surrey  hills. 

A  restless,  learned  Antiquary  too. 

Adores  the  old,  but  execrates  the  new; 

Who'd  swear  as  sure  as  if  he'd  been  in  Hell 

The  Devil's  Punchbowl  is  a  cattle  well, 

And  in  especial  prove  to  your  dismay 

That  Aulus  Plautius  marched  "The  Pilgrim's  Way." 

But  whence  this  odour  of  the  briny  sea. 
These  Ocean  murmurs  stealing  over  me? 
Such  as  King  Neptune  in  the  days  of  yore, 
The  wave's  controller  comes  our  Henry  Moore.' 
Inimitable  master  of  the  brush 
Whether  in  calms  or  in  the  wild  waves  rush; 
Sea  changes  'scape  not  thine  unerring  glance 
Thou pretix  Chevalier  of  Knightly  France! 

'   H.  Stacy  Marks,  R.A.  '  Ralph  Nevill,  F.S.A.,  F.R.I. B.A. 

'  Henry  Moore,  R.A. 


NO.    17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM  1863  TO   1896      2.3 

Comes  brother  Albert'  with  a  footstep  fainter, 
The  delicate  but  disputatious  painter. 
Nay  but  I  love  thee,  nor  will  quit  thee  so; 
In  thy  fine  fancy  doth  ail  Beauty  grow, 
These  bud  and  blossom  for  the  world's  delight 
In  the  rich  softness  of  thy  "  Summer's  night." 
Not  all  thy  arguments  can  this  disprove, 
Happy  thou  mak'st  us  and  thou  hast  our  love. 

What  mighty  man  is  laying  down  the  law. 
Potent  in  wisdom,  potenter  in  jaw? 
The  magic  tones  of  Blackburn ''  rend  the  air. 
Enraptured  listeners  throng  about  his  chair. 
Peripatetical,  eclectic  sprite, 
Profound  expositor  of  Black  and  White; 
Who  with  the  fortune  that  he  's  saved  on  Art 
Owns  a  thatched  house  and  drives  a  donkey  cart. 
And  as  the  bee  buzzing  from  flower  to  flower 
Absorbs  the  essence  of  some  higher  power, 
Flits  round  the  painters  and  will  still  contrive 
To  suck  their  brains  to  keep  himself  alive. 

Ah,  William  Murrell,^  medicine  man  and  friend 
Smooth  thou  the  path  to  my  predestined  end; 
If  racked  with  torments  by  Angina  keen. 
Expand  my  pulse  with  nitro-glycerine. 

And  gently  puffing  there  reposes  Brent,' 
Lapped  in  the  sunshine  of  his  own  content. 

But  why  doth  sparkling  Grace'  such  silence  keep? 
His  little  life  is  rounded  with  a  sleep. 

But  Overend's '  eyes  from  slumber  rudely  broke 
Like  two  black  diamonds  glitter  through  the  smoke, 
True  connoisseurs  of  every  kind  of  barque, 
From  conning  towers  back  to  Noah's  Ark. 

'  Albert  Moore.  ^  Henry  Blackburn. 

'  William  Murrell,  M.D.,  F.R.C.P.  '  Algernon  Brent. 

'  J.  D.  Grace.  '  W.  H.  Overend,  R.I. 


24  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

He'd  draw  the  ships  which  fought  at  Salamis 
Or  the  last  ironclad  which  went  amiss. 
Perspicuous  draughtsman,  in  whose  hand  it  lies 
To  cheer  the  simple,  to  instruct  the  wise. 

The  melancholy  Black,'  a  worthy  sinner, 
First  buys  Cedulas  and  then  damns  his  dinner. 
The  spirit  probing  Archer^  questions  why, 
And  dear  Macallum  '  gurgles  in  reply. 

"  Too  true,"  says  Tommy  G.'  in  solemn  sadness, 
"  Some  men  are  born  to  grief,  others  to  gladness, 

Some  take  their  whisky  cold  and  others  hot, 

Some  men  revoke  at  whist,  others  do  not :  " 

O  Aristotle,  Plato,  Socrates, 

Ye  priests  of  Metaphysic  mysteries. 

And  all  ye  Wise  whom  after  ages  bore. 

Give  place,  I  say,  to  Cooper's  simple  lore, 

No  subtler  truth  have  ye  revealed,  I  wis. 

Some  men  do  that  and  other  men  do  this.  ! 

And  is  it  possible  I  thee  forget. 
Thou  prince  of  pedagogues,  Professorette? 
Old  Cocker's  friend  arid  our  own  pocket  swell, 
Dear,  dapper,  spiteful,  charming  Jeffrey  Bell!  ° 

And  many  a  one  besides  is  gathered  there 
Blackhaired  and  gray,  the  dull,  the  debonair, 
Prolific  Barker,"  haloed  by  his  daughters. 
The  magisterial  phiz  of  Justice  Waters' 
The  octogenarian  and  young  Pilleaus" 
Episcopalian  Tucker,"  waxen  Hughes. 

But  silence,  hush!  all  hearts  expectant  beat 

As  Wilson  rises  slowly  from  his  seat, 

Dimibly  we  sit,  mouths  open,  ears  attent, 

"  'Tis  very  warm  I  think  to-day,"  says  Brent," 

While  Bigg"  looks  round  the  club  with  lofty  mien. 

And  wonders  how  the  devil  we  got  in. 

'  Edwin  Black.  '  James  Archer,  R.S.A.  '  Hamilton  Macallum. 

*  T.  G.  Cooper.  '  Professor  Jeffrey  Bell.  "  Charles  M.  Barker. 

'  W.  G.  Waters,  M.A.,  J. P.  '  Henry  and  Arthur  W.  Pilleau. 

'  Frederick  Tucker.  '"  Algernon  Brent,  "  Charles  V.  Bigg. 


NO.   17  HANOVER  SQUARE  FROM   1863  TO  1896     25 

In  1896  the  lease  of  No.  17  Hanover  Square  expired,  and  nego- 
tiations were  entered  into  with  the  ground  landlord  for  a  renewal. 
The  terms  suggested  were,  however,  considered  to  be  too  onerous  to 
justify  their  acceptance,  and  though  opinions  were  much  divided  as 
to  the  policy  of  a  change,  it  was  finally  agreed  to  face  the  risk,  and 
search  was  made  for  another  house.  Several  were  inspected  and  found 
unsuitable,  and  after  having  experienced  much  trouble  and  many  dis- 
appointments the  sub-committee  of  selection  eventually  settled  upon 
No.  40  Dover  Street,  which  had  become  vacant  in  consequence  of  the 
death  of  Lady  Stanley  of  Alderley.  A  lease  on  favourable  terms  was 
secured,  the  necessary  alteration  and  redecoration  effected  with  careful 
regard  to  the  maintenance  of  the  private  character  of  the  house  and 
the  avoidance  of  display,  and  the  Club  moved  to  Dover  Street  towards 
the  end  of  the  year  1 896.  The  charming  old  house  in  Hanover  Square 
which  had  been  the  home  of  the  Club  for  thirty-three  years,  where  so 
many  friendships  had  been  formed  and  so  many  pleasant  gatherings 
had  taken  place,  was  pulled  down  and  the  premises  erected  on  the  site 
are  now  occupied  by  a  fashionable  milliner  and  a  motor  garage — a 
characteristic  modern  transformation.     Sic  transit  gloria! 


IV 

DOVER  STREET  FROM   1680  TO  1896 

)N  the  reign  of  Charles  II  the  country  lying"  to  the 
north  of  St.  James's  Palace  was  open,  but  a  few  years 
after  the  Restoration  several  noblemen,  attracted  by 
the  neighbourhood  of  the  Court  at  St.  James  started 
to  build  there.  Three  magnificent  mansions  were  begun 
on  the  ground  north  of  what  we  now  call  Piccadilly — Burlington 
House,  which,  with  its  gardens,  extended  to  the  present  Burlington 
Arcade;  Clarendon  House,  from  thence  to  Berkeley  Street;  and  the 
adjoining  Berkeley  House  on  the  west.  Beyond  these,  further  north, 
was  the  Hay  Hill  Farm,  so  called  from  the  Aye  brook,  which  flowed 
through  it,  where  Sir  Thomas  Wyatt  was  defeated  by  the  royal  forces 
in  1654,  and  where  his  head,  which  had  been  cut  off  on  Tower  Hill, 
was  set  up  on  a  gallows,  whence  it  was  shortly  after  stolen  and  con- 
veyed away. 

In  the  late  years  of  the  eighteenth  century.  Hay  Hill  was  the 
scene  of  an  adventure  of  the  Prince  of  Wales— afterwards  King 
George  IV — who  was  stopped  there  by  a  highwayman  as  he  was 
returning  with  some  of  his  companions  from  a  house  of  ill  fame 
in  Berkeley  Street.  The  speculation,  however,  was  not  a  financial 
success,  as  all  the  money  that  the  party  could  muster  up  between  them 
was  half  a  crown. 

Clarendon  House  was  built  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  of  that  name 
between  1664  and  1667  at  a  reputed  cost  of  ;£^5o,ooo,  an  enormous 
sum  in  those  days.    This  expenditure  was  one  of  the  chief  sources  of 

26 


DOVER  STREET  FROM  1680  TO  1896  27 

the  great  unpopularity  of  Clarendon,  or— as  he  himself  said — more 
contributed  to  that  gust  of  envy  that  had  so  violently  shaken  him 
than  any  misdemeanour  that  he  was  thought  to  have  been  guilty  of. 

Two  causes  were  mainly  responsible  for  the  popular  indignation. 
The  house  was  partly  built  with  stones  accumulated  for  the  renewal 
of  old  St.  Paul's,  which  had  fallen  into  a  bad  state  of  repair.  This 
was  regarded  as  verging  very  closely  on  sacrilege.  The  second  cause 
was  the  general  belief  that  the  funds  for  the  building  were  derived 
from  the  sale  of  the  town  of  Dunkirk  to  the  French. 

In  February  1654-5  Pepys  writes: 

"  Rode  into  the  beginnings  of  my  Lord  Chancellor's  new  house 
near  St.  James's,  which  the  common  people  have  already  called  Dun- 
kirke  House  from  their  opinion  of  his  having  a  good  bribe  for  selling 
of  that  towne.  And  very  noble  I  believe  it  will  be.  Near  that  is  my 
Lord  Barkeley  beginning  another  on  one  side  and  Sir  J.  Denham  on 
the  other.  To  the  Sun  taverne  where  we  dined  merry,  but  my  Club 
and  the  rest  come  to  7^'.  6d.,  which  was  too  much." 

John  Evelyn  was  on  friendly  terms  with  Clarendon  and  gives  a 
description  of  the  building  of  the  house  and  its  subsequent  sale  and 
demolition  after  the  ruin  of  its  owner.  "After  dinner,"  he  writes, 
"my  Lord  Chancellor  and  his  lady  carried  me  in  their  coach  to  see 
their  palace  now  building  at  the  upper  end  of  St.  James's  Street  and 
to  project  the  garden,"  and  Pepys  writes:  "To  my  Lord  Chancellor's 
new  house  which  he  is  building,  only  to  view  it,  hearing  so  much 
from  Mr.  Evelyn  of  it;  and  it  is  indeed  the  finest  pile  I  ever  did  see 
in  my  life  and  will  be  a  glorious  house." 

On  the  occasion  of  his  last  visit  in  December  1667,  after  the  King 
had  deprived  the  Chancellor  of  the  Seals,  Evelyn  writes:  "To  visit 
the  Lord  Chancellor.  I  found  him  in  his  garden  of  his  new  built  palace, 
sitting  in  his  gout  chair  and  seeing  the  gates  setting  up  towards  the 
North  and  the  fields.  He  looked  and  spake  very  disconsolately.  Next 
morning  I  heard  he  was  gone."  He  escaped  to  France,  where  he  died 
in  1674.    Soon  afterwards  the  house  was  sold  by  his  sons  for  ;^25,ooo 


28  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

to  Christopher  Monk,  the  second  Duke  of  Albemarle,  who,  however, 
did  not  keep  it  long  as  he  took  to  drinking  heavily,  ran  deeply  into 
debt,  and  sold  the  property  for  ;^35,ooo  to  Sir  Thomas  Bond  of 
Peckham  and  a  syndicate  of  speculators,  who  erected  on  the  site  four 
new  streets — Bond  Street,  Albemarle  Street,  Stafford  Street,  and 
Dover  Street.  Evelyn  writes  again  in  1683:  "I  returned  to  town 
with  the  Earl  of  Clarendon ;  when  passing  the  glorious  palace  his 
father  built  but  a  few  years  before,  which  they  were  now  demolishing, 
being  sold  to  certain  undertakers,  I  turned  my  head  the  contrary  way 
till  the  coach  was  gone  past  it  lest  I  might  minister  occasion  of  speak- 
ing of  it,  which  must  have  grieved  him  that  in  so  short  a  time  their 
pomp  was  fallen." 

Dover  Street  was  named  after  Henry  Jermyn,  who  was  created 
Baron  Dover  in  1685  by  James  H.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Jermyn  of  Rushbrook  in  Suffolk,  and  nephew  of  Henry  Jermyn, 
Earl  of  St.  Albans,  a  staunch  adherent  of  Charles  I  and  Charles  H, 
and  a  great  favourite  of  Oueen  Henrietta  Maria — so  much  so  that  ac- 
cording to  popular  rumour  he  was  married  to  her,  though  no  proof 
of  this  has  ever  been  forthcoming.  He  was  a  great  gambler  and 
Evelyn  writes  in  1683:  "Met  my  Lord  of  St.  Albans,  now  grown  so 
blind  that  he  could  not  see  to  take  his  meate.  He  has  lived  a  most 
easy  life,  in  plenty  even  abroad,  whilst  his  Majesty  was  a  sufferer  ;  he 
has  lost  immense  sums  at  play,  which  yet,  at  about  80  years  old,  he 
continues,  having  one  that  sits  by  him  to  name  the  spots  in  the  cards. 
He  eate  and  drank  with  extraordinary  appetite.  He  is  a  prudent  old 
courtier  and  much  enriched  since  his  Majesty's  return." 

Lord  St.  Albans  obtained  a  grant  of  a  considerable  area  of  ground, 
comprising  what  are  now  St.  James'  Square  and  Jermyn  Street,  which 
were  planned  by  him.  He  died  in  1684  at  his  house  in  St.  James' 
Square,  when  his  earldom  became  extinct  and  his  wealth  descended 
to  his  nephew,  Henry  Jermyn,  Lord  Dover,  who  was  a  prominent 
figure  at  the  Courts  of  Charles  H  and  James  H.  He,  like  his  uncle, 
was  credited  with   matrimonial   intrigues  in  high  places,  for  Pepys 


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repeats  a  rumour  that  he  was  married  to  the  Princess  Royal,  the 
widow  of  the  Prince  of  Orange  and  the  mother  of  King  WiUiam  III. 
In  this  case  also,  however,  the  rumour  lacked  confirmation.  Jermyn's 
amours  were  numerous  and  ostentatious  though  in  the  "  Memoires 
de  Grammont "  Anthony  Hamilton  describes  him  as  not  physically 
attractive.  "  Pour  sa  figure  il  n'avait  pas  de  quoi  se  recrier.  II  etait 
petit;  il  avait  la  tetegrosse  et  les  jambes  menues.  Son  visage  n'etait 
pas  desagreable  mais  il  avait  de  I'afifectation  dans  le  port  et  dans  les 
manieres.  II  n'avait  pour  tout  esprit  q'une  routine  d'expression 
qu'il  employait  tantot  pour  la  raillerie  tantot  pour  les  declarations, 
selon  que  I'occasion  s'en  presentait.  Voila  sur  quoi  se  fondait  un 
merite  si  redoutable  en  amour.  La  princesse  Royale  y  fut  prise  toute 
la  premiere." 

One  of  his  love  adventures  involved  him  in  a  duel  to  which  Pepys 
alludes:  "  Mr.  Coventry  did  tell  us  of  the  duell  between  Mr.  Jermyn, 
nephew  to  my  Lord  St.  Albans,  and  Colonel  Giles  Rawlins,  the  latter 
of  whom  is  killed  and  the  first  mortally  wounded  as  it  is  thought. 
They  fought  against  Captain  Thomas  Howard,  my  Lord  Carlile's 
brother,  and  another  unknown,  who  they  say  had  armour  on  that  they 
could  not  be  hurt,  so  that  one  of  their  swords  went  up  to  the  hilt 
against  it.  They  had  horses  ready  and  are  fled."  Hamilton  gives 
another  account  of  the  duel  which  arose  out  of  the  rivalry  of  Howard 
and  Jermyn  for  the  favours  of  Lady  Shrewsbury:  "  Jermyn  prit  pour 
second  Giles  Rawlings,  homme  de  bonne  fortune  et  gros  joueur. 
Howard  se  servit  de  Dillon,  adroit  et  brave,  fort  honnete  homme  et 
par  malheur  intime  ami  de  Rawlings.  Dans  ce  combat  la  fortune  ne 
fut  point  pour  les  favoris  de  I'amour.  Le  pauvre  Rawlings  y  fut  tue 
tout  roide  et  Jermyn  perce  de  trois  coups  d'epee  fut  porte  chez  son 
oncle  avec  fort  pen  de  signes  de  vie."  However,  eventually  Jermyn 
recovered  and  lived  until  1 708.  He  seems  to  have  been  the  first  owner 
of  No.  40  Dover  Street. 

Evelyn's  son  was  one  of  the  early  residents  in  the  street,  as  he 
took  a  house  about  nine  doors  from  Piccadilly  on  the  east  side,  which. 


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however,  he  afterwards  transferred  to  his  father,  who  writes  in  June 
1699:  "  Finding  my  occasions  called  me  so  often  to  London,  I  took 
the  remainder  of  the  lease  my  son  had  in  a  house  in  Dover  Street,  to 
which  I  now  removed."  And  it  was  here  that  he  died  in  February 
1706,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 

The  street  remained  unfinished  for  many  years,  and  did  not  extend 
very  far  from  Piccadilly  until  between  1760  and  1780,  when  the  houses 
at  the  northern  end  of  it  were  erected,  the  architect  principally  em- 
ployed being  Sir  John  Taylor. 

In  1779  Miss  Reynolds,  who  had  kept  house  for  her  brother, 
Sir  Joshua,  for  many  years,  but  whose  increasing  infirmities  of  temper 
rendered  a  separation  inevitable,  came  to  live  in  Dover  Street  where 
she  set  up  a  studio  and  painted  portaits  in  oils  and  in  miniature. 

Madame  D'Arblay  writes  of  Miss  Reynolds:  "  Her  singularity 
consisted  in  never  knowing  her  own  mind  about  anything,  and  in  a 
tiresome  fidgetiness  which  made  her  very  difficult  to  live  with." 

Dr.  Johnson  had  a  great  respect  and  affection  for  Miss  Reynolds, 
whom  he  called  "  Rennie  dear,"  and  he  took  much  pains  to  smooth 
over  the  many  misunderstandings  arising  out  of  her  querulous  temper. 
He  even  assisted  her  to  write  a  letter  of  complaint  to  her  brother 
which  was  to  have  been  copied  by  her  and  sent  as  her  own  composi- 
tion, but  it  was  decided  that  the  phrasing  was  so  unlike  her  own,  and 
so  evidently  Johnsonian,  that  it  could  deceive  no  one,  and  she  had 
to  rely  on  her  own  unassisted  efforts. 

Boswell  quotes  letters  from  Johnson  to  Miss  Reynolds  which 
convey  the  soundest  advice  in  the  kindest  terms,  and  Johnson  said  of 
her:  "  I  never  knew  but  one  mind  which  would  bear  microscopical 
inspection,  and  that  was  dear  Miss  Reynolds',  and  hers  is  very  near 
purity  itself."  He  thought,  however,  that  portrait  painting  was  an 
improper  employment  for  women:  "  Public  practice  of  an  art,  and 
staring  into  men's  faces  is  very  indelicate  in  a  female." 

He  seems  to  have  been  somewhat  inconsistent  as  regards  Miss 
Reynolds,  for  first  he  extols  her  mind  as  purity  itself,  then  he  says 


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that  portrait  painting  and  staring  into  men's  faces  is  indelicate  for  a 
female,  and  finally  he  was  persuaded  to  give  her  ten  sittings  in  Dover 
Street  for  a  portrait  which  she  painted  of  him.  The  result  was 
evidently  not  satisfactory,  for  Mrs.  Piozzi  ridiculed  it,  Johnson  called 
it  his  "grimly  ghost"  and  said  it  reminded  him  of  the  ballad  of 
"William's  Ghost,"  and  her  brother  Sir  Joshua  remarked:  "Her 
pictures  make  other  people  laugh  but  they  make  me  cry." 

Dover  Street  was  a  fashionable  residential  neighbourhood  until 
quite  late  in  the  last  century,  and  many  of  the  houses  were  interesting 
both  on  account  of  their  architectural  and  decorative  features  and  also 
for  their  contents.  Of  these  the  most  important  was  the  Earl  of 
Ashburnham's  house  which  occupied  a  considerable  space  of  ground 
at  the  corner  of  Hay  Hill,  and  of  which  the  gardens  stretched  down 
to  Berkeley  Street,  opposite  to  Landsowne  House.  The  interior  was 
decorated  by  the  brothers  Adam,  and  many  of  the  designs  which  were 
prepared  by  them  for  Lord  Ashburnham  in  1773  and  1774  are  now  in 
Sir  John  Soane's  Museum  in  Lincoln's  Inn  Fields.  The  Ashburnhams, 
who,  according  to  Fuller,  are  "a  family  of  stupendous  antiquity 
wherein  the  eminence  hath  equalled  the  antiquity,"  had  amassed  in 
their  houses  at  Battle,  and  in  Dover  Street,  a  magnificent  collection 
of  pictures,  miniatures,  coins,  books,  and  manuscripts,  of  which 
ninety-one  pictures  were  sold  for  ;^  13, 295  at  Christie's  in  1850;  Greek 
coins  In  1895  for  ^6^3, 700;  books  in  1897  and  1898  for  over  ;^6o,ooo, 
and  miniatures  for  ^8,000;  and  in  addition  a  number  of  illuminated 
manuscripts  were  disposed  of  privately  for  a  large  sum.  The  house 
was  pulled  down  in  1897,  and  blocks  of  flats  and  shops  were  erected 
on  the  site. 

Another  fine  old  house.  No.  37,  which  is  still  extant,  belonged  to 
the  bishops  of  Ely,  whose  mitre  may  be  seen  conspicuously  carved 
on  the  stone  front.  It  was  erected  by  Dr.  Edmund  Keane,  Bishop  of 
Ely,  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  Ely  Place,  Holborn,  which  had 
been  the  episcopal  residence  for  four  hundred  years,  but  which  had 
fallen  into  decay;  so  that  the  bishop  obtained  an  Act  of  Parliament 


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authorizing  the  sale  of  the  estate  to  the  Crown.  The  money  thus 
realized  enabled  Sir  Robert  Taylor  to  build  for  the  bishop  in  1772 
the  present  house.  It  is  now  the  Albemarle  Club,  which,  with  a  num- 
ber of  other  clubs  such  as  the  Ladies  Imperial,  the  Ladies  Athenaeum, 
the  Empress,  and  the  Sesame,  and  also  numerous  fashionable  millinery 
establishments,  have  earned  for  the  street  the  impertinent  title  of 
Petticoat  Lane. 

No.  29  Dover  Street,  now  the  Sesame  Club,  was  built  in  1810 
by  John  Nash,  the  architect  of  Regent  Street,  for  his  own  residence. 

Lord  Dover  had  probably  an  interest  in  the  syndicate  which  bought 
Clarendon  House.  On  his  death  without  issue  his  property  descended 
to  his  great  nephew.  Sir  Jermyn  Davers,  fourth  baronet  of  Rushbrook. 
He  died  in  1743  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Sir  Robert,  who  led  a 
somewhat  wandering  life  and  was  killed  by  Indians  near  Lake  Huron 
in  Canada  in  1763.  His  brother,  Sir  Charles  Davers,  the  sixth  baro- 
net, served  in  the  army  in  Canada  against  the  French.  He  was  M.P. 
for  Weymouth  and  afterwards  for  Bury  St.  Edmunds.  His  London 
residence  was  No.  40  Dover  Street,  of  which  he  possessed  the  freehold. 
In  1770,  by  his  will,  he  bequeathed  to  his  widow  an  annuity  of  ;^ioo 
out  of  the  profits  of  40  Dover  Street,  and  in  1776  he  granted  a  lease 
of  the  premises  for  99  years  to  Elizabeth  Dutens.  Sir  Charles  died 
in  1806,  presumably  without  legitimate  issue,  though  there  was  some 
talk  of  his  having  been  married  and  left  children  in  America.  How- 
ever, none  of  them  came  forward  to  make  claim  to  his  property.  His 
will  was  proved  in  1806,  and  in  1810  the  house  was  sold  by  his  trustees 
to  the  second  Earl  of  Arran  for  ;^  12, 500.  At  that  time  the  house  was 
described  as  abutting  on  the  south  on  the  premises  of  John  Batt,  the 
proprietor  of  the  hotel  which  still  exists  and  is  known  by  his  name. 
The  second  Earl  of  Arran  was  succeeded  by  his  son  who  died  in  1837, 
and  the  house  was  then  sold  for;{^i2,7oo  to  the  second  Earl  of  Sefton, 
who  bought  it  merely  in  order  that  he  might  acquire  the  stables  which 
occupied  the  space  between  the  present  premises  of  the  Club  and 
Berkeley  Street.    These  Lord  Sefton  retained  for  his  own  use  and  he 


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sold  the  house  for  ;^io,85o  to  Sir  John  Thomas  Stanley,  Bart.,  who 
in  1839  was  created  Baron  Stanley  of  Alderley.  He  employed  Cubitt 
to  make  considerable  alterations  in  the  house,  extending  the  dining- 
room  to  Dover  Street  and  turning  the  staircase  round.  Notwithstand- 
ing Lord  Sefton's  stables  the  house  was  still  much  more  open  at  the 
back  than  at  present,  and  commanded  a  view  of  the  gardens  of  Lans- 
downe  House,  but  Lord  Shrewsbury,  who  about  1870-1873  lived  at 
No.  39  Dover  Street,  erected  extensions  which  blocked  the  light  and 
the  view.  Lord  Stanley  applied  for  an  injunction  but  failed,  and  only 
damages  were  awarded. 

The  first  Lord  Stanley  of  Alderley  died  in  1850  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son,  "the  man  they  call  Sir  Benjamin  Backbite  and  famil- 
iarly '  Ben,'  "  (according  to  Charles  Greville),  who  was  noted  for  his 
rough  manners  both  in  Parliament  and  in  private  life.  He  was  Post- 
master-General in  Lord  Palmerston's  administration  from  i860  to 
1866,  and  Edmund  Yates,  who  was  then  a  junior  officer  in  the  Post 
Office,  tells  in  his  "  Reminiscences  "  an  amusing  story  of  how,  having 
been  sent  to  Dover  Street  with  some  papers  for  signature,  his  reception 
there  was  so  lacking  in  courtesy  that  he  turned  on  his  chief  and  rent 
him.  Yates  was  shielded  from  any  unpleasant  consequences  by  Sir 
Rowland  Hill,  the  Secretary  of  the  Post  Office,  who  said  :  "  He's  a 
damned  rude  fellow.  He  's  been  rude  to  me  before  now.  Don't  you 
be  afraid  of  his  threats,  I'll  take  care  of  that."  Yates  adds  that  he 
heard  no  more  of  the  affair  officially,  but  that  the  improved  version  of 
the  story,  which  became  current  among  the  juniors  in  the  office,  was 
that  the  Postmaster-General  was  so  frightened  by  the  unwonted  dis- 
play of  independence,  that  when,  soon  afterwards,  one  of  the  ordinary 
office  messengers  arrived  in  Dover  Street  with  papers  for  signature 
he  was  shaken  warmly  by  the  hand  and  invited  to  stop  to  lunch. 

Lord  Stanley  died  in  1869,  and  his  widow  continued  to  reside  in 
Dover  Street  until  her  death  in  1895.  She  was  born  in  1807,  a 
daughter  of  the  thirteenth  Viscount  Dillon,  and  was  one  of  the  best 
known  personages  in  society  during  the  latter  half  of  the  last  century. 

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"The  Times"  in  its  obituary  notices  says  she  had  been  presented 
to  the  widow  of  the  Young  Pretender,  she  was  alive  at  the  jubilee  of 
George  III,  and  took  part  in  the  coronation  and  the  jubilee  of  Queen 
Victoria.  For  nearly  seventy  years  she  maintained  an  active  interest 
in  political  affairs.  She  was  always  an  ardent  Liberal,  and  her  house 
was  a  general  meeting  place  for  politicians  of  that  faith;  but  though 
a  close  personal  friend  of  Mr.  Gladstone  she  was  always  strongly  op- 
posed to  his  Home  Rule  policy.  She  was  a  consistent  Radical  accord- 
ing to  the  definition  of  that  term  accepted  in  her  youth,  her  cardinal 
principal  being  a  steady  opposition  to  State  interference  with  the 
individual.  She  was  perpetually  adding  to  her  knowledge:  there  was 
no  book  of  note  on  any  subject  that  she  was  not  the  first  to  order;  and 
the  casual  visitor  found  her  equally  ready  to  discuss  any  subject. 


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THE  CLUB  AT  DOVER  STREET 

\N  i8g6  the  Arts  Club  acquired  the  lease  of  No.  40 
Dover  Street,  with  the  option  of  purchase,  which  was 
exercised  after  a  few  years,  when  the  Club  became 
possessor  of  the  freehold  on  terms  which  were  regarded 
at  that  time  as  favourable,  and  which  now  represent  a 
first  rate  investment.  The  financial  rearrangements  which  became 
necessary  in  consequence,  first,  of  the  removal  from  Hanover  Square, 
and,  subsequently,  of  the  purchase  of  the  freehold  of  40  Dover  Street, 
were  carried  through  without  much  difficulty.  In  the  old  house  the 
business  had  been  under  the  control  of  "The  Proprietary  Club 
Company,  Limited,"  which  consisted  of  a  few  members  who  held 
shares.  These  shareholders  were  bought  out  and  the  ownership  of 
the  Club  was  transferred  to  the  whole  body  of  members  by  making  it 
compulsory  on  every  one  to  hold  one  share  in  "The  Arts  Club, 
London,  Limited,"  which  share  lapses  on  the  death  or  retirement  of 
the  holder.  This  arrangement  has  been  found  to  work  well  and  is  still 
in  force. 

Various  causes  combined  to  bring  about  a  considerable  change 
of  membership  about  this  time,  as  a  good  many  men  left  the  club, 
distrusting  the  policy  of  removal  or  for  other  reasons,  though  the 
majority  of  these  afterwards  rejoined.  Also  in  1896  the  Club  was  un- 
fortunate in  losing,  by  death,  an  exceptional  number  of  prominent 
members,  among  whom  were  Leighton,  Millais,  Du  Maurier,  Sir 
Joseph  Barnby,  Richard  Beavis,  Arthur  Cecil,  Charles  Dickens  junior, 
Alfred  Hunt,  Hamilton  Macallum,  and  Sir  Benjamin  Richardson. 

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36  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

In  order  to  provide  for  the  additional  expense  of  the  larger  house, 
and  for  the  removal,  it  was  necessary  to  increase  the  membership,  and 
the  Rules  were  accordingly  altered  so  as  to  extend  the  numbers  from 
450  to  600. 

Just  at  this  time  the  old  Hogarth  Club,  which  had  been  leading 
a  somewhat  nomadic  existence  in  Albemarle  Street  and  Dover  Street, 
finally  closed  its  doors.  Its  original  home  had  been  at  84  Charlotte 
Street,  Fitzroy  Square,  a  district  much  affected  by  the  artistic  fraternity 
in  the  middle  of  the  last  century,  where  the  club  had  been  conducted 
on  lines  combining  Art  with  economy,  conviviality,  and  good  fellow- 
ship. Here,  and  afterwards  at  Albemarle  Street,  exhibitions  were  held 
of  pictures  by  members,  including  Leighton,  who  took  a  great  interest 
in  the  club,  and  who  exhibited  there  in  the  early  "sixties."  These 
exhibitions  were  successful,  and  satisfactory  sales  were  often  effected. 
One  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  club  was  Whistler,  who, 
here  as  everywhere,  was  a  stormy  petrel,  always  interesting  and 
always  spoiling  for  a  fight.  Mr.  W.  P.  Feeney,  an  old  member  of 
the  Hogarth  and  now  a  member  of  the  Arts,  remembers  how  Whistler 
would  come  into  the  house,  and  after  carefully  arranging  his  white 
lock,  would  ascend  to  the  club  room  carrying  a  wand  about  five  feet 
long,  which  at  that  time  he  chose  to  substitute  for  the  walking  stick 
of  the  ordinary  man.  This  he  would  deposit  on  one  of  the  couches 
and  he  was  always  uneasy  if  any  one  touched  it  or  sat  near  it.  He 
once  had  an  altercation  with  Edward  Stott,  another  member,  which 
was  so  demonstratively  conducted  that  E.  F.  Clarke,  who  was  present, 
feared  it  would  end  in  personal  violence  and  recorded  his  impressions 
in  the  series  of  sketches  which  appear  on  the  opposite  page. 

The  interruption  of  the  old  associations,  consequent  on  the  migra- 
tion from  Charlotte  Street,  seems  to  have  proved  disastrous  to  the 
Hogarth,  which,  after  a  career  of  prosperity  followed  by  gradual  decay, 
eventually  collapsed,  and  a  select  few  of  its  members  moved  farther 
up  the  street  and  joined  the  Arts. 

The  house  is  well  adapted  for  club  purposes,  though  rather  small 


WHISTLER   AND  ST<  )TT   DISCUSSING  AN  ARTISTIC  QUESTION 

FROM    A    IlRAWINC    KV    K.     F.    CLARKE 

Kindly  lent  ly  Mr.   li\  P.  Fiemy 


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for  the  number  of  members,  especially  as  since  the  war  began  it  has 
been  increasingly  popular  as  a  lunching,  dining,  and  general  meeting- 
place.  From  the  first  the  endeavour  has  been  to  preserve  the  original 
features  and  to  make  it  as  like  a  private  house  as  possible,  and  there 
has  been  no  attempt  at  luxury  or  grandeur.  It  still  retains  in  its 
arrangements  the  characteristics  of  its  eighteenth-century  origin  as 
the  town  house  of  a  prosperous  County  family,  combining  comfort 
with  sufficient  facilities  for  entertaining.  As  is  usual  in  such  cases 
the  bedroom  accommodation  was  somewhat  sacrificed  to  the  reception 
rooms,  but  for  its  present  purposes  this  is  not  a  disadvantage.  The 
redecoration  which  has  been  mentioned  as  having  been  carried  out 
by  Lord  Stanley  of  Alderley  was  of  a  very  complete  character,  and  is 
still  the  most  prominent  feature  of  the  house.  Immediately  on  passing 
the  entrance  door  attention  is  attracted  to  the  flooring  tiles,  which  bear 
the  initials  "S.A."  surrounded  by  the  Stanley  motto  "Sans  Changer." 
The  hall  is  open  to  the  roof,  from  which  depends  a  very  handsome  old 
eightlight  brass  chandelier.  The  original  staircase  was  a  broad  flight 
branching  out  right  and  left,  but  this  was  altered  to  the  present  arrange- 
ment by  which  the  staircase  follows  two  sides  of  the  wall.  It  is  wide 
and  easy,  with  fine  iron  balustrades,  in  which  is  embedded  at  frequent 
intervals  the  Stanley  crest  "on  achapeau  gules,  turned  up  ermine,  an 
eagle,  wings  expanded,  or,  preying  upon  an  infant,  proper,  swaddled  of 
first,  banded  argent."  The  ground  floor  consists  of  an  outer  lobby 
and  porter's  box,  an  inner  hall,  from  which  radiate  the  coffee  room, 
the  committee  room  also  used  for  private  dinners,  the  card  room, 
cloak  room,  and  lavatory.  The  coffee  room  extends  right  through  the 
house  and  opens  at  the  back  on  to  a  veranda,  where  in  the  summer 
members  often  adjourn  for  their  after-dinner  coffee.  In  the  coffee  room 
we  are  again  reminded  of  the  Stanleys  by  the  medallions  at  the  corners 
of  the  ceiling  which  contain  their  crossed  SS  surmounted  by  a  baron's 
coronet. 

The  staircase  leads  to  a  gallery  which  is  embellished  with  very 
handsome  Corinthian  pillars  and  pilasters,  and  which  is  open  to  the 


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lounge,  where  is  fixed  the  mantelpiece  before  mentioned  as  brought 
from  Hanover  Square. 

On  entering  the  drawing  room  the  principal  features  which  attract 
attention  are  the  ceiling,  where  are  again  the  Stanley  crossed  SSand 
coronet,  a  remarkable  chandelier  of  the  Waterford  glass  which  is  now 
so  much  sought  after,  and  a  white  marble  chimney-piece  with  carved 
female  figures,  very  beautiful  both  in  design  and  execution. 

Other  rooms  to  which  the  gallery  gives  access  are  the  library, 
the  small  writing  room,  and  the  billiard  room;  and  an  upper  gallery 
on  the  floor  above  leads  to  the  secretary's  offices  and  the  bedrooms. 

"  The  Arts"  is  a  sociable  Club,  and  the  endeavour  has  always 
been  to  have  as  little  formality  and  ceremony  as  possible- — in  fact  there 
is  a  spice  of  Bohemianism  about  it,  though  not  perhaps  to  the  same 
extent  as  about  "The  Savage"  or  the  old  "  Hogarth."  There  is  no 
smoking  room  because  smoking  is  permissible  every  where  except  in 
the  coff"ee  room  ;  and  even  there  the  prohibition  is  only  one  of  etiquette 
as  there  is  no  written  rule  on  the  subject.  Members  are  supposed  to 
know  one  another,  and  the  prefix  "  Mr.  "  is  tabooed.  A  member  is 
expected  to  talk  to  his  neighbour,  whether  previously  known  to  him 
or  not,  and  a  newcomer  who  dines  at  the  Club  for  the  first  time  and 
who  modestly  takes  a  solitary  seat  at  one  of  the  small  tables  is  prob- 
ably accosted  by  some  old  member  and  brought  over  to  a  table  where 
he  can  associate  with  other  diners  and  join  in  general  conversation. 
Naturally,  men  with  the  same  special  interests  have  a  tendency  to  fore- 
gather, and  so  certain  tables  in  the  coftee  room  are  resorted  to  by  the 
same  groups  day  after  day.  For  instance,  there  is  what  is  known  as 
"The  Academy  table,"  at  which  the  members  of  that  institution 
congregate ;  the  Architects' — more  generallyknown  as  the  Bricklayers' 
— table;  and  the  Bridge  table,  which  gradually  fills  up  as  each  rubber 
comes  to  a  conclusion  in  the  card  room.  Before  and  after  dinner  the 
most  popular  gathering  place  is  the  lounge  at  the  top  of  the  staircase, 
where  tea,  aperitifs^  and  conversation  are  in  full  swing  in  the  after- 
noon, and  postprandial  coffee  and  liqueurs  are  partaken  of  later  in  the 


Rt'prodiiieil  hy  I  lie  kind  periiiiision  of  Piofessoy  G.  Moira. 


THE  CLUB  AT  DOVER  STREET  39 

evening.  After  a  time  a  general  move  takes  place  to  the  billiard  room. 
One  of  the  institutions  which  is,  I  believe,  unique  as  regards  clubs,  is 
the  Saturday  evening  "Snooker,"  which  often  comprises  twenty  or 
even  as  many  as  twenty-four  players.  Such  a  crowd  is  not  of  course 
conducive  to  a  highly  scientific  standard  of  play,  but  no  one  is  excluded 
for  lack  of  it.  Men  are  brought  together  and  sociability  and  good 
fellowship  are  promoted.  The  sides  usually  arranged  are  the  Royal 
Academy  versus  the  rest  of  the  Club,  and  it  was  with  reference  to  such 
a  game  that  a  remark,  quite  indefensible  in  its  flippancy,  was  made 
by  a  young  member  who  turned  up  on  a  ten  days'  leave  of  absence 
from  France,  where  it  is  to  be  feared  that  in  the  trenches  he  had  not 
been  imbued  with  a  proper  spirit  of  reverence  for  even  the  most  respect- 
able institutions.  A  man  coming  into  the  room  and  seeing  a  jovial 
crowd  engaged  at  one  of  the  tables,  remarked:  "  I  suppose  it  is  the 
usual  game.  The  Academy  against  the  Club."  "  No,  Sir,"  was  the 
reply.    "  It 's  The  Academy  against  The  Arts!  " 

The  Club  was  much  addicted  to  whist  during  the  period  of  its 
occupancy  of  the  Hanover  Square  house,  and  the  hours  devoted  there- 
to were  long  and  early.  The  conservative  disinclination  of  members 
to  change  long-standing  club  arrangements  deferred  until  1901  the 
introduction  of  Bridge,  when,  after  considerable  discussion  in  several 
Committee  meetings,  it  was  agreed  to  alter  Rule  XXH  so  as  to  add 
the  new  game  to  the  list  of  those  which  might  be  played  in  the  Club, 
The  development  into  Auction  Bridge  dates  from  191 2.  In  1907  the 
accommodation  for  card  players  having  been  found  to  be  insufficient 
two  small  rooms  on  the  ground  floor  were  thrown  into  one,  and  the 
present  card  room  was  formed. 

From  very  early  days  it  has  been  the  endeavour  to  have  a  selection 
of  good  pictures  on  the  walls,  and  this  has  been  accomplished  partly 
by  gifts  from  members  or  their  executors  or  representatives,  and  partly 
by  loans.  Consequently,  the  Club  now  owns  a  considerable  number 
of  pictures  which,  if  not  all  of  quite  first  class  merit,  are  interesting 
and  decorative.    Moreover,  the  practice  of  artist  members  lending  their 


40  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

own  works  has  been  well  kept  up,  so  that  there  are  always  from  this 
source  pictures  of  a  high  degree  of  excellence ;  for  though  a  well-known 
proverb  enjoins  that  criticism  should  be  subdued  when  referring  to  a 
gift-horse,  this  is  not  held  to  apply  to  pictures  painted  and  lent  by 
members,  who  in  a  club  of  so  outspoken  a  character  would  be  open 
to  an  embarrassing  amount  of  banter  if  a  really  bad  painting  appeared 
on  the  walls. 

During  the  first  few  years  of  its  existence  the  Club  possessed  very 
few  books,  and  it  was  not  until  the  year  1870  that  any  serious  endeavour 
was  made  to  create  a  library.  The  first  member  who  took  an  interest 
in  the  matter  was  John  Davidson,  who  began  with  much  energy  and 
enthusiasm,  and,  by  himself  contributing  gifts  of  books  on  a  generous 
scale,  and  by  stimulating  the  liberality  of  his  colleagues,  he  succeeded 
in  forming  the  nucleus  of  a  collection.  In  the  Minute  Book  for 
November  1870  there  is  an  entry  that  the  thanks  of  the  Committee 
be  specially  given  to  Mr.  John  Davidson  for  his  contributions  and 
trouble  in  filling  the  bookshelves  of  the  Club,  and  that  the  thanks  of 
the  Committee  be  also  given  to  the  donors.  After  Davidson's  death 
in  1880  interest  in  the  scheme  appears  to  have  waned,  and  very  few 
additional  volumes  were  acquired  for  many  years.  After  the  Club 
moved  into  its  new  house  the  books  seem  to  have  been  huddled  away 
into  any  odd  corners  not  wanted  for  other  purposes.  At  length,  in 
1907,  some  enterprising  members  suggested  that  for  the  convenience 
of  those  who  had  literary  tastes  the  small  drawing  room  might  be  fitted 
up  with  bookshelves  and  used  as  a  library.  The  members  of  the  Arts 
Club,  though  many  of  them  hold  very  Radical  views  on  various  sub- 
jects— notably  on  Art — are  Conservative  to  the  backbone  as  regards 
anything  in  the  way  of  a  change  in  long-established  Club  arrange- 
ments; and  the  introduction  of  a  door  between  the  hall  and  the  cloak 
room,  the  removal  of  a  clock  from  a  mantelpiece  to  a  bracket,  or  the 
position  chosen  for  a  piece  of  statuary,  give  rise  to  excited  and  almost 
revolutionary  utterances  and  motions.  It  is  generally  suggested  that 
the  artistic  amenities  of  the  Club  are  being  ruined,  that  "the  Philis- 


THE  JUBILEK  OF  "TIIK  ARTS"  CI. UP. 
Kefrodiicedby  llu  kind  pei-mission  of  Mr.  F.  //.    'l\m'nsei!il. 


THE  CLUB  AT  DOVER  STREET  41 

tines  are  upon  us,"  and  that  the  Committee  ought  to  resign  in  a 
body.  However,  after  reiterated  discussions,  things  gradually  simmer 
down  and  nothing  more  is  heard  of  the  matter. 

The  library  proposal  was  regarded  as  a  serious  innovation.  At 
the  meeting  which  was  summoned  to  consider  it,  much  eloquence  was 
expended  on  both  sides,  the  main  argument  of  the  Conservatives  being 
that  the  wall  space  was  indispensable  for  the  exhibition  of  pictures 
which  had  been  lent  to  the  Club.  On  the  other  side  it  was  urged  that 
the  room  was  principally  used  as  a  dormitory,  and  that  the  two  or 
three  members  who  resorted  to  it  enjoyed  the  artistic  treat  with  closed 
eyes.  In  the  end  the  reorganization  of  the  library  was  sanctioned, 
and  some  very  handsome  bookcases  were  bought,  which  are  now  filled 
with  a  useful  selection  of  volumes,  mostly  on  artistic  subjects,  and 
many  of  them  finely  illustrated.  An  effort  has  recently  been  made  to 
increase  the  number  of  books  and  to  place  the  library  on  a  better 
footing.  This  has  met  with  considerable  success,  and  members  have 
generously  responded  to  the  appeal  with  gifts  of  books  and  money. 
There  is,  however,  still  room  for  expansion  in  this  direction. 

On  the  nth  December  191 3  the  Club  celebrated  the  fiftieth  year 
of  its  existence  by  a  dinner  at  Princes  Restaurant,  which  was  attended 
by  two  hundred  and  fifty  members  and  their  guests,  the  chair  being 
taken  by  Sir  Reginald  Blomfield,  R.A.  The  occasion  is  still  recalled 
to  the  memory  of  members  by  the  drawing  by  F.  H.  Townsend  for 
the  menu,  the  original  of  which  now  hangs  in  the  billiard  room  and 
which  is  here  reproduced.  The  artist  has  perhaps  allowed  his 
imagination  to  exaggerate  somewhat  the  ages  and  infirmities  of 
members,  who  are  not  all  octogenarians.  A  very  convivial  evening 
was  enlivened  by  several  humorous  speeches,  and  by  the  following 
"Jubilee  Song"  written  by  Barry  Pain,  and  set  to  music  by  Sir  A. 

Mackenzie : 

Here 's  to  the  noble  memory 

Of  bygone  pioneers, 
Who  raised  for  us  this  House  of  Art 
That 's  stood  for  fifty  years ; 
G 


42  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Who  gave  the  laurel  of  their  names 

Our  records  to  adorn, 
Here  's  to  the  men  who  made  our  Club 
And  the  day  when  we  were  born. 

'Twas  in  the  mild  Victorian  reign 

Of  whist  and  crinoline, 
Before  the  Flapper  and  the  Nut 

Had  barged  upon  the  scene. 
Before  the  aviator  flew. 

Or  motorist  could  mote. 
Or  women  signified  with  bricks 

Their  passion  for  the  vote. 

That  scoundrel  Time  breaks  many  things 

But  leaves  intact  our  chain ; 
The  torch  was  handed  on  to  us, 

We  hand  it  on  again. 
For  members  come  and  members  go. 

Since  man  's  constructed  thus, 
But  still  the  Club  remains  the  same, 

And  therefore  here  's  to  us  ! 

We've  painters,  sculptors,  architects, 

To  decorate  their  age; 
We  welcome  here  the  shining  lights 

Of  music  and  the  stage. 
We've  men  of  law  and  medicine 

To  aid  us  when  we  trip  ; 
In  brief,  we've  sundry  sorts  of  men 

And  one  good  fellowship. 

Since  woman's  softening  influence 

We  value  and  revere. 
For  her  we  put  our  awning  up, 

But  only  twice  a  year. 
Thus  Aphrodite  at  the  Arts 

No  fatal  scheme  contrives  ; 
At  Bridge  alone  we  lose  our  Hearts 

Only  at  Pool  our  Lives. 


THE  CLUB  AT  DOVER  STREET  43 

When  fifty  years  again  have  passed, 

Whatever  else  may  die, 
Still  may  the  concord  of  the  Arts 

The  raids  of  time  defy  ; 
Still  may  our  telephone  convey 

Excuses  incomplete, 
And  wicked  men  remain  to  dine 

At  forty  Dover  Street. 


The  war  has  affected  this  as  it  has  affected  all  other  clubs.  Many 
members  were  employed  on  war  work  of  one  kind  or  another,  and  of 
these  a  large  proportion  took  part  in  the  actual  fighting,  brave  men, 
refusing  to  recognize  a  limit  of  age  as  an  obstacle  to  the  devotion  of 
their  lives  to  the  service  of  their  country.  Many  others  performed 
useful  non-combatant  work,  and  painters  were  employed  by  the 
Government  in  designing  weird  schemes  of  "camouflage"  for  ships, 
and  architects  in  erecting  buildings  for  war,  housing,  and  munition 
purposes  at  home  and  abroad.  Domestic  difficulties  increased,  and  the 
management  of  a  club  was  no  easy  task.  Supplies  both  solid  and  liquid 
were  hard  to  obtain,  and  Food  Controllers,  Coal  Controllers,  and 
other  high  and  mighty  officials  had  to  be  propitiated.  Moreover,  the 
staff  was  depleted  by  the  drafting  of  waiters  and  others  into  the  army, 
and  their  places  had  to  be  filled  by  inexperienced  substitutes  or  by 
women,  who  set  a  somewhat  exaggerated  value  on  their  services.  How 
far  the  incident  recorded  in  the  drawing  contributed  to  "  Punch  "  by 
C.  A.  Shepperson,  A.  R.A.,  and  reproduced  on  the  opposite  page,  is 
indebted  to  actuality,  and  how  far  to  a  vivid  imagination,  it  would  be 
indiscreet  to  inquire.  It  is  interesting  as  giving  a  very  accurate  repre- 
sentation of  the  drawing  room  of  the  Club,  and  portraits  of  certain 
well-known  members. 

*'The  Arts,"  like  most  other  similar  institutions,  has  at  times 
passed  through  severe  crises,  financial  and  other,  which  have  almost 
imperilled  its  existence.  Appeals  to  the  patriotism  and  loyalty  of  its 
members  have,  however,  always  been  successful  in  rescuing  the  Club 


44  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

from  its  difficulties,  and  now  that  we  are  in  smooth  waters  we  can 
look  with  pride  upon  a  long  career  of  usefulness  and  distinction  in 
the  past,  and  with  confidence  to  a  prosperous  continuance  of  that 
career  in  the  future. 


INDEX  TO  PART  I 


Arran,  Earl  of,  32. 

Artists'  Rifle  Corps,  3. 

Arts  Club,  Constitution  of,  i. 

Foundation  of,  2. 

Hon.  Foreign  members,  i. 

Number  of  members,  i,  36. 

Ashburnham  House,  31. 

Badge  of  the  Club,  16. 

Billiards,  39. 

Bond,  Sir  T.,  buys  Clarendon  House,  28. 

Caldecott,  R.,  16. 

Cards,  39. 

Chalmers,  G.  P.,  Death  of,  16. 

Clarence,  Uuke  of,  9,  10. 

Clarendon  House,  26,  27,  28. 

Dashwood,  Family  of,  6,  7,  8. 

Sir  Francis  (Lord  Despencer),  8. 

Davers,  Family  of,  32. 
Dickens,  Charles,  4,  12,  15. 
Dover  Street,  History  of,  26-34. 
40  Dover  Street,  Arts  Club  at,  35-44- 

Description  of,  37,  38. 

Former  inhabitants,  26-44. 

Ely  House,  31,  32. 
Evelyn,  John,  27,  28,  30. 

George,  Prince  of  Wales,  Adventure  in  Hay 
Hill,  26. 

Hanover  Square,  History  of,  4. 

Fox  hunt  in,  8. 

17  Hanover  Square,  Arts  Club  at,  6-25. 

Description  of,  4. 

Former  inhabitants,  6-25. 

Hay  Hill,  George,  Prince  of  Wales  in,  26. 
Hogarth  Club,  The,  36. 


Horsburgh,  J.  M.,  Satirical  Poem,  19-24. 
Hughes,  T.,  12,  15. 

Janssen,  Sir  'P.,  6. 

Jermyn  Band,  The,  2. 

Jermyn,  Henry  (Lord  Dover),  28,  29. 

Johnson,  Dr.,  30,  31. 

Jordan,  Mrs.,  8-1 1. 

Jubilee,  The,  41. 

Keene,  Charles,  2,  13. 

Leighton  and  Millais,  16. 

Lewis,  Arthur,  Founder  of  the  Club,  2,  3,  4. 

Library,  The,  40,  41. 

Marks,  H.  Stacy,  R.A.,  2,  3,  12,  18. 
Moray  Minstrels,  The,  2,  3. 
Music,  Royal  Academy  of,  2. 

Pain,  Barry,  Jubilee  song,  41. 

Reynolds,  Miss,  30. 

Royal  Academy  Election  Night,  17-24. 

St.  Albans,  Lord,  28,  29. 

Sefton,  Earl  of,  32. 

Severne,  Arthur,  on  the  Moray  Minstrels,  3. 

Stanley,  Dean,  16. 

Stanley  of  Alderley,  Family  of,  33,  34. 

Stott  and  Whistler  disagree,  36. 

Swinburne,  A.  C.,  14,  15,  36. 

Thackeray,  on  Leighton,  16. 

and  Yates,  4. 

Tyburn,  Proposed  removal,  5. 

War,  The  late,  43. 

Whistler,  J.  M.,  at  the  Hogarth  Club,  36. 

Disagreement  with  E.  Stott,  36. 

Wilkes,  John,  8. 

Wilson,  H.Schiitz,  The  Club  Orator,  17, 18, 19. 


45 


Part  1 1 
THE  MEMBERS 

Vixere  fortes  ante  Agamemnona 
Multi;  sed  omnes  illacrimabiles 
Urgenter  ignotique  longa 
Nocte,  carent  quia  vate  sacro. 

Horace. 


THE  ARTS  CLUB 

1920 

COMMITTEE 

ALSO  DIRECTORS  OF  THE  ARTS  CLUB,  LONDON,  LIMITED 

Chairman:  Siu  David  Murray,  R.A.,  P.R.I. 
Deputy  Chairman:  N.  ScoTT  RU.SSELL 

1919  W.  AiNSLIE.  H.C. 

1920  O.  M.  Ayrton. 
19 1 9    W.  T.  Boodle. 

1918     W.  R.  COLTON,  R.A. 

1918  Alfred  Drury,  R.A. 

1918  W.  P.  Feeney. 

191 8  J.S.Gibson.  H.C 

1919  B.  A.  Hall.  H.C. 

1919  G.  E.  Haslip,  M.D. 

1920  VV.  Lee  Hankey,  R.E.,  R.O.I. 

1919  W.  R.  Le  Fanu.  H.C. 

1918  Sir  William  Llewellyn,  K.C.V.O.,  R.A. 

1919  The  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

1920  Julius  Ohlsson,  R.A.,  P.R.O.I.,  J.P. 

1918  Colonel  John  Parker,  C.B.,  D.L. 

1919  Clement  V.  Parsons. 

1918  Herbert  Read.  H.C. 

191 8  G.  A.  F.  Rogers.  H.C. 

1919  Robert  Spence,  R.E. 

1920  Terrick  Williams,  R.I.,  R.O.I.  H.C. 
1920  E.  W.  Wimperis. 

1920    A.  B.  Yeates.  H.C. 

Secretary:  Lieut.-Colonel  H.  Raymond. 


H 


HONORARY  MEMBERS 

BONNAT,  L^ON  I.  F.  1919 

Butcher,  J.  Langton  1863 

Carisbrooke,  Marquis  of  1919 

Claus,  Emile  1919 

Dagnan  Bouveret,  a.  J.  1919 

DiELMAN,  Frederick  1919 

French,  Daniel  C.  1919 

Mestrovic  —  1919 

Nenot,  Paul  H.  1919 

North,  J.  W.,  A.R.A.  1874 

Ridge,  W.  Lacy  i  896 

Spielmann,  Sir  Isidore  1895 

Tito,  E.  1919 

Vian,  Alfred  1893 


SO 


THE  MEMBERS 

Those  names  inatked  7vith  an  asterisk  *  are  present  Members,  and  the 
date  indicates  the  year  of  election. 

Edwin  Austin  Abbey,    1885-1910.    R.A.    Bom  1852;  died  1911. 
An  American  painter  of  Shakespearean  and  mediaeval  subjects. 
"  I  had  ample  opportunities  of  experiencing  the  sweetness  of  his  nature  and  the 
geniality  and  humour  of  his  conversation.     I  have  been  intimately  acquainted  with 
Americans  of  every  sort  and  variety  all  my  life,  but  I  have  never  met  any  who  dis- 
played to  greater  advantage  the  best  and  brightest  of  their  national  characteristics 
than  Edwin  Abbey." — G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  The  Inner  Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 
Edward  A  Beckett.    1863-1871.    Original  Member.    Literary. 
J.  B.  AcKROYD.     1871-1885. 
*Alfred  Adam.    1913. 
*Beale  Adams.    1909.    R.B.A. 
John  Clayton  Adams,      i  892-1 895.      Bom   1840;   died  1906.      Landscape 

painter. 
Douglas  Adams.    1892.    Died  1920. 
G.  Adelmann.    1886-1893.    Musician. 
Philip  Leslie  Agnew.    1905-1910. 
*  William  Arthur  Aikin.    1885.    M.D. 

Rev.  a.  Ainger.    1864-1871. 

Master  of  the  Temple  Church.    Editor  of  Charles  Lamb's  works. 
*Henry  Ainley.    1909. 
Montague  Ainslie.    1906-1914.    Died  1914. 
*Wilfred  Ainslie.    1892. 
*W.  L.  Ainslie.     1900. 
George  AlTCHISON.     1866-1896.     R.A.,  P.R.LB.A.     Born  1825 ;  died  1910. 
Professor  of  Architecture  at  the  Royal  Academy.   Built  Lord  Leighton's  house  in 
Kensington. 

"He  was   a  wide   reader,  a  good   talker,  and  the  collector  of  an  interesting 
library."— Z).iV:^. 
Samuel  Aitkin.     1896-1900. 

Secretary  to  the  Associated  Board  of  the  R.A.M.  and  the  R.C.M. 

51 


52  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

SwAiNSON  H.  Akroyd.    1 87 1- 1 888. 
*Carlo  Albanesi.    1893. 
Boyd  Alexander.    1908-1910.    Born  1873;  died  1910. 

African  explorer  and  naturalist.  Crossed  Africa  from  the  Niger  to  the  Nile. 
Murdered  by  natives  at  Ilarne  in  French  Equatorial  Africa.  His  collection  of  African 
birds  was  given  to  the  British  Museum." — See  Boyd  Alexander's  Last  Journey,  by  his 
brother. 

•Herbert  Alexander.    1904.    A.R.W.S.    Brother  of  the  above. 
*R0BERT  W.  Allan.    1889.    R.W.S. 

C.  J.  H.  Allen,    1868- 1880.    Died  1881. 

Edward  Heron  Allen.    1897-1911.    Musical  and  literary. 
*Herbert  Charles  Goodeve  Allen.    191  i.    Died  1920. 

Lt.-Col.  Ralph  Allen.    1890-1892.    Scientific. 
*Henry  VV.  Allingham.    1917. 

Edward  Richard  Alston.    1874-1880.    Bom  1845;  died  1881. 
Zoologist.    An  authority  on  birds. 

*Louis  Ambler.    1904.    F.R.I.B.A. 
John  Carlowitz  Ames.    1884-1902.    Musician. 
Reginald  Ames.    1872-1891.    Died  1892. 
James  H.  Anderson.    1904-1915.    Died  191 5.    Artist. 
Henry  Lyon  Anderton.    1873-1874.    Literary. 
Capt.  C.  W.  Andrew.    1867- 1892.    R.N.    Died  1893. 
Thomas  W.  Angell.    1863-1893.    Original  Member.    Died  1893. 

"  Tom  "  Angell,  as  he  was  always  called,  had  been  one  of  the  chief  organizers  of 
the  Post  Office  service  in  the  Crimea  and  latterly  he  became  Postmaster  of  the  South 
Western  District.  Edmund  Yates,  after  a  long  absence  abroad,  wrote  that  he  would 
feel  like  Rip  van  Winkle  when  visiting  his  old  haunt  at  "  Sweet  17"  and  finding 
Tommy  Angell  still  in  charge  of  the  village  post  ofifice. 

Angell  was  a  genial  and  very  popular,  though  somewhat  autocratic  and  irascible 
member.  He  was  one  of  Arthur  Lewis's  "  Moray  Minstrels  "  and  could  sing  a  good 
song. 

An  admirable  little  pen-and-ink  sketch  by  Frederick  Walker,  A.R.A.,  of  Tom 
Angell,  sitting  in  a  characteristic  attitude  in  his  shirt  sleeves,  smoking  a  long  Turkish 
pipe,  is  one  of  the  treasured  possessions  of  the  Club. 

T.  A.  Annett.    1863-1878.    Original  Member. 

James  Archer.    1875-1904.    R.S.A.    Bom  1823;  died  1904. 

Historical  and  portrait  painter.  He  was  said  to  have  missed  election  to  the  Royal 
Academy  by  a  single  vote  in  consequence  of  a  brother  Scot  who  was  coming  up  to 
vote  for  him  losing  a  train. 


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THE  MEMBERS  53 

H.  II.  Armstead.     1883-1895.    R.A.    Born  1828;  died  1905. 
Sculptor.    A  genial  and  very  picturesque  member. 
♦Major  E.  A.  Armstrong.    1909.    I. M.S. 
Thomas  Armstrong.    1866-1878.    C.B.    Born  1833;  died  1911. 
Director  of  Art  at  South  Kensington  Museum. 

"The  qualities  which  made  Armstrong's  personality  so  attractive  and  lovable 
were  his  keen  sympathy,  his  warm  affections,  his  sincerity,  his  modesty,  his  able 
sagacity,  his  kindly  wit;  and  he  added  the  charm  of  a  nature  which  preserved  the 
zest  of  youth  to  the  wisdom  of  experience." — T.  Armstrong,  C.B.   A  Memoir. 

Reginald  Arnold.    1889- 1890. 

John  Ashby.    1899-1905. 
*Morris  C.  H.  Ashby.    1917. 

Harold  T.  Ashton.    1903-1909.    Engineer. 

William  Henry  Ashurst.    i 873-1 885. 

H.  W.  C.  Austen.    1906-1919.    M.D. 

Walter  Austin.    1886- 1888.    Musical  Composer. 

Edward  B.  Aveling.    1873-1875.    Literary  and  scientific. 
*0.  Ma.xwell  Ayrton.    1900. 

Ernest  Claude  Ayton-Lee.    1875-1889.   Architect. 

Walter  Bache.     1884-1888.    Died  1 888.    Musical. 

John  Henry  Frederick  Bacon.    1S98-1913.    M.V.O.,  A. R.A.    Born  1866; 

died  1 914.    Portrait  painter. 
*J.  F.  Baddelev.     1920. 
♦Fr.-vnk  S.  Baden-Powell.    1896. 

Frank  I.  Baggallay.    1885-1892.    Architect. 
•Arthur  Herbert  Bagley.    1911.    B.A. 

A.  Bailey.    1864- 1870. 

Hayden  Bailey.    1898-1906.    Musical. 

Hugh  Sidney  Baillie.    1870-1871. 

Sir  Benjamin  Baker.    1871-1906.    K.C.M.G.    Bom  1840;  died  1907. 

Engineer  of  underground  railways  and  of  the  Forth  Bridge. 

*  Herbert  Baker.    1900. 

*Percival  Richard  Arnold  Baker.    1919. 

W.  J.  Baker.    1863- 1873.    Original  Member. 
*A.  Baldock.    1909.    M.B. 

Edwin  Bale.    1884-1915.    R.I. 

Lewis  Balfour.    1872-1884.    Died  1885. 


54  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Robert  Shackleton  Balfour.    1901-1913.    Architect. 

Percival  Ball.    1870- 1877. 

Wilfrid  Ball.    1896-1916.    R.E.    Died  1917.    Painter  and  etcher. 

Arthur  Bambridge.    1893-1896.   Artist. 

Sir  Squire  B.  Bancroft.    1881-1886.    Actor  and  manager. 

Hamlet  L.  Bannerman.    1884-1888.    Artist. 

Charles  Burton  Barber.    1885-1892.    Painter. 

George  Gompertz  Barber.    1886- 1890.   Died  1891. 

W.  S.  Barber.    1863-1909.    Original  Member. 

Edgar  Barclay.    1869- 1874. 

Wrote  on  the  mountains  of  Algeria  and  on  Stonehenge. 

*William  Singer  Barclay.    1911. 
Charles  M.  Barker.    1886- 1909.    Died  1909. 
W.  T.  Barkworth.    1 898-1909.    Artist. 
Frederick  Barnard.    1882- 1887. 
Sir  Joseph  Barnby.    1873-1895.    Born  1S38;  died  1896. 
Organist,  conductor,  composer,  and  teacher  of  music. 

W.  T.  Barnewall.     1 864- 1 887. 

Reginald  Barratt.    1888-1916.    R.W.S.    Born  1861 ;  died  1917. 

Was  destined  for  architecture  and  studied  under  Norman  Shaw,  but  his  tastes  led 
him  to  painting  and  to  Paris,  where  he  spent  some  time  in  the  studio  of  Bouguereau. 
He  devoted  himself  principally  to  water-colour,  and  chose  his  subjects  in  Italy  and  in 
India.  He  was  for  many  years  a  well-known  personality,  and  is  the  chief  figure  in  the 
large  portrait  group  by  John  Collier  which  adorns  the  billiard-room. 
The  Club  possesses  several  water-colour  drawings  by  Reginald  Barratt. 

*Francis  Barraud.    19 19. 

CamILLE  BARRliRE.     1872-1886. 

One  of  the  early  contributors  to  "The  World."  Well  known  in  French  political 
society  and  afterwards  in  Egypt,  where  his  action  was  not  generally  friendly  to  this 
country. 

Wilson  Barrett.    1885-1892.    Born  1846;  died  1904. 

Actor  and  manager.  Popular  and  successful  in  both  capacities;  a  picturesque  and 
unmistakable  personality,  as  evidenced  by  the  following  incident.  Wilson  Barrett 
was  standing,  it  might  almost  be  described  as  "posing,"  on  the  steps  of  Morley's 
Hotel,  when  the  author  of  this  volume  happened  to  be  passing;  to  whom  a  small 
and  very  excited  vendor  of  evening  newspapers  rushed  up,  bursting  with  information : 
"  Know  who  that  is.  Mister?   That 's  Wilson  Barrett !  " 

Charles  Edward  Barry.    1884-1902.    Architect. 
♦Montagu  Barstow.    1917. 


THE  MEMBERS  55 

W.  H.  Bartlett.    1 888- 1 890.    Painter. 

F.  B.  Barwell.     1S63-1870.    Original  Member. 
*Allan  Baumer.     1910. 
*Louis  Baumer.    1909. 
•F.  Fleming  Baxter.    1905. 

*GlLI5ERT  BAYES.      I914. 

W.  Bayes.    1871-1873.    M.D. 

F.  W.  Bayley.    1 874- 1 894.    An  assayer  to  the  Mint. 
*Charles  Stuart  Bayne.    1914. 
*James  Prinsep  Beadle.    1886. 
♦Frederick  Samuel  Beaumont.    1899. 
*R.  H.  Beaumont.    1907. 

Hugh  R.  Beaver.    1863- 1870.    Original  Member. 

Richard  Beavis.    1867-1895.    R.W.S.    Born  1824;  died  1896. 

Charles  N.  Beazley.    1863-1871.    Original  Member. 

Bernard  H.  Becker.    1877-1885. 

"  A  sound  and  safe  general  utility  journalist  of  Dickensian  training." — T.  H.  S. 
EscoTT,  Clubs  and  Club  Afetnbers. 

*A.  P.  Beddard.    1905.    M.D. 
Lt.-Col.  Henry  Roscoe  Beddoes.    1898-1919.    Died  1919. 

A  very  popular  member  and  a  good  bridge  player.  Drowned  at  sea  when  pro- 
ceeding on  an  official  mission  to  Eastern  Europe  in  the  SS.  Chonia,  which  struck  a 
mine  near  Messina  on  the  15th  January,  1919.  His  death  was  deeply  regretted  in 
the  Club. 

Charles  Desborough  Bedford.    1873- 1884.    Literary. 
Herbert  Bedford.    1896-1905.    Musical. 
George  A.  B.  Beecroft.    1871-1873.    Musical. 

Four  tankards  presented  by  him  to  the  Club  which  he  won  as  bow  oar  of  the 
Christ  Church  Scratch  Fours  in  1866  are  still  in  use. 

Charles  Edward  Beevor.     1885- 1909.    M.D.    Died  1909.    Scientific. 
Worked  at  research  with  Sir  Victor  Horsley  with  important  results. 

*Arthur  C.  Behrend.  1897. 
*George  L.  Behrend.  1914. 
*Lt.-Col.  Henry  David  Behrend.    191 8. 

John  Belcher.     1900-1911.     R.A.     Bom  1843;  died  1913.    Architect. 

A.  C.  Bell.     1865- 1896. 

F.  Jeffrey  Bell.    1884-1913. 

Professor  of  Comparative  Anatomy  at  King's  College. 


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George  Bell.    1887- 1896.    Musical. 
*Henry  Bell.    1920. 
♦Reginald  Bell.    1918. 
*R.  Anning  Bell.     1897.     A.R.A.,  R.W.S. 

Albert  Belleroche.     1897-1916.    Artist. 

Archibald  Bence-Jones.     1896-1904.    Literary. 

Sir  Jules  Benedict.     1863-1884.    Original  Member.    Bom  1804;  died  1885. 
Conductor  of  Italian  opera  and  composer. 

George  John  Bennett.    1897- 1909.    Mus.  Doc. 

Organist,  composer,  and  Professor  R.A.M. 

George  Nevitt  Bennett.    1869- 1877. 

Joseph  Bennett.     1873-1875.    Literary  and  musical  critic. 
*J.  F.  C.  Bennett,    1899. 

E.  L.  F.  Benzon.     1 863- 1 873.     Original  Member. 

Septimus  Berdmore.     1863-1879.     Original  Member. 

John  S.  Bergheim.     1897-1912.     Died  1912.     Scientific. 

Oscar  Beringer.     1891-1909.     Musical. 

Frederick  Bernard.     188  i -1886.    Painter. 
♦Frederick  Herman  Bertram.     1899. 

Charles  O.  Bigg.    1880-1912. 

Was  probably  the  member  of  the  Club  whose  dress  was  the  most  carefully  thought 
out.  He  was  not  unpopular,  but  was  considered  by  many  to  hold  himself  somewhat 
too  loftily  aloof. 

*Percy  Bigland.     1890. 
*Edward  Arthur  Erne.st  Binstead.    1916. 
C.  B.  Birch.     1884-1885.     A.R.A.     Died  1893. 
George  Bird,     i  863-1 894.     M.D.     Original  Member. 

"  Dr.  George  Bird  was  an  excellent  physician,  with  whom  Swinburne-  became 
acquainted  in  1866  at  the  Arts  Club.  A  friend  to  whom  Swinburne  owed  his  life  not 
once  nor  twice,  and  whose  tastes  were  markedly  intellectual  and  artistic.  He  had  a 
nature  sympathetic  and  serene." — D.N.B. 

Tom  Bird.     1884- 1896.    M.R.C.S. 

W.  L.  Bird.     1893- 1896.    Artist. 

Geoffrey  Birkbeck.    1901-1906.    Artist. 
*Henry  Birkbeck.    1916. 
*J.  P,  Bishop.    1905. 
♦Arthur  J.  Black.    1912. 

Edwin  Black.    1883-1899.    Died  1899.    Painter. 


THE  MEMBERS  57 

*Francis  Black.     1894.    R.B.A. 
Capt.  W,  Black.    1870- 1874. 
William  Black.     1888-1896.    Born  184 1 ;  died  1898. 

Studied  as  an  artist  in  the  Glasgow  School  of  Art,  but  exchanged  Art  for  jour- 
nalism and  went  to  Germany  as  war  correspondent  of  the  "  Morning  Star"  during 
the  Franco-Prussian  war,  but  for  the  greater  part  of  the  war  was  under  arrest  on 
suspicion  of  being  a  spy.    On  his  return  home  he  published  several  successful  novels. 

"  The  certainty  of  meeting  with  an  agreeable  woman  and  of  details  of  travel  and 
of  sport,  which,  if  not  perfectly  legitimate  in  their  place,  were  sure  to  be  entertaining, 
continued  to  maintain  his  popularity  to  the  end  of  an  active  career,  although  he  never 
regained  the  level  of  the  best  work  of  his  middle  period." — D.N.B. 
Henry  Blackburn.     1864-1896.    Bom  1830;  died  1897. 

Black  and  white  artist.    Editor  of  "Academy  Notes,"  which  was  for  several  years 
a  popular  guide  to  the  R.A.  exhibitions,  giving  reproductions  of  the  pictures,  gener- 
ally from  sketches  by  the  artists  themselves. 
*Ernest  Ireland  Blackburne.     1903. 

F.  E.   Blackstone.     1863-1872.     F.R.G.S.,   F.Z.S.      Died    1892.      Original 
Member.     Scientific. 

William  Evan  Blakeney.     1872- 1885. 
Ernest  Blandforu.     1895-1901.    Musical. 

G.  Fielding  Blandford.     1874- 191 3.    M.D.    Scientific. 
Thomas  Blanford.    1870-1913. 

William  Thomas  Blanford.     1872-1905.    F.R.S.    Died  1905.    Scientific. 
Charles  Turing  Bleeck.     i 867-1 878. 
♦Arthur  C.  Blomfield.    1898. 
Sir  A.  W.  Blomfield.     1863-1900.     A. R.A.     Original  Member.    Born  1829; 
died  1899.     Architect,  mainly  ecclesiastical. 

"  Blomfield,  who  was  a  rowing  man  when  young,  and  had  occupied  the  bow  seat 
in  his  college  boat  when  head  of  the  river,  was  fond  in  middle  life  of  taking  recrea- 
tion in  acting,  in  which  his  fine  voice,  expressive,  clean-shaved  face,  and  real  dramatic 
talent  made  him  unusually  successful."^ — D.N.B. 

•Charles  James  Blomfield.    1886. 
Sir  Reginald  Blomfield.     1899-1915.    R.A.    Architect. 
Arthur  Cecil  Blunt.     1876-1891.     Born  1843;  died  1896. 

Better  known  as  "  Arthur  Cecil."  Society  entertainer  and  song  writer.  Acted 
for  some  years  with  the  German  Reeds. 

H.  A.  Blyth.     1 896- 1 900. 

*Ormond  Blyth.    1914. 
*Henry  Boddington.    1907.    J. P. 
*H.  Boddington,  Junior.     1910.    M.A.,  A.R.I.B.A. 

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Frederick  Edwin  Bodkin.     1893- 1896.    Painter. 
Sir  Edgar  C.  Boehm.     1916-1916.     Second  baronet.     F.R.G.S. 
Henry  Bond,     i 863-1877.    Original  Member. 
*W.  Trelawney  Boodle.    1902. 
Thomas  J.  Boole.    1895-1914. 

William  Henry  James  Boot.     1905-1919.    R.I.    Died  1919. 
Painter  and  writer  on  Gotliic  architecture. 
*S.  C.  Bosch-Reitz.     1903. 

George  H.  Houghton.     1869-1896.    R.A.    Bom  1833;  died  1905.    Painter. 
Died  suddenly  in  his  studio  at  AVest  House,  Campden  Hill,  which  Norman  Shaw 
had  built  for  him,  and  where  he  entertained  hospitably  Anglo-American  society. 

"  Boughton  was  kindly,  genial,  humorous,  a  lover  of  a  good  story,  the  essence  of 
hospitality  and  wholly  free  from  jealousy,  malice,  and  uncharitable  judgements." — 
The  Times.,  obituary  notice. 

VV.  A.  Boulnois.     1 863- 1 869.     Original  Member. 
James  Boulton.    1876- 1887. 
Walter  Bourne.    1869- 1870.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*H.  A.  Bowler.     1898. 
E.  WiNGFiELD  Bowles.     1898-1913.     Engineer. 
George  P.  BoycE.     1863- 1879.     R.W.S.     Born   1826;  died    1897.     Original 

Member. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  old  Hogarth  Club.     He  studied  various  styles 

of  architecture  on  the  Continent,  but  took  up  landscape  art  under  the  influence  of 

David  Cox  with  considerable  success. 

William  Boyd.     1874-1881.     Literary. 

John  Frederick  Boyes.     1893- 1896.    F.S.A.    Died  1896. 

Boyes  was  a  handsome  man,  6  feet  4  inches  in  height.  He  was  an  excellent 
talker,  with  an  inexhaustible  fund  of  humorous  anecdote.  Himself  a  contributor  to 
"The  World"  and  "Punch,"  he  had  acquired  an  interesting  collection  of  original 
sketches  by  Charles  Keene  and  other  artists  which  had  been  presented  to  him  by 
them  in  friendly  acknowledgement  of  suggestions  he  had  supplied  for  illustration. 

Hercules  B.  Brabazon.     1S65-1874. 

Pierre  Bracquemond.     1910-1914. 

A  French  painter  who  resided  for  some  years  in  this  country.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  to  cultivate  a  taste  for  blue-and-white  china,  Japanese  fans,  lacquer  work,  printsi 
etc.,  to  which  his  attention  had  been  attracted  by  the  accidental  finding  of  a  book  on 
the  subject  by  Hokusai  in  a  package  of  oriental  wares.  He  was  the  associate  of 
Whistler,  the  Rossettis,  Burne-Jones,  and  Ruskin,  to  whom  he  communicated  his 
enthusiasm  as  a  collector  of  these  artistic  products  of  the  Eastern  Empires. 

*VV.  Lawrence  Bradbury.    1904. 


ALCEKNON   HREXT 
Reprociihcd  by  the  kind pei  mis.sion  of  Mr.  Noniinn  Evill. 


THE  MEMBERS  50 

*SiR  J- RosK  Bradford.    1893.    K.C.M.G.,  M.D.,  F.R.S. 
Hasil  Bradley.     1868- 1902.     R.W.S.     Died  1904.     Painter. 
Frank  Bramley.     1901-1915.     R.A.     Born  1857;  died  191 5. 
One  of  the  best-known  artists  of  the  "  Newlj  n  "  school. 

♦Richard  F.  W.  Brandt.     1916. 

*Robert  E.  Brandt.     1914. 
Frank  Brangwyn.     1902-1909.    R.A.    Painter. 

*A,  Francis  Braun.    1905. 
Algernon  Brent.     1863-1915.     F.R.G.S.     Died  1916.     Original  Member. 

Algernon  Brent  was  an  immemorial  institution  of  the  Club.  His  bushy  white 
whiskers,  solemn  air,  and  venerable  appearance  struck  awe  and  admiration  into  many 
generations  of  new  members.  He  was  somewhat  of  a  misogynist,  and  so  keenly 
resented  the  intrusion  of  ladies  on  the  two  days  in  the  year  when  the  Club  was  open 
to  them,  that  he  has  been  known  to  seize  on  one  of  the  principal  rooms  and  lock 
himself  in  with  all  the  newspapers  he  could  lay  his  hands  on.  He  was  believed  to 
be  over  ninety  when  he  died,  but  he  was  always  reticent  on  the  subject  of  his  age, 
and  no  other  member  was  in  a  position  to  verify  it.  He  was,  however,  vigorous 
almost  to  the  last,  and  always  walked  home  to  his  rooms,  which  were  at  a  consider- 
able distance  from  the  Club  and  up  several  flights  of  stairs. 

*CoL.  Harry  d' Arch  Breton.    1897.    R.E, 
C.  C.  Brewer.     1910-1916. 

Edward  Frederick  Brewtnall.    i  881-1893.    R.W.S.    Born  1846;  died 
1902. 

A  water-colour  painter  whose  especial  distinction  lay  in  his  brilliant  colouring, 
his  admirable  flesh  tints,  and  his  skies. 

*H.  Scott  Bridgwater.    1898. 

Major  T.  R.  Bridson.     1864- 1868. 

Ernest  E.  Briggs.     1908-1913.     R.I.     Died  1913.     Painter. 
*Thomas  Ellis  Briggs.    19 17. 
*Frederick  E.  Bristowe.    1894. 
*SiR  Thomas  Brock.     1884.    K.C.B.,  R.A. 
*H.  Wilkinson  Brooks.    1917. 

Robert  Brough.     1898-1905.     A.R.S.A.     Bom  1872;  died  1905. 
Scottish  portrait  painter.     Killed  in  a  railway  accident  near  Leeds. 

*Cecil  H.  Brown.     1897. 
Fred  Brown.     1893-1919. 
George  Peploe  Brown.     1881-1892.    Artist. 
J.  H.  Oswald  Brown.     1878-1891.    Architect. 
J.  Roberts  Brown.     1869- 1896.    F.R.G.S. 


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Rev.  Charles  Gordon  Browne.    1872-1879.    Died  1880. 

Henry  Edward  John  Browne.     1887-1916.     Died  1917.     Painter. 

A  popular  member,  and  a  generous  donor  to  the  Club.  He  gave  the  pair  of 
candelabra  on  the  drawing-room  writing  tables  and  the  bronze  birds  on  the  chimney- 
piece  in  the  lounge.  He  also  lent  the  two  pictures  by  Fantin  Latour  which,  after 
his  death,  were  given  to  the  Club  by  his  sister. 

Lennox  Browne.     1882-1885.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*A.  H.  Brownrigg.     1919. 

W.  W.  Bruce.     1874-1907.    Died  1907. 

T.  Bruce-Gardyne.     1 878- 1 888.     Artist. 

Albert  Bruce-Joy.     1879-1916.    R.H.A.    Sculptor. 

L'ouLS  Bruck-Lagos.     1 893- 1 896. 

Burleigh  Bruhl.     1911-1914. 

Rt.  Hon.  Sir  John  Brunner.     1895-1907.    M.P. 

Abel  Buckley.    1897-1905. 
*Martin  a.  Buckmaster.     1897. 

G.  Budd.     1900-1915.     Died  1916. 

G.  Laurence  Bulleid.     1891-1897.    A.R.W.S. 

The  son  of  a  solicitor,  he  followed  his  father's  profession  and  practised  for  some 
years.  As  a  painter  in  water-colours  he  generally  chose  classical  subjects  for  the 
exercise  of  his  art. 

*WiLLiAM  Bullock.     1908.    M.D. 
*Edgar  Bundy.     1917.     A.R.A.,  R.I. 
Sir  Henry  Burdett.     1893-1902.    K.C.B.,  K.C.V.O.    Born  1847;  died  1920. 

Began  life  in  a  bank,  but  left  after  a  serious  illness  which  deprived  him  of  the 
greater  part  of  his  hair,  and  was  elected  secretary  of  a  hospital.  He  was  afterwards 
appointed  secretary  of  the  Share  and  Loan  Department  of  the  Stock  Exchange. 
Burdett  had  an  unlimited  capacity  for  work,  and  while  devoting  himself  to  the  im- 
portant duties  of  his  post  he  found  time  and  energy  to  undertake  the  organization  of 
the  hospital  system  of  the  kingdom,  in  the  course  of  which  there  were  few  of  the 
hospitals  which  he  did  not  personally  inspect.  In  connection  with  his  Stock  Exchange 
duties  he  published  "  Burdett's  Official  Intelligence"  and  in  connection  with  his 
voluntary  philanthropic  work,  "  Burdett's  Hospitals  and  Charities,"  and  he  was 
mainly  instrumental  in  starting  the  King's  Hospital  Fund. 

"  He  was  tall,  well-built,  with  a  finely-proportioned  figure,  his  features  were 
handsome  and  regular,  his  eyes  had  something  of  the  blaze  that  denoted  an  ardent 
and  restless  temperament.  A  great  and  vivifying  force  in  many  good  causes  which 
demanded  the  combination  of  keen  business  sense  and  strong  sympathy  with 
humanity  is  removed  with  his  death." — T.  P.  O'Connor,  M.P.,  obituary  notice  in 
TJie  Daily  Telegraph. 


THE  MEMBERS  6i 

William  BURGES.     1863-1881.     A.R.A.     ]5om   1828;    died.1881.     Original 
Member. 

"A  learned  archaeologist  who  had  an  extraordinary  talent  as  a  designer  of  gold- 
smith's work.     A  man  of  consisrtenl  cheerfulness,  a  buoyant  and  happy  creature." — 
H.  Stacy  Marks,  R.A.,  Pen  and  Pencil  Sketches. 
John  Bagnold  Burgess.    1863-1897.    R.A.    Born  1829;  died  1897.    Original 
Member.     Painter  of  landscapes  and  Spanish  scenes. 

"  His  loss  was  keenly  felt  by  a  large  circle  of  friends  to  whom  he  was  endeared 
by  his  kindly,   unassuming  and  hospitable  nature.     He  was  very  popular  in  his 
profession." — D.N.B. 
Augustus  Burke.     1876-1891.     R.H.A.     Born  1838;  died  189 1.    Landscape 

and  subject  painter. 
C.  C.  Burke,     i  899-1905.    Died  1905. 
*Harold  Burke.     1887. 
Henry  Farnham  Burke.     1904-1914.     Somerset  Herald. 
Alfred  Burnet.     1889-1905.    rrofessor  R.A.M. 
*SiR  J.  J.  Burnet.     1898.     A.R.S.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S. 
A.  Wildman  Burnett.     1869-1890.    Died  1890. 
Sir  Philip  Burne-Jones.     1899-1901.     Second  baronet. 
*W.  G.  BURN-MURDOCK.      1903. 

A.  Leicester  Burroughs.    1899-1918.    Painter. 

Sir  F.  VV.  Burton.     1865-1873.    F.S.A.    Born  1816;  died  1900. 

Director  of  the  National  Gallery. 

"His  intimate  knowledge  of  the  works  of  the  Old  Masters  and  his  unerring 
judgement  of  their  methods  and  manners  were  the  outcome  of  long  and  careful  study 
of  their  works  in  the  various  galleries  of  Europe. "^Brvan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 
Edward  Burtt.     1914-1915.     Died  191 5.     Scientific. 

Lost  in  the  transport  Royal  Edward  in  the  Dardanelles,  14  August  191 5. 

Edward  Henry  Busk.    1872-1886.    Artist. 
*J.  LangtoN  Butcher.     1863.     Original  Member. 
F.  Hayward  Butt.     1905-1913.     Died  1913. 
Thomas  Buzzard.     1867-1919.    M.D.    Died  1919. 

Dr.  Buzzard  was  attached  to  the  British  Medical  Staff  of  the  Ottoman  Army  in 
the  Crimea  and  to  the  Headquarter  Staff  of  Omar  Pasha  in  Transcaucasia,  and  he 
published  an  interesting  volume  of  his  experiences.  He  was  a  kind-hearted  and 
hospitable  man,  and  a  popular  member  of  the  Club. 

*  J  AMES  T.  CaCKETT.      191 8. 

*F.  C.  B.  Cadell.     19 1 8. 

*T.  Watt  Cafe.    1897.    R.B.A. 


62  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Randolph  Caldecott.     1872-1885.    Born  1846;  died  1886. 

"  It  can  be  said  with  truth  that  Caldecott  was  a  man  of  whom  all  spoke  well ;  his 
presence  seemed  to  dispel  all  jealousies  if  ever  they  existed,  and  to  scatter  evil  spirits 
if  ever  they  approached  him."— H.  Blackburn,  Randolph  Caldecott. 

"Caldecott's  genius  was  thoroughly  English,  as  he  delighted  in  portraying 
English  country  and  out-of-door  life.  Nothing  could  suppress  his  native  cheerfulness. 
The  quality  and  quantity  of  his  work  done  manfully  under  painful  conditions  was 
heroic."— ZJ.TV.^. 

*W.  Frank  Calderon.     1906. 
*Edmund  Caldwell.     191 6. 
*Lance  Calkin.     191 8. 

Edward  Calvert.     1867-1882.     Born  1799;    died  1883.     Artist  and  wood 
engraver. 

"  He  was  extremely  fastidious,  and  although  incessantly  at  work  was  always  dis- 
satisfied with  the  result."— Z>.yV.i?. 

E.  Sherwood  Calvert.     1888- 1899.    Died  1899.    Painter. 
*D.  Y.  Cameron.     1898.    R.A.,  A.R.S.A. 

Hugh  Cameron.     1876-1893.     R.S.A.     Born  1835;  died  1918.     Fainter. 
*Lt.-Col.  Alexander  Campbell.     1914.    C.M.G.,  D.S.O.,  R.E. 
*Captain  William  Lachlan  Campbell.     1914.    CLE, 

Sir  Samuel  Canning.    1863-1871.    Born  1823;  died  1908.    Original  Member. 
Pioneer  responsible  for  laying  the  earliest  Atlantic  cables. 

*Chevalier  Enrico  Canziani.    19 10. 

Francis  S.  Carey.    1871-1875.    Artist. 

George  Munro  Carfrae.     1896-1899.     M.D.     Died  1900.     Scientific. 
*Herbert  Carmichael.     1892. 
*William  Douglas  Caroe.    1889. 
*Charles  Carpenter.    1910. 

William  Carpenter.     1865-1S71.    C.E.,  D.Sc.    Scientific 

David  Carr.     1876- 1896.    Painter. 

Horace  F.  Carr.    1896- 1899.    Died  1900. 

Jonathan  Fuller  Carr.    1896-1909. 

Jonathan  T.  Carr.     187 i- 1896. 

Joseph  William  Comyns  Carr.     1872-1895.    Born  1849;  died  1916. 

Called  to  the  Bar  but  did  not  practise.  A  well-known  art  critic  and  theatrical 
manager.     A  good  talker  and  after-dinner  speaker. 

James  Yates  Carrington.    1887-1891.    Artist. 
Hugh  Carter.     1865-1903.    Died  1903.    Artist. 

A  picture  in  memory  of  Hugh  Carter  was  given  to  the  Club  by  his  son,  P'rank  Carter. 


THE  MEMBERS  63 

William  Carter.     1889- 1893.    Portrait  painter. 
♦William  Carter.     1911. 
*S.  J.  Cartlidge.    1906. 

S.  Cartwright.     1 863- 1 89 1.     Died  1891.     Original  Member. 
A.  Casella.     1 896- 1 909. 
*W.  A.  Casparl     19 1 6. 
Daniel  C.  A.  Cave.    1892-1896. 
Walter  F.  Cave.    1887- 1896. 
W.  B.  Chamberlin.     1893-1906.     R.W.S.     Artist. 
Major  J.  N.  Champion.     1863-1869.    R.E.    Original  Member. 
S.  R.  Chapman.     1863- 1880.     Died  1880,     Original  Member. 
S.  Arthur  Chappell.    1867-1893. 
*Edward  Chappel.     1918.     R.O.I. 
John  Charlton.     1887-1917.     R.O.I.     Died  1917.     Animal  painter. 

He  was  a  keen  and  scientific  student  of  natural  history  who  knew  all  about  the 
points  of  a  horse.  He  lived  chiefly  in  the  North,  but  when  in  London  was  a  constant 
attendant  at  the  Club,  where  he  was  very  popular,  his  rough  Northern  humour  being 
much  appreciated.  He  lost  in  the  War  his  two  sons,  to  whom  he  was  devotedly 
attached — a  blow  which  destroyed  his  interest  in  life,  and  which  he  did  not  long 
survive. 

George  Chater.    1870-1913. 
*Lt.-Col.  Stanley  Chatfield-Clarke.     1898. 
George  Frederick  Chester.    1888-1890.    Painter. 
Horace  Cheston.     1884-1913.    Architect. 
Nicholas  Chevalier.     1877- 1885.    Painter. 
Theodore  Child.     1875-1890.     Died  1893.     Literary. 
Henry  Fothergill  Chorley.     1868-1872.     Born  1808;  died  1872.    Author 

and  musical  critic. 

"Upright,  sincere,  generous,  and  affectionate;    irritable  and  opinionated,  but 

essentially  placable;  an  acute  and  courageous  critic;  a  genuine,  if  incomplete  artist, 

a  warm-hearted,  honorable  gentleman." — D.N.B. 

J.  Henry  Christian.     1863-1906.     Born  1832;  died  1906.    Original  Member. 
Architect. 

A.  H.  Christie.     1865-1886. 

James  Christie.     1865-1897.    Died  1897. 

F.  Dare  Clapham.     1910-1914.    Died  1914. 
*Kenneth  M.  Clark.     1909. 
*Percy  Clark.    1910. 


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Ernest  Clarke.     1891-1896.     Scientific  and  literary. 
H.  Saville  Clarke.     1S63-1872.     Original  Member. 
Contributor  of  society  verse  to  "  Punch." 

*Max  Clarke.     1914. 

P.  Edkins  Clarke.     1905-1907. 
*George  Clausen.     1909.    R.A.,  R.W.S. 

Sir  Arthur  Clav.    1873-1890.    Baronet. 

Frederick  E.  Clay.     1867- 1880. 

A  scholarly  amateur  musician  and  a  successful  composer  of  songs. 

John  William  Clay,     i  895-1 905.    J. P.    Literature  and  archaeology. 
*Edward  Clayton.     1891.    K.C. 

John  Richard  Clayton.     1883-1913.    Born  1827;  died  1913. 

Studied  as  a  sculptor,  but  having  designed  a  stained-glass  window  for  an  architect 
who  was  his  friend,  his  success  was  so  great  that  he  devoted  himself  thenceforth  to 
that  branch  of  art,  and  as  a  member  of  the  well-known  firm  of  Clayton  and  Bell 
designed  windows  for  many  churches — among  others  the  west  window  of  King's 
College,  Cambridge.  In  his  early  years  he  was  intimate  with  the  members  of  the 
P.R.B.,  breakfasted  with  Gabriel  Rossetti,  and  remembered  that  the  butter  appeared 
on  the  table  on  a  sheet  of  paper  in  consequence  of  a  scarcity  of  plates.  His  house 
in  Fairfax  Road  was  a  museum  of  objects  of  art,  and  he  entertained  his  friends  there 
with  genial  hospitality.  His  circle  included  many  poor  and  struggling  artists,  who 
insisted  on  making  him  their  e.xecutor,  so  that  he  said  that,  like  the  elder  Mr.  Weller, 
he  had  a  dread  of  widows. 

"  A  sculptor  at  heart,  he  became  a  glass  painter,  although  for  some  time  his  work 
was  divided  between  glass  painting,  sculpture,  and  drawing  on  wood  for  '  The  Illus- 
trated London  News.'" — H.  Stacy  Marks,  R.A.,  Pen  and  Pencil  Sketches. 

T.  Reginald  Cleaver.     1896-1918.    Artist. 
*C.  F.  M.  Cleverly.     1898. 
*H.  Clogstown.     1917. 

Frederick  Pepys  Cockerell.    1863-1878.    Born  1S33;  died  1878.    Original 
Member. 

"Equally  familiar  with  Gothic  and  Classic  architecture,  as  his  erected  works 
testify."— Z>.iV;^. 

S.  Pepys  Cockerell.    i  863-1 869.    Original  Member. 
Charles  F.  COGHLAN.     1875-1896.     Actor  and  dramatist. 
G.  A.  Cohen.    1896-1916. 
A.  S.  Coke.     1874- 1896.    Artist. 
*TnoMAS  Edward  Colcutt.     1897. 
C.F.Cole.    1897- 1899. 


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THE  MEMBERS  65 

ViCAT  Cole.     1869-1892.     R.A.     Born  1833;  died  1893. 

"  One  of  the  most  popular  landscape  painters  of  his  day,  who  painted  principally 
scenes  in  Surrey  and  on  the  Thames.  He  was  typically  a  lover  and  painter  of 
English  landscapes,  and  his  work  was  characterized  by  a  straightforward  directness 
of  technique,  a  delicate  sense  of  colour,  a  keen  eye  for  the  picturesque,  and  a  close, 
if  not  very  inspired,  observation  of  nature."— Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

*C.  C.  Coleman.    1878, 
W.S.Coleman.    1864- 1896.    Died  1904. 

Was  a  hard-working  and  conscientious  water-colour  artist,  whose  pictures  of  very 
young  girls  in  a  variety  of  graceful  attitudes  at  one  time  appealed  to  the  popular 
taste;  so  much  so,  that  for  a  season  or  two  the  style  was  almost  universally  adapted 
to  Christmas  cards. 
Ernest  H.  Coleridge.     1875-1885.    Literary. 
*J.  Norman  Collie.     1897.    F.R.S. 
*HoN.  John  Collier.    1876. 

Presented  to  the  Club  the  fine  portrait  group  of  well-known  members  which 
adorns  the  billiard-room. 

Laurence  Collier.     1912-1917.    Literary. 

Thomas  Collier.     1882-1888.    R.I.    Died  189 1.    Painter. 

Raymond  R.  Collins.    1887-1905.    Literary. 

WiLKiE  Collins.    1866- 1869.    Born  1824;  died  1889. 

"  Though  a  genial  host,  he  adopted  a  somewhat  cynical  and  pessimistic  tone  in 
conversation." — D.N.B. 

"  He  had  a  full  beard  and  always  wore  spectacles.  A  peculiarity  of  his  otherwise 
regular  features  was  a  swelling  of  the  frontal  bone  considerably  protruding  on  the 
right  side  of  his  spacious  forehead.  In  his  moments  of  good  health  he  used  to  be  a 
ready  and  amiable  talker,  but  unfortunately  they  were  rare." — Rudolph  Lehmann 
and  H.  C.  Marillier,  Men  and  Women  of  tlie  Century. 

Robert  Collinson.     1877- 1888.     Painter. 
*WiLLiAM  Robert  Colton.    1905.    R.A. 
Sir  Sidney  CoLviN.     1863-1871.    Original  Member. 

Art  critic  and  Slade  Professor.  Biographer  of  Keats  and  Landor  and  an  authority 
on  prints  and  engravings. 

Edward  Combes.     1889-1896.    C.M.G.     Painter. 
William  Connal.     1897- 1909.    Civil  engineer. 
Sir  Robert  Lowden  Connell.    1918. 
DuttoN  Cook.     1864- 1883.     Bom  1832;  died  1883. 

Dramatic  critic  and  author  of  numerous  works  of  fiction. 

E.  Wake  Cook.    1907-1909. 

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66  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Charles  H.  Cooke.     1875-1888.    F.S.A.     Architect. 
George  E.  Cooke.     1873- 1903.     Died  1903.     Artist  in  stained  glass. 
*James  Ingram  Cooke.     1896. 
Waddington  Cooke.    1907-1918. 
T.  COOMBES.     1 863- 1 875.    Original  Member 
*Clive  F.  Cooper.     1905. 
*J.  A.  Campbell  Cooper     191 8. 
Thomas  Edwin  Cooper.     1910-1914.    Architect. 
T.G.Cooper.     1863-1895.     Original  Member. 

Son  of  T.  Sidney  Cooper,  R.A. ;  was  commonly  known  as  "Tommy"  Cooper. 
He  was  a  painter  of  some  ability,  but  was  thrown  into  the  shade  by  his  father,  whose 
style  of  portraying  cattle  and  sheep  he  followed  somewhat  too  closely  to  allow  him 
much  claim  to  originality. 

Sir  Arthur  Stockdale  Cope.     1899-1909.    R.A. 
Matthew  R.  Corbett.     1870-1891. 
*Percy  Corder.    1906. 
*Walter  Shewell  Corder.    1920. 

Frederick  John  Arthur  Corfield.     1902-1914.    Architect. 
*H.  C.  Corlette.     1906. 

Frederick  Williams  CosENS.     1873-1889.    F.S.A.    Died  1890. 
*J.  DA  Costa.    1905.    R.O.I. 
*E.  Boyd  Costin.     1897. 
F.  G.  COTMAN.     1 896- 1906.     Fainter. 
Henry  William  COTMAN.     1900-1911.    Architect. 
Daniel  Cottier.    1870-1875. 
*SiR  Frederick  Hymen  Cowen.    1896.    Mus.  Doc. 
*Frank  Cadogan  Cowper.     1910.    R.A. 
Edward  Crabb.     1872- 1892. 
John  Dibblee  Grace.     1864-1919.    Bom  1838;  died  1919. 

One  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  Club,  to  which  he  belonged  for  fifty-five 
years.  He  carried  out  much  decorative  work  of  a  highly  artistic  character  in  the 
interior  of  public  buildings,  such  as  the  National  Gallery,  the  Victoria  Hall,  Leeds 
Town  Hall,  and  the  Indian  Room  in  the  Imperial  Institute.  He  published  a  useful 
volume  on  "  The  Art  of  Colour  in  Decoration." 

Lewis  Paxton  Grace,    i  879-1919.    Died  1919. 

A  brother  of  the  preceding;  an  architect  by  profession  and  a  well-known  member 
of  the  Club  for  forty  years.  It  was  his  amusement  to  frequent  the  Caledonian 
Market,  where  he  thought  himself  fortunate  if,  among  his  numerous  purchases,  he 
occasionally  picked  up  some  unconsidered  trifle  of  an  interesting  nature.     His  end 


THE  MEMBERS  67 

was  a  sad  one,  as  owing  to  a  lack  of  energy  to  battle  with  his  troubles,  he  came  to 
the  conclusion  that  life  was  no  longer  worth  living.  His  death  came  as  a  shock  to 
his  numerous  friends,  by  whom  he  is  much  regretted. 

Frank  Craig.     1910-1916.     Born  1874;  died  1918. 

Painter  and  black-and-white  artist.     On  the  staff  of  "  The  Graphic." 

*R.  Newton  Crane.    1907. 
Walter  Crane.     1903-1914.    R.W.S.    Born  1845;  died  1915. 

Was  distinguished  in  many  branches  of  Art.  A  painter  in  oil  and  water-colour,  a 
black-and-white  artist  and  an  engraver,  he  was  perhaps  best  known  as  a  designer  of 
decorative  work  for  the  interiors  of  buildings  and  as  the  founder  of  the  Arts  and  Crafts 
Exhibitions,  for  the  success  of  which  he  worked  untiringly  and  was  mainly  responsible. 
An  ardent  and  convinced  Socialist,  he  was  somewhat  combative  and  eager  to  propa- 
gate his  own  views  by  means  of  lectures,  speeches,  and  writings.  He  had  travelled 
much  and  made  friends  in  many  lands. 

H.  O.  Cresswell.     1897-1918.     Died  1918. 

A  clever  architect,  who  did  much  hard  and  useful  work  for  the  Government  during 
the  late  war.  He  was  a  keen  bridge  player  and  a  constant  and  ever- welcome  frequenter 
of  the  Club.  He  died  very  suddenly  from  the  exertion  of  drawing  a  cork  from  a 
wine  bottle  preparatory  to  dining,  an  enviable  death  for  a  thoroughly  good  fellow 
who  appreciated  a  good  dinner  and  a  good  bottle  of  wine. 

James  Creighton-Browne.     i 884-1 885.    Scientific 

Wilson  Crewdson.    1893-1896. 

Ernest  Crofts.  1896-1907.  R.A.  Born  1847;  died  1911.  Painter  of  his- 
torical and  battle  pictures. 

"  Ernest  Crofts  had  a  handsome  face,  a  pleasant  voice,  and  extremely  refined 
manners."— G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  The  Inner  Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 

*T.  Mewburn  Crook.    191 5.    R.B.S. 

John  C.  Crooke.     1900-1915.     Painter. 

H.  Crookenden.     1863-1875.     Original  Member. 

Lt.-Col.  H.  H.  Crookenden.    1870- 1896. 

James  Croome.     1870-1873.    M.A. 

George  Crosland-Robinson.     1891-1896.    Artist. 

Herbert  Crossley.     1895- 1906. 

James  Crowdy.     i  863-1 871.     Original  Member. 

Eyre  Crowe.  1863-1870.  A.R.A.  Bom  1824;  died  1910.  Original  Mem- 
ber. Historical  and  genre  painter.  Closely  associated  with  Thackeray  in 
his  American  lecturing  tour. 

"  Besides  possessing  a  very  intimate  acquaintance  with  English  literature,  Crowe 
had  a  strong  sense  of  humour  of  the  Hogarthian  type  and  a  perfect  mastery  of  the 
French  language." — G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  The  Inner  Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 


68  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

*Frederick  Cullen.     1904. 
*Macbeth  Cullen.    1920. 

G.  Cullen-Pearson.    1888- 1894. 

William  Hayman  Cummings.     i 865-1910.    F.S.A.    Mus.  Doc. 

Oratorio  singer  and  writer  on  musical  subjects.     Professor  of  singing. 

"  The  possessor  of  a  splendid  musical  library." — Groves,  Dictionary  of  Music. 

Andrew  Currie.     1910-1916.    Died  1916. 

Henry  D.  Curtis.     1895-1896. 

Was  an  enthusiastic  amateur  musician  and  soldier.  In  the  first  capacity  he 
played  the  violoncello  for  many  years  in  "  The  Wandering  Minstrels  "  orchestra,  and 
in  the  second  was  one  of  the  earliest  members  of  the  original  Rifle  Volunteer  force, 
in  which  he  always  took  an  active  interest. 

Henry  Curzon.    1865-1891. 
♦Claude  Cuthbert.     1920.    B.A. 


W.  G.  Daffarn.     1897-1919.     Died  1919. 
*T.  J.  Dalgleish.     1919. 
W.  S.  Daller.     1865-1871. 
F.  H.  Daly.     1863- 187 5.     Original  Member. 
Edward  Dalziel.     1876-1892.     Born  1817;  died  1905. 

Art  printer,  draughtsman,  wood  engraver,  and  newspaper  proprietor. 

George  Dalziel.    1883-1892.    Bom  1815;  died  1902. 

The  description  applies  to  both  brothers. 
Charles  G.  Danford.     1876-1885.     Scientific,  Zoologist. 
Francis  W.  Davenport.    1884- 1896.    Musician. 
*Murray  Macdonald  Davey.     1917. 
Alfred  David.son.     1875-1901.     Died  1901.     Engineer. 
*  Arthur  J.  Davidson.    1896. 
John  Davidson.     1866- 1878.    Died  1880. 

Was  mainly  instrumental  in  forming  the  Club  library,  to  which  he  was  a  generous 
donor. 

John  R.  Davidson.     1863-1871.     M.A.     Original  Member. 

Louis  Davidson.     1874-1895.    Musician. 

Louis  Davidson.    1907-1913. 

Thomas  Davidson.    1868- 1888. 

William  Moniston  Davies.    1912-1916.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*H.  Davis-Richter.    1919. 
♦Stuart  Davis.    1902. 


THE  MEMBERS  69 

Thomas  G.  Davis.    1896-1912.    Literary. 
*E.  Guy  Dawber.    1903. 
Charles  Daws,    i  897-1 901.    Architect. 
Walter  F.  Dawson,    i860- 1877. 
Lewis  F.  Day.     1885-1895. 

Decorative  artist  and  writer.     Prominently  associated  with  Arts  and  Crafts. 

•Allan  Deacon.    1903. 
Frederick  J.  Dean.     1872-1875. 
Thomas  Manby  Deane.    1892-1893.    Architect. 

Sir  Thom.'\s  Newenham  Deane.     1877- 1893.     R.H.A.    Born  1828;    died 
1899.     Architect. 

"  He  was  a  man  of  a  light  and  elastic  temperament  and  social  disposition,  and 
enjoyed  a  wide  popularity  in  Dublin." — D.N.B. 

J.  H.  D'Egville.     1 863- 1 879.     Original  Member. 
Water-colour  artist.    Painter  of  Venetian  lagoons. 

*Alphonse  de  Meulemeester.    1916. 
C.T.Dent.     1891-1912.     F.R.C.S.     Died  1912.     Scientific. 
Louis  William  Desanges.     1880- 1886.    Artist. 
Emanuel  Deutsch.     1863-1872.    Bom  1829;  died  1873. 

A  very  learned  Semitic  scholar.     An  authority  on  the  Talmud-     Assistant  in  the 
British  Museum. 

*H.  Browne  Devey.     1896. 
*SlR  T.  L.  Devitt.     1897.     Baronet. 
*LoRD  Dewar.     191 8. 
Frank  Dicey.     1877- 1888.     Died  1888.     Painter. 
Henry  Dicey.    1866-1875. 

Charles  Dickens.  1863- 1870.  Bom  181 2  ;  died  1870.  Original  Member. 
"  Brown  of  hair  and  beard,  somewhat  pale  of  visage,  he  had  quite  exceptionally 
bright  and  active  eyes;  eyes  that  were  always  darting  about  like  brilliant  birds  to 
pick  up  all  the  tiny  things  of  which  he  made  more  perhaps  than  any  novelist  has 
done.  The  mouth  behind  the  brown  beard  was  large  and  mobile  and  like  that  of  an 
actor;  indeed,  he  was  an  actor,  in  many  things  too  much  of  an  actor.  The  dress  of 
the  Dickens  period  was  somewhat  slipshod  and  somewhat  gaudy.  It  was  a  lime  of 
loose  pegtop  trousers  of  an  almost  Turkish  oddity,  of  large  ties  and  loose  long 
whiskers.  Yet  even  this  expansive  period,  it  must  be  confessed,  considered  Dickens 
a  little  too  flashy.  Such  a  man  would  wear  velvet  coats  and  wild  waistcoats  that 
were  like  incredible  sunsets;  he  would  wear  those  odd  white  hats  of  an  unnecessary 
and  startling  whiteness.  He  did  not  mind  being  seen  in  sensational  dressing-gowns  ; 
it  is  said  he  had  his  portrait  painted  in  one  of  them.     He  was  an  absolutely  in- 


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dependent  and  self-respecting  man,  but  he  had  no  objection  to  being  stared  at  if  he 
was  admired." — G.  K.  Chesterton,  Charles  Dickens. 

Dickens's  cheque  for  his  last  annual  subscription,  paid  the  year  of  his  death,  is 
framed  and  reverently  preserved  by  the  Club. 

Charles  Dickens,  Junior.     1868-1871.    Born  1837;  died  1896. 

Editor  and  proprietor  of  "All  the  Year  Round"  after  his  father.     Author  of 
"  Dickens's  Dictionary  of  London,"  etc.,  etc. 

Henry  F.  Dickens.    1874-1886. 

Lowes  Dickenson.     1863- 1879.     Original  Member.     Literary. 
*Frank  Dicksee.     1881.    R.A. 
Stauros  Dilberogue.     1873-1880. 

Frank  Dillon.     1866-1904.     R.I.    Born  1823;  died  1909. 
Water-colour  artist.     Painted  Egyptian  scenery. 

*RUD0LF  DiRCKS.      I918. 

Arthur  Ditchfield.     i  864-1 871. 

F.  C.  DiXEY.     1 886- 1 896.     Artist. 
*Lennox  B.  Dixon.     1919. 

Percy  Dixon.     1896-1905.    Painter. 

C.  DODD.     1897-1915.     Died  1916. 
*Charles  Fitzroy  Doll.     1896. 
*John  Charles  Dollman.     1896.    R.W.S. 

Alfred  Domett.     1875- 1877.     Literary. 

Andrew  B.  Donaldson.     1869- 1875. 
*Walter  J.  Donne.    1899. 

T.  Donnithorne.     i 867-1 887. 

Alban  Doran.     1879-1912.     F.R.C.S.     Scientific. 

J.  T.  DORINGTON.      1865-1871. 

Lord  Dormer.     1891-1900.     F.Z.S.    Bom  1830;  died  1900.    Twelfth  Baron. 
Scientific. 
*CArT.  H.  P.  Douglas.     1919.    R.N.    C.M.G. 

Charles  Palmer  Downing.    1877-1888.    Painter. 
♦Henry  Philip  Burke  Downing.    1913.    F.S.A. 

Alfred  C.  Dowson.     1863- 1879.     Original  Member. 
*H.  M.  Dowson.    1914. 

Russell  Dowson.    1877- 191 4.    Died  19 14.    Artist. 

Major-Gen.  J.  Mervyn  Drake.     1884-1891.    C.B.    Died  1S91.    Scientific. 
♦Herbert  J.  Draper.    1899. 


THE   MEMBERS  71 

Henry  Eeles  Dresser.     1876-1886. 

Ornithologist,  who  wrote  many  volumes  on  birds. 

Conrad  Dre.ssler.    1907- 1909. 

F.  D.  Drewett.     1 904- 1 909.     M.P.     Scientific. 
*Afred  Drury.     1900.     R.A. 
*G.  Drysdale.     1909. 

Robert  Ellis  Dudgeon.     1865-1871.    M.F.    Scientific. 
*J.  R.  Keith  Duff.     1907. 
*T.  C.  Dugdale.     1919. 

George  Du  Maurier.    1863- 1896.    liom  1S34;  died  1896. 

"  No  artist  of  Du  Maurier's  generation  was  more  justly  loved  by  his  personal 
friends  or  had  made  a  larger  circle  of  unknown  friends  by  the  pleasure  he  had 
afforded  every  week  for  more  than  thirty  years." — D.N.B. 

"  For  his  '  Punch '  drawings,  generally  representing  people  of  fashionable  appear- 
ance, he  used  to  employ  models  who  could  wear  his  clothes  and  his  wife's;  nice, 
clean  people.  In  these  preliminary  pencil  drawings  there  was  no  attempt  to  give  the 
heads,  the  places  and  sizes  of  which  were  indicated  only,  but  the  clothes  were  care- 
fully done.  From  such  studies  he  drew  the  composition  again  with  ink,  adding  the 
heads  to  suit  the  characters  of  the  subjects.  These  heads  he  would  do  from  memory, 
never  making  a  likeness  which  could  be  offensive  to  the  persons  depicted.  Some- 
times friends — ladies — were  asked  to  sit  for  him,  but  not  often,  as  he  had  very  desir- 
able models  close  at  hand  in  his  daughters  and  grandchildren." — T.  Armstrong,  C.B., 
Reminiscences  of  Du  Maurier. 

Walter  Duncan.     1887-1891.     R.W.S. 

A  water-colour  painter  of  ideal  figure  subjects,   mainly  classical  or  mediaeval, 
varied  with  pastoral  landscapes  in  which  figures  are  prominent. 
*E.  F.  DuncansON.     1910. 
♦Charles  Dunn.     1904. 
C.  H.  W.  Dunn.     1907-1910. 


C.  Earle.     1865-1892.     Died  1893. 

Sir  Alfred  East.     1889-1913.     R.A.     Born   1849;   died   1913.     Landscape 

painter,  especially  of  Japanese  scenery. 
W.  H.  East.     1895-1905.     Artist. 
Charles  Locke  Eastlake.     1873-1875.    Died  1906.    Architect. 

For  twenty  years  Keeper  and  Secretary  of  the  National  Gallery. 
Gen.  F.  Eber.     1864-1877. 
*t.  e.  eccles.    191 1. 
R.  C.  Eaton  Edevain.    1864- 1869. 


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Col.  Robert  VVilkie  Edis.     1863-1903.    F.S.A.    Architect. 

An  enthusiastic  and  efficient  colonel  of  the  Artists'  Corps,  in  command  whereof 
he  succeeded  Lord  Leighton  in  1876. 
R.  W.  H.  Edis.  1886- 1896. 

Alfred  Sanderson  Edward.     1897-1904.    R.B.A. 
*F.  SwiNFORD  Edwards.     1916.    F.R.C.S. 

Henry  Sutherland  Edwards.    1877-1885.  Bom  1828;  died  1906.    Musical 
critic. 

Contributor  to  "  Punch."    First  editor  of  "  The  Graphic."   Special  correspondent 
of  "  The  Times  "  in  the  Franco-German  war. 
Capt.  J.  G.  Edwardes.     1 866- 1 873. 
Augustus  G.  Ekin.    1870-1893.    Died  1894. 
*Frank  Minshall  Elgood.    1919. 
Alfred  Elias.     1872- 1909. 
Ney  Elias.     1873-1886.     Born  1844;  died  1897.     Literary. 

Traveller  in  Mongolia  and  Central  China. 
*George  Elkington.     1905. 

Charles  Wynn  Ellis.    1898-1914.    Died  1915.    Artist. 
Joseph  Ellis.     1872-1875.    Literary. 
Tristram  James  Ellis.    1877-1889.    Artist. 
Cuthbert  Ellison.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 
Guy  Elliston.     1909-1917.    Died  1918. 
*N.  Elmslie.     1920. 
*P.  W.  Elwell.     1919. 
*Charles  Emerson.    191 8. 
Sir  William  Emerson.    1898-1919. 
William  Emerson.     1869-1891. 
*Lt.-Col.  E.  L.  Engleheart.    1909. 
•Vincent  J.  Escn.    1919. 
J.  H.  S.  Escott.     1 866- 1 87 1. 

*Henry  Launcelot  Etherington-Smith.     1905. 
Henry  A.  M.  Evans.     1873- 1896. 
Herbert  E.  Evans.     1897-1905.    Died  1905.    Painter. 
John  C.  Evans.     1863-1887.     Original  Member. 
S.  T.G.Evans.     1865-1869. 

Drawing  master  at  Eton  and  a  water-colour  painter  of  marine  subjects.    One  of 
the  earliest  members  of  the  old  Rifle  Volunteer  force. 

Sir  Frederic  S.  Eve.     1896-1916.    F.R.C.S.    Died  1916.    Scientific. 


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*H.  F.  Harwood  Eve.     1918. 
J.  B.  Even.     1864- 1873. 
*Reginald  G.  Eves.     1914.    R.O.I. 

*NORMAN  EVILL.      1902. 

Frederick  Ewbank.     1896-1910.     M.R.C.S.    Scientific. 
*H.  E.  EYER.S.     19 19. 
Henry  Robert  Eyers.     1876-1918.    Died  1919. 

Professor  R.A.M.,  one  of  several  musical  professors  who  joined  when  the  houses 
of  the  Club  and  the  Royal  Academy  of  Music  were  next  door  to  one  another.  Many 
of  them  fell  out  when  the  Club  removed  to  Dover  Street,  but  Eyers  continued  his 
membership  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

John  F.  Faed.     1884-1886.     R.S.A.     Born  1819;  died  1902. 

Originally  a  miniature  painter,  but  afterwards  took  to  figure  subjects,  mainly  from 
the  Bible,  Shakespeare,  and  Scott. 
Thomas  Faed.     1881-1890.    R.A.    Born  1826;  died  1900. 

Painter  of  pathetic  subjects  in  humble  Scottish  life,  appealing  especially  to 
Scottish  religious  sentiment.  He  was  one  of  the  most  successful  of  those  Victorian 
artists  who  always  worked  with  a  view  to  the  requirements  of  the  engraver,  and  he 
got  very  high  prices  for  the  copyright  of  his  pictures. 

*C.  E.  Fagan.     1919.    C.B. 
Charles  Edward  Fagan.    1873-1877. 

Assistant  in  the  Principal  Librarian's  Department  of  the  British  Museum. 
W.  Trant  Fagan.     1901-1907.    Actor. 

Louis  Alexander  Fagan.     1871-1903.     J. P.    Born  1845;  died  1903.     Etcher 
and  writer  on  art. 

Assistant  in  the  Department  of  Engravings  of  the  British  Museum.  His  portrait 
in  oils,  painted  by  J.  S.  Sargent,  R.A.,  was  presented  by  his  widow  to  the  Club. 

Edward  Henry  Fahey.     1885-1895.     Painter. 
Robert  Fairbank.     1895-1910.    M.R.C.S.    Died  1910. 
Henry  G.  Fanner.     1885- 1890. 
*Eaton  Fanning.     1899.    Mus.  Doc. 
F.  J.  Fargus.     1884-1885.     Died  1885. 

Under  the  pseudonym  of  "  Hugh  Conway  "  he  wrote  "  Called  Back,"  a  tale  that 
earned  for  him  a  brief  popularity,  which  his  few  subsequent  works  did  nothing  to 
enhance,  and  which  his  eady  death  gave  him  no  opportunity  to  maintain. 

*L0RD  Faringdon.     1897. 
*Horace  C.  N.  Farquharson.     1899. 
♦Joseph  Farquharson.    1874.    R.A. 

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Herbert  Montgomerie  Farrington.     1897-1905.    Literary. 
Frank  Farwell.     1865- 1892.    Died  1893. 
Frederick  George  Farwell.     1866-1906.    Died  1906. 
*W.  P.  Feeney.     1896. 
W.  W.  Fenn.     1 863-1906.     Original  Member. 

Was  an  artist,  who  up  to  the  age  of  thirty-five  years  painted  landscapes  with 
increasing  success.     He  then  became  totally  blind.     Resigned  to  his  fate,  he  never 
lost  his  cheerful  optimism,  but  betook  himself  to  literary  work,  and  with  the  aid  of 
an  amanuensis  published  several  volumes  of  essays  and  stories,  of  which  the  best 
known  is  "A  Blind  Man's  Holiday."    He  was  for  many  years  a  familiar  figure  in  the 
Club,  where  he  was  much  appreciated  for  his  social  qualities  and  excited  sympathy 
with  his  misfortune  and  admiration  for  the  pluck  with  which  he  bore  it.     The  Club 
possesses  a  portrait  of  Fenn  by  James  Archer,  R.S.A. 
Rodney  John  Fennessy.     1896-1915.    Died  1915. 
Charles  J.  Ferguson.    1900-1905.    F.S.A.    Architect. 
J.  R.  Ferguson.    1870- 1877. 
*Harry  S.  Fernau.     191 1. 

B.  Ferrey.     1 863- 1 880.     F.S.A.     Original  Member. 
Charles  Waterlow  Ferrier.     1904-1920. 
Sir  David  Ferrier.     1893-1915.     M.D.,  F.R.S.     Brain  specialist. 
Major-General  Edward  R.  Festing.    1863-1871.    C.B.,  F.R.S.    Born  1839; 
died  191 2.     Original  Member. 

Director  of  the  Science  Museum  at  South  Kensington.     Served  throughout  the 
Indian  Mutiny. 
Basil  Field.     1866- 1909.     Died  1909. 
Horace  Field.     1900- 19 14.     Architect. 
Capt.  Henry  W.  Fielden.     i 881-1885. 

Naturalist  to  Arctic  Expedition.     Geologist  and  zoologist. 
*SiR  Luke   Fildes.     1873.     K.C.V.O.,  R.A. 
*Luke  V.  Fildes.    1907. 
*Paul  G.  Fildes.     1907. 

*ALEX.  J.  FiNBERG.      1 9 10. 

Francis  Dalzell  Finlay.     1876-1887.    Journalist. 

Kirkman  J.  Finlay.     1883-1887.     Painter. 
*Capt.  Cordell  VV.  Firebrace.     1917. 
*Alexander  Fisher.    1920. 
*Samuel  Melton  Fisher.     1884.    A. R.A. 

W.  Fisher.     1863- 1890.     Original  Member. 

For  many  years  one  of  the  best-known  men  in  the  Club.     He  was  the  son  of  a 


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shoemaker  in  Cork,  but  though  very  poor  he  managed  to  live  and  study  art  in  Paris 
with  sufficient  success  to  enable  him  to  earn  an  income  as  a  portrait  painter.  In 
appearance  he  was  small,  with  dark  complexion  and  sharp  features.  He  was  a  keen 
student  of  French  literature,  especially  of  the  more  highly-spiced  fiction,  and  was  an 
admirable  raconteur  of  stories  with  a  Parisian  flavour.  His  conversation  had  a  Gallic 
courtliness  and  grace,  his  voice  was  beautifully  modulated,  and  his  choice  of  language 
admirable,  but  there  was  always  a  sting,  and  his  wit  was  sarcastic  and  incisive.  It 
proved,  however,  attractive  to  members,  who  drifted  towards  the  chair  wherein  he 
ensconced  himself  with  a  French  novel  in  the  back  drawing-room — or  "  Red  Room," 
as  it  was  generally  called — in  the  Hanover  Square  house.  There  was  a  sort  of  un- 
declared rivalry  between  Fisher  and  Schutz  Wilson,  who  was  the  focus  of  a  similar 
gathering  in  the  front  drawing-room. 

Fisher  died  literally  in  a  garret,  five  old  members  of  the  Club  subscribed  for  his 
funeral  expenses,  and  his  hearse  was  followed  by  one  of  them^the  only  mourner — 
to  the  cemetery  at  Highgate. 

*Hedley  Fitton.     1912. 

A.  C.  FiTZ-GlBBON.     1872-1S75.     Scientific. 

Maurice  FiTZMAURICE.     1903-1907.     Chief  Engineer  to  the  L.C.C. 
*T.  A.  O.  FiTZPATRiCK.     1920.     CLE.,  C.B.E. 
*Alexander  Fleming.    1914.    F.R.C.S. 
*SiR  Banister  Flight  Fletcher.     1914. 

Horace  Fletcher.     1903- 19 19.    Died  1919. 

William  Flockhart.     1886- 1887.     Architect. 
*  Walter  Floersheim.     1909. 

Lt.-Col.  Henry  L.  Florence.   1893-1916.  Born  1844;  died  1916.  Architect. 

Bequeathed  pictures  to  the  National  Gallery  and  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum. 

Arthur  Smythe  Flower.     1903-1906.    Architect. 

Edgar  Flower.     1873- 1890.     Literary. 

Archibald  Forbes.     1873-1898.     LL.D.     Born  1838;  died  1900. 

"  Daily  News "  war  correspondent  with  the  Germans  throughout  the  Franco- 
German  war.  A  man  of  splendid  physique  and  determined  character;  his  immense 
energy  and  admirable  descriptive  writing  brought  him  into  the  front  rank  of  his 
profession.     He  retained  in  private  life  somewhat  of  the  roughness  of  the  camp. 

Stanhope  A.  Forbes.  1887-1896.  R.A.  Painter. 
Norman  Forbes-Robertson.  1885- 1892.  Actor. 
Edward  Onslow  Ford.     1891-1901.     R.A.     Born  1852;  died  1901. 

"  Like  most  sculptors.  Ford  was  physically  powerful,  although  of  medium  height; 
but  also,  like  most  sculptors,  he  overworked  himself  and  probably  shortened  his  life 
by  the  energy  with  which  he  set  about  not  only  his  own  work  but  that  of  other 
people."— Zi.^^. 


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*J.  Dudley  Forsyth.    1909. 
Henry  Fortey.     i 876-1 887.     Literary. 
Alfred  Willl\m  Foster.     1875-1885. 
Arthur  J.  Foster.     18S5-1896.     Painter. 
E.  M.  Foster.     1870- 1879. 
John  Foster.     1863- 1895.     Original  Member. 

"Johnnie  "  Foster,  as  he  was  generally  known,  was  a  very  popular  singer,  and  one 
of  the  gentlemen  of  the  Chapel  Royal.  He  was  the  trainer  and  conductor  of  Arthur 
Lewis's  "  Jermyn  Band,"  afterwards  "  The  Moray  Minstrels." 

T.  B.  W.  Foster.     1863-1887.     Died  1887.     Original  Member. 
*WiLLiAM  Dunn  Foster.     1920. 

Charles  Fowler,  i  868-1 901. 
*G.  H.  Fowler.  1907.  C.B.E. 
*Samuel  Middleton  Fox.     1896. 

Douglas  Fox-Pitt.     1899-1905.    Artist. 

Sir  George  James  Frampton.     1898-1915.    R.A.    Sculptor. 

George  Flood  France.    1872- 1885. 
*GuY  Francis.    1918. 

Henry  James  Francis.     1S72-1S77. 

George  FrasER.      1884-1S85.     Journalist. 

Fred  Frederici.     1873-1876.     Opera  singer. 

Charles  Freeman.    1865-1869. 
*CoL.  E.  Carrick  Freeman.     1897.    A.M.S. 

Hubert  A.  Freeman.     1876-1888.    F.S.A. 

Edwin  Frend.     i  870-1 871. 

Bartle  J.  L.  Frere.     1865-1888.     F.S.A. 
*Eustace  Frere.     1895. 
*Lawrie  Frere.    1894. 

Alfred  D.  Fripp.     i 863-1 885.     Original  Member. 

Charles  E.Fripp.     1884-1892.     A.R.W.S.     Born  1854.     Water-colour  painter. 
War  correspondent  for  "The  Graphic."     He  saw  fighting  in  many  countries. 

Main  Friswell.     1863-1871.     Born  1825;  died  1878.     Original  Member. 

"  In  the  advancement  of  the  working  classes  Friswell  took  a  great  interest,  deliver- 
ing lectures,  giving  readings,  and  forming  schools  for  their  instruction.  The  majority 
of  his  essays  attained  great  popularity,  but  his  novels  did  not  possess  the  elements  of 
enduring  life.  Though  latterly  a  confirmed  invalid,  he  continued  to  work  till  within 
a  few  hours  of  his  death." — D.N.B. 

Walter  Frith.    1895-1896.    Literary. 


THE  MEMBERS  77 

Fred  M.  Fry.     1910-1919. 

R.  W.  McLeod  Fullarton.     i  871 -1874. 

C.  C.  Fuller.     1864- 1869. 

John  FullEYLOVE.     1885-1896.     V.P.R.I.     Born  1S46;   died  1908.     Painter, 

chiefly  of  architectural  pictures. 
♦Albert  Henry  Fullwood.     1919. 
J.  Hamilton  Fyfe.     1879-1885.    Journalist. 

*Edward  Gabriel.    1914. 
Frederick  Gale,     i  864-1 871. 

Contributor  to  "  Punch."  An  authority  on  cricket. 

William  Gale.     1864- 1896. 

William  Dixon  Galpin.     1884- 1894.    Painter. 

WiLHELM  Ganz.     1 873-1 875. 

Organist,  conductor,  and  professor  of  singing. 

J.G.Garden-Brown.     1874-1877. 

W.  BiscoMBE  Gardner.     1884-1893.     Painter  and  blacl<-and-\vhite  artist. 

Henry  Garland.     1877-1884.    Artist. 

W.  T.  Garnett.     1897-1910. 

Alfred  Henry  Garrod.     1877-1885.     F.R.S.    Bom  1846;  died  1897. 

"  Zoologist.  Prosector  to  the  Zoological  Society  where  he  devoted  himself  par- 
ticularly to  the  anatomy  of  birds.  He  also  dissected  no  less  than  five  rhinoceroses." 
—D.N.B. 

♦Oswald  Garside.    1919.    R.I. 

George  Gascoyne.     189S-1906.    Painter. 
*G.  Percival  Gaskell.     1901. 
*Louis  Gautier.     1905. 

Lieut.  Hamilton  Geary,     i  866-1 869. 

Allen  George.    1905-1910. 
*SiR  Ernest  George.     1888.    R.A. 

Major  F.  Gerard.     1867- 1869. 

Edgar  Giberne     i 887-1 889.     Painter.     Died  18S9. 
♦Alfred  Gibson.    1896. 

Frank  W.  Gibson.  1905- 19 14. 
♦James  S.  Gibson.    1905. 
♦Adam  Gielgud.     1866. 
*F.  Gielgud.    1896. 

Alfred  Gilbert,     i  886- 1896.    R.A.    Sculptor.    Bom  1854. 


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H.  Herbert  Gilchrist.     1888-1914.    Painter. 

Thomas  GiRTiN.     1913-1914.     Died  191 4. 

Giuseppe  GiusTi.     1908-1911. 
*H.  DE  T.  Glazebrook.     1901. 

W.  G.  VON  Glehn.     1906-1913. 

G.  F.  Glennie.     1898-1900. 

R.  G.  Glover.     1863- 1896.     Died  1897.     Original  Member. 
*Ernest  Hope  Goddard.     1919.    C.B.E. 

Edward  William  Godwin,     i  863-1 873.     F.S.A.     Born  1833;    died  1886. 

Original  Member. 

"A  facile  sketcher,  a  good  draughtsman  with  a  quick  eye  for  proportion  and 
harmonious  grouping.  A  clear  writer  and  antiquarian,  well  versed  in  architecture, 
furniture,  and  costume  of  all  periods;  a  well-informed  Shakespearean  scholar  and  an 
excellent  lecturer." — D.N.B. 

Whistler's  quarrel  with  Godwin  is  well  known.    He  loved  a  quarrel  and  would  go 
out  of  his  way  to  make  one  in  order  to  deliver  himself  of  a  smart  epigram.    Being 
dissatisfied  with  the  house  which   Godwin  built  for  him  in  Tite  Street,  Whistler 
painted  up  conspicuously,  "Except  the  Lord  build  the  house,  their  labour  is  but  lost 
that  build  it— E.  W.  Godwin  built  this  house." 
*SlGISMUND  GOETZE.      1892. 
Lt.-Col.  R.  C.  Goff.     1871-1891.     Painter  and  etcher. 
F.  Goodall     1863-1871.     R.A.     Born  1822;  died  1904.     Original  Member. 

A  painter  of  historical  subjects  and  Egyptian  scenery. 
John  Edward  Goodall.     i  881-1888.    Artist. 
■'Montague  Goodall.    1896. 

Walter  Goodall.     1863- 1880.     Born  1830;   died  1S89.     Original  Member. 
Water-colour  painter. 
*F.  W.  Goodbody.     1908.     M.D. 
•DouGL.\s  G.  H.  Gordon.     1897.    J.P.,  O.B.E. 
Joseph  G.  Gordon.     1874-1907.    Scientific. 
Robert  Gordon,     i  891 -1892.     Engineer. 
H.  S.  Gore.     1863-1880.     Original  Member. 
*E.  P.  GoR-ST.     1920. 
*G.  B.  Gosling.    1906. 
Major-Gen.  Sir  Matthew  W.  E.  GossET.     1898-1909.     K.C.B.    Born  1804; 

died  1909. 

Served  in  the  Indian  Mutiny  and  the  South  African  wars  of  187S  and  1879.     A 
most  genial  and  kindly  member. 
*J.  A.  GOTCH.     1919. 


THE  MEMBERS  79 

Francis  GOTCH.     1893-1913.     M.D.,  F.R.S.     Born  1853;  died  1913. 
Waynflete  Professor  of  Physiology  at  Oxford. 
*Thomas  C.  Gotcii.     1900. 
♦Basil  Gotto.    1905. 
*Rev.  Thomas  Gougii.    1920.    B.Sc. 
*RiciiARD  Goulden.    1916. 
F.  GOULDING.     1 887- 1909.     Died  1909. 

Professor  of  etching  at  South  Kensington. 
Robert  M.  Gover.     1876- 1895.     M.D.     Scientific. 
Andrew  Gow.     1S81-1906.     R.A.     Died  1920.     Painter  of  historical  subjects. 

Keeper  and  Librarian  of  the  Royal  Academy. 
Lord  Ronald  S.  Leveson  Gower.     1873-1880.    M.P.    Born  1845;  died 
1916. 

Artist,  sculptor,  Trustee  of  the  National  Gallery.    Very  popular  in  Society.    Wrote 
on  art  subjects  and  lives  of  painters. 
Allen  M.  Graham.     1864-1871. 
*Norman  C.  Graham.     1900. 
Peter  Graham.     1876-1880.     R.A.     Painter  of  Highland  cattle  and  scenery. 
Thomas  Alexander  F.  Graham.   1883-1906.   R.S.A.  Born  1840;  died  190C. 

"  '  Tom  '  Graham,  as  he  was  called,  was  exceptionally  handsome,  and  his  winning 
manners  and  brilliant  conversational  powers  made  him  a  great  favourite  with  his 
friends."— X).iV:^. 

J.  L.  Graham-Clarke.    1887-1920. 
*  Alfred  Gray.     19 17. 
C.  Green.     1878- 1894.     R.I.     Died  1898.     Artist.     Dickens  illustrator. 
*WiLLiAM  Curtis  Green.     1918. 
Henry  Plunket  Greene.     1897-1905.     Oratorio  and  opera  singer. 

"His  sonorous  bass  voice  is  of  singularly  beautiful  quality,  and  his  interpretations 
are  always  intelligent  and  well  thought  out." — Groves,  Dictionary  of  Music. 
Robert  Greenhalgh.     1867-1887.     M.D.     Died  1887.     Scientific. 
Frederick  Greenwood.     1878-1885.    Journalist. 

First  editor  of  "  The  Pall  Mall  Gazette." 
Edward  John  Gregory.     1877-1909.    R.A.,  P.R.I.    Born  1850;  died  1909. 
"  Despite  a  bad  stammer,  he  showed  unusual  application  as  President  of  the 
Institute  and  was  a  popular  visitor  at  the  schools  of  the  Academy." — D.N.B. 

George  S.  Gregory.    1884- 1896. 
J.  R.  Greig.    1 907- 1 909. 
*J.  Humphrey  Gretton.    1895.    IVI.A. 
Eden  K.  Greville.     1863-1873.    Original  Member. 


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♦Bernard  F.  Gribble.     1919. 

H.  E.  Gribble.     1897-1909.    M.A. 

Major  Arthur  Griffiths.     1870- 1890. 

A  prolific  writer,  who  had  made  a  special  study  of  crime  and  criminals. 
*J.  G.  Griffiths.     1897.    C.V.O. 

Harold  Barr  Grimsdale.     1899-1903.     Scientific. 

W.  H.  M.  Grimshaw.     1 888- 1895.     Artist. 
*Harold  Kendal  Grimston.     1917. 
*Anthonv  Gibbons  Grinling.     1920. 
*Major-Gen.  Sir  Coleridge  Grove.     1880.    K.C.B.    Died  1920. 

F.  Crawford  Grove.     1867- 1869. 

Otto  F.  F.  Grunbawm.     1904-1915.     M.B. 
*Donald  Gunn.    1897. 

C.  H.  Gurney.     1864-1873. 

Frederic  Guthrie.     1879-1885.    F.R.S.    Scientific. 

Thomas  Anstey  Guthrie.    1898-1910. 

"  F.  Anstey."   Contributor  to  "  Punch  "  and  novelist. 

Edmund  Gwenn.    1920. 


Carl  Haag.    1863-1875.    R.W.S.     Born  1820;  died  1915.    Original  Member. 

A  Bavarian  water-colour  painter  who  had  travelled  much  and  painted  many 

pictures  of  Eastern  life  and  scenery.    He  was  a  great  favourite  at  the  court  of  Queen 

Victoria  and  instructed  several  members  of  the  Royal  Family  in  painting.     He  lived 

to  the  patriarchal  age  of  ninety-four. 

Arthur  Hacker.     1884-1919.     R.A.     Born  1859;  died  1919. 

Was  a  constant  frequenter  and  one  of  the  most  popular  members  of  the  Club. 
With  his  quick,  eager  manner  he  seemed  endowed  with  perennial  youth,  and  his  very 
sudden  death  came  as  a  terrible  shock  to  his  many  friends. 

*Sidney  Hacker.    1900. 

*Lt.-Col.  Alfred  Hacking.     1919.    D.S.O.,  M.C. 

*Ciiarles  Haigh.     1870-1913.     Died  1913. 

Recorder  of  Scarborough.     Took  a  keen  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  Club,  was 
a  useful  member  of  the  Committee  and  generous  in  his  gifts,  which  included  the  fine 
old  cut-glass  decanters  so  well  known  to  all  members  who  drink  port.     He  was  tall 
and  distinguished-looking  and  the  possessor  of  a  fine  tenor  voice. 
George  C.  Hait£.     1895-1914.     Painter  and  author. 
J.  H.  Hakewill.     1863-1880.     Died  1880.     Original  Member. 
*A.  M.  Hale.     1909. 


THE  MEMBERS  8i 

*WiLLiAM  Matthew  Hale.     1875.    R.W.S. 
*Bertram  Alexander  Hall.     1910. 
*Edwin  T.  Hall.     1903. 
*Fred  Hall.    1901. 
G.  L.  Hall.    1865-1875. 
*H.  Austin  Hall.     1920. 
Sidney  P.  Hall.     1884-1885.    Painter. 

Sir  Charles  Halle.      1887 -1893.      Born    18 19;    died  1895.      Pianist  and 
Orchestral  conductor. 

"  The  humour  of  his  nature  and  the  vivacity  of  his  character,  which  he  preserved 
all  his  life  under  a  somewhat  solemn  aspect,  gave  to  his  performance  a  life  and 
intellectual  beauty  which  could  not  be  forgotten  by  any  who  heard  him." — Grove, 
Dictionary  of  Music. 

Charles  E.  Halle.     1875-1893.    Artist. 

Andrew  Halliday.     1863-1869.     Bom  1830;  died  1877.     Original  Member. 

Miscellaneous  writer.    One  of  Dickens's  staff  on  "  All  the  Year  Round." 
Mike  F.  Halliday.     i  864-1 869.     Poet  and  artist. 

Clerk  in  the  House  of  Lords. 

Thomas  Arthur  Toole  Hallowes.     1876-1884.    Architect. 
Keeley  Halswelle.     1875-1891.     A.R.S.A.    Born  1832;  died  189 1.     Land- 
scape painter. 

A  member  has  recently  presented  one  of  his  pictures  to  the  Club. 

J.  Standish  Haly.     1872- 1 873.     Literary. 

Andrew  Hamilton.     1865- 1869. 

Edward  Hamilton.     1863- 1873.     M.D.     Original  Member.     Scientific. 

John  Hamilton.     1891-1892.     Naval  architect. 
*Stanley  Hamp.     1908. 

Herbert  Hampton.     1904- 1905.     Sculptor. 
*W.  Sampson  Handley.    1916. 

F.  Harold  Hankin.s.     1895-1911.     Professor  of  music. 

Lewis  Robert  Hann.     1886-1891.     Musician. 

OCTAVIUS  Hansard.     1863- 1896.     Original  Member. 

H.  a.  Harben.     1869-1910.     Died  1910. 
*George  Harcourt.     1905.     A.R.A. 
*Capt.  Martin  Hardie.     1919. 
*Edward  Hardwick-Terry.     1916. 

P.  C.  Hardwick.     1863-1891.     Original  Member. 

Dudley  Hardy.     1894-1897.    Artist. 

M 


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Frederick  D.  Hardy.     1873-1888.    Artist. 
Rev.  F.  J.  Hardy.     1869-1881.     Literary. 
Heywood  Hardy.     1873-1901.     Painter. 
James  Hardy.     1884- 1888. 

Harcourt  Y.  Hare.     1913-1916.     M.A.     Literary. 
Henry  Thomas  Hare.     1898-1915.     Architect. 
Thomas  Harlin.     1866- 187 5. 

Col.  Rt.  Hon.  E.  R.  King  Harman.     1863-1888.     P.C,  M.P.    Bom  1816; 
died  1888.     Original  Member. 

Described  as  "  a  big,  handsome,  genial  Irishman." 

Henry  Andrew  Harper.    1873-1875.    Artist. 

Fletcher  Harper.     1897-1914.    Literary. 

Horace  Harral.     1881-1905.     Died  1905.     Engraver. 
*W.  Leslie  Harris.    1913. 
*Wolf  Harris.    1896. 

Richard  L.  Harrison.    1897-1916.    Died  1916. 
*Robert  W.  F.  Harrison.    1917. 

Thomas  Erat  Harrison.     1899-1916.    Died  1917.    Painter. 

F.  W.  Harrold.     1893-1905.     F.C.S.     Died  1905. 
Chief  Assayer  to  the  Goldsmiths'  Company. 

Fritz  Hartigan.     1895-1896.     Professor  R.A.M. 

Alfred  Hartley.     1891-1894.     Painter. 
*Edwin  L.  Hartley.     1920. 

C.  H.  Hartmann.    1909-1918.     Died  1918. 
*Charles  L.  Hartwell.     191 5.     A.R.A. 

William  Harvey.     1897-1910. 

H.  Haseltine.     1909-1913. 
♦Robert  Haslam.    1920. 
*G.  E.  Haslip.     1908.     M.D. 
*JOHN  Hassall.     1908.    R.L 
*George  F.  Hatfield.     1899. 

William  Hatherell.     1896-1905.     R.L    Painter. 
*CoL.  Frederic  Haworth.     1918. 
*P.  A.  Hay.     1896.     R.W.S.,  R.I. 
*Thomas  William  Littleton  Hay.    1920. 

Claude  Hayes.    1895-1909.    R.I. 


THE  MEMBERS  83 

Edwin  Hayes.     1876-1904.     R.H.A.,  R.I.     Born  1819;  died  1904. 
Marine  painter. 

*Major  Walter  Hayes-Sadler.    19 14. 
*A.  S.  Haynes.     1905. 

W.  Battison  Haynes.     i 895-1 899.     Died  1900.     Professor  R.A.M. 

John   Haynes-WilliAMS.     1897- 1904.     Born    1836;    died    1908.     Historical 
painter. 
♦Arthur  B.  Hayward.     1896. 
*A.  F.  W.  Hayward.     1919. 

C.  F.  Hayward.     1863-1896.     Original  Member. 

Gerald  S.  Hayward.     1874- 1896.    Artist. 
*Rev.  Geoffrey  Heald.     1919. 
*C.  W.  R.  Heath.     1900. 

H.  B.  Heath.     1882-1895. 

Capt.  Thomas  Bridges  Heathorn.    1865-1910.    Born  1831;  died  1911. 

Served  in  the  Crimea  and  distinguished  himself  in  the  Indian  Mutiny. 

*William  Cunningham  Hector.    1915. 
*]V[AjOR  J.  G.  P.  Heffernan.     1917.     D.S.O.,  M.C. 

F.  Heilbuth.     1S70-1880. 

Arnold  Helcke.     1887-1895.     Painter. 

Howard  Helmich.     1877-1S93.     Painter. 

Edmund  A.  Helps.     1888-1892.     Literary. 

H.  B.  Hemxming.     1897-1901. 

Charles  Henman.     i 888-1904.     Architect. 

Edward  W.  Hennell.     1870-1907. 

George  Henry.     1904-1914.    A.R.A.,  R.S.A. 
*  James  L.  Henry.     1896. 

George  Hensciiel.    1881-1885. 
*Philip  Hepworth.    1919. 

Herman  G.  Herkomer.     1888-1913.    Artist. 

Sir  Hubert  von  Herkomer.      1876-1912.    R.A.,  R.W.S.,  C.V.O.      Born 
1849;  died  1914. 

"  He  could  paint,  etch,  engrave,  work  in  metals,  enamel,  play  the  zither  and  piano, 
compose  music,  write  plays  and  act  them." — D.N.B. 

Arthur  E.  Hertz.     1913-1914.    Scientific. 

John  Postle  Heseltine.     1868-1892. 

W.  H.  Hester.     1863-1887.     Original  Member. 


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IVYSTAN  HeTHERINGTON.      1884-1917.     Died  1917.     Painter. 

Bertram  Heywood.     1889-1914.     Died  1914.     Architect. 

H.  W.  HiGGINS.     1 864- 1 873. 

L.  R.  HiGGlNS.     1897-1910.     Died  1910. 

A.  C.  E.  Hill.     1899-1916.     Artist. 
*JAMES  Stephens  Hill.    1899.    R.I.,  R.O.I. 

Alfred  Hillier.     1901-1905.    M.D. 
*C.  Lewis  Hind.     1909. 

A.  K.  Hitchens.     1866-1887. 

J.  K.  L.  Hitchens.     1863-1873.     Original  Member. 

J.  F.  Hitchman.     1864-1869. 
*E.  B.  Hoare.     1912. 

W.  S.  HOARE.     1897-1910.     Died  1911. 

Albert  H.  Hodge.     1913-1916.    Died  1917.    Sculptor. 
*George  Edmund  Hodgkinson.     1919. 
*Louis  Hodgkinson.    1918. 

Arthur  Hodgson.     1875-1893. 

John  Evans  Hodgson.    1874-1886.    R.A.    Born  i  S3 1 ;  died  1895. 

"John  Evans  Hodgson  was  quaint  and  original  in  all  he  said  or  did;  he  was  for 
ever  experimenting  in  his  art,  planning  and  scheming  in  his  brain  for  new  ideas  and 
novel  effects.  His  admiration  for  the  works  of  Turner  would  at  one  time  dominate 
him  entirely,  while  at  another  his  mind  would  be  fixed  wholly  on  Raphael  or  Old 
Crome.  He  was  much  addicted  to  trying  various  methods,  vehicles,  and  pigments 
in  the  technique  of  his  paintings,  though,  as  is  generally  the  case  with  those  artists 
who  have  such  proclivities,  the  results  of  his  experiments  were,  on  the  completion  of 
the  picture,  imperceptible  to  any  but  himself  It  was  for  these  characteristic  habits 
of  his  that  he  obtained  amongst  his  comrades  the  soubriquet  of  'The  Dodger.' 
Hodgson's  knowledge  of  books  and  languages  fitted  him  admirably  for  the  Librarian- 
ship  of  the  Academy,  which  post  he  held  from  1S82  until  his  death  in  1S95." — 
G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  TIte  Intier  Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 

Hon.  H.  M.  A.  McGarell  Hogg.     1919-1919. 
♦Campbell  Scott  Holberton.     1897. 
E.  W.  H.  HOLDSWORTH.     1863-1875.     Original  Member. 
G.  W.  HOLDSWORTH.      1867-1875. 

Frank  HOLL.     1877-1888.    R.A.    Born  1845 ;  died  1888. 

Between  i86g  and  1878  Holl  exhibited  many  pictures  at  the  Royal  Academy, 
dealing  mostly  with  the  more  sombre  incidents  in  domestic  life.  In  1878  he  took  to 
portrait  painting,  and  from  thence  until  his  death  he  was  never  without  more  com- 
missions for  portraits  than  he  could  carry  out. 

"  P'rank  Holl  was  a  very  interesting  and  earnest  conversationalist,  especially  on 


THE  MEMBERS  85 

subjects  connected  with  art.  He  had  singularly  fine  eyes,  large,  eager,  and  animated, 
and  his  occasional  smiles  were  extremely  delightful." — G.  D.  Leslik,  R.  A.,  The  Inner 
Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 

J.  Holland.     1866- 1869. 
Benoit  Holl.-vnder.     1885-1894.     Musician. 
Sir  CONSTANTINE  HOLMAN.     1897-1909.     M.D.,  J.P.     Scientific. 
*Henry  Martin  Holman.     1914. 
Charles  Holme.     1898-1906.    Writer  on  art. 
Edward  C.  Holmes.    1870- 1894. 
G.  P.  Holmes.     1863- 1896.     Original  Member. 
Sir  George  V.  Holmes.    1892-1909.    K.C.V.O. 

President  of  the  Board  of  Works  in  Ireland. 
R.  R.  Holmes.     1863- 1897.     F.S.A.     Original  Member. 
Robert  W.  H.  Holme.s.     1877-1885.     Literary. 
Sir  Charles  Holroyd.     1912-1917.    Born  1861;  died  1917. 

Artist,  etcher,  and  authority  on  art.  First  Keeper  of  the  Tate  Gallery,  then  suc- 
ceeded Sir  E.  J.  Poynter  as  Director  of  the  National  Gallery.  He  had  the  interests 
of  the  Gallery  much  at  heart.  During  his  years  of  office  most  of  the  rooms  were  re- 
arranged, and  many  canvases  were  seen  to  greater  advantage  in  their  changed  positions. 
He  threw  in  all  his  influence  to  secure  for  the  nation  Holbein's  "  Duchess  of  Milan  " 
and  the  Rokeby  Velasquez,  and  rescued  many  of  Turner's  pictures  from  neglect. 
Roland  Holyoake.  1898-1907.  Painter. 
William  Holyoake.     1875-1885.    Died  1894. 

Curator  of  the  Academy  schools. 
E.  HOMAN.     1 886- 1 909.     Died  1909. 
H.J.Hood.     1903-1915. 
*Bryan  Hook.    19 13. 
Alfred  William  Hooper.     1S72-1882. 
*H.  R.  Hope-Pinker.     1895. 
Arthur  Hopkins.     1885-1894.    R.W.S. 

A  water-colour  painter  and  contributor  to  "The  Graphic,"  "Illustrated  London 
News,"  and  "  Punch." 

*Alderson  B.  Horne.     1895. 
*W.  E.  Horne.     1897.    M.P. 
*E.  C.  HoRNEL.     1910. 
James  Macdonald  Horsburgh.     1889- 1900.    M.A. 

Secretary  to  the  London  University.  A  scholar  and  a  man  of  much  literary 
ability.  He  had  great  facility  in  writing  verse  of  a  satirical  character.  One  of  his 
poems  is  quoted  in  the  earlier  part  of  this  volume. 


86  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

*Albert  B.  Horsley.    1919. 

Gerald.  C.  Horsley.     1909-1915.    Literary. 
*Walter  Charles  Horsley.    1884. 
*Charles  Henry  Hough.     1896.    M.R.C.S. 

Lord  Houghton.     1865-1885.    Bom  1809;  died  1885. 

"  It  is  difficult  for  posterity  to  do  full  justice  to  Lord  Houghton  because  his  claim 
to  distinction  lay  in  his  charm  of  character  more  than  in  anything  he  achieved.  It 
has  been  said  that  he  was  a  poet,  a  politician,  a  man  of  letters,  an  orator,  and  a 
philosopher,  and  that  he  was  second-rate  in  each  of  these  capacities.  His  intellectual 
curiosity  and  his  energy  were  insatiable,  but  what  made  him  one  of  the  most  popular 
men  of  half  a  century  was  his  extraordinary  genius  for  friendship.  Everyone  con- 
fided in  him,  for  he  had  an  almost  womanly  intuition,  the  keenest  sympathy,  and  a 
cultivated  wit." — Rudolph  Lehmann  and  H.  C.  M.\rillier,  Men  and  Wometi  of  the 
Century. 

"  In  Lord  Houghton  the  astonished  world  beheld  a  politician  who  wrote  poetry, 
a  railway  director  who  lived  in  literature,  a  libre  penseur  who  championed  the 
Tractarians,  a  sentimentalist  who  talked  like  a  cynic,  and  a  philosopher  who  had 
elevated  conviviality  to  the  dignity  of  an  exact  science." — G.  W.  E.  Russell, 
Collections  and  Recollections. 

"  Mr.  Vavasour  was  a  social  favourite,  a  poet  as  well  as  a  Member  of  Parliament, 
travelled,  sweet-tempered,  and  good-hearted,  amusing  and  clever.  With  Catholic 
sympathies  and  an  eclectic  turn  of  mind,  Mr.  Vavasour  saw  something  good  in  every- 
body and  everything,  which  is  certainly  amiable,  and  perhaps  just,  but  disqualifies  a 
man  in  some  degree  for  the  business  of  life,  which  requires  for  its  conduct  a  certain 
degree  of  prejudice.  Mr.  Vavasour's  breakfasts  were  renowned.  Whatever  your 
creed,  class,  or  country — one  might  almost  say  your  character — you  were  a  welcome 
guest  at  his  matutinal  meal,  provided  you  were  celebrated." — Lord  Beaconsfield, 
Tancred. 

*Percival  Arthur  Houghton.    1899.    M.R.C.S.,  L.R.C.P. 

William  C.  Houghton.    1912-1919.    Died  1919. 
*Cecil  Howard.     1919. 

Alfred  Howell.    1897- 1899, 

D.  L.  Hubbard.     1904-1919.    M.D.    Died  1919. 
*George  Hubbard.     1913.    F.S.A. 

R.  M.  F.  Huddart.     1909-1910. 

Frederick  Hudson.    1911-1915.    Literary. 

Henry  J.  Hudson.     1900-1910.     Died  1910.    Artist. 

J.  Hudson.     1870-1871.    M.D. 

Arthur  Foord  Hughes.    1899- 1904.    Painter. 
♦Cecil  Eldred  Hughes.    1912. 


THE  MEMBERS  87 

Edward  Hughes.     1875-1891.     Died  1908.     Portrait  painter. 

Edward  Robert  Hughes.     1891-1910.    R.W.S.    ]?orn  1853;  died  1914. 

A  painter  of  great  delicacy  and  refinement. 

John  Arthur  Hughes.    1869-1876. 
*Talbot  Hughes.    1894.    R.O.I. 

Thomas  Hughes.     1863-1869.    Born  1822;  died  1869.     M.P.,  Q.C. 
Original  Member. 

County  court  judge  and  social  reformer.    Author  of  "  Tom  Brown's  Schooldays." 
A  fine  cricketer  at  Rugby  and  at  Oxford  and  a  good  all-round  athlete. 

*Herbert  Edwin  Pelham  Hughes- Stanton.    1900.    R.A. 

George  H.  Hull,    i 876-1877. 

Edward  J.  Humphrey.    1870- 1892. 
*C.  Humphries.     1903. 

Alfred  William  Hunt.     1866-1877.    R.W.S.    Bom  1830;  died  1896. 
Landscape  painter. 

*Cecil  Arthur  Hunt.    1918. 
George  Henry  Hunt.     1897-1912.    Architect. 
G.  Leigh  Hunt.     1912-1915. 
Colin  Hunter.     1874-1904.     A. R.A.     Born  1841;  died  1904. 

Marine  painter  of  Scottish  harbours,  lochs,  and  seas,  generally  in  calm  weather. 
Francis  Henry  Huntingdon.     1877-1895. 

Hal  Hurst.     1899-1909.     R.I.     Painter  and  black-and-white  artist. 
H.  M.  Husey.     1898-1909. 
H.  P.  Hutchinson.    1865-1869. 

Samuel  John  Hutchinson.    1893-1905.    ]YI.R.C.S.    Died  1905. 
Thomas  William  Hutchinson,    i 872-1 880. 

Captain  Alfred  Hutton.     1875-1910.    F.S.A.    Born  1839;  died  1910. 
A  celebrated  swordsman  and  writer  of  several  works  on  fencing. 
"Of  tall  and  picturesque  figure,  handsome  face  and  chivalrous  bearing,  traits 
suggestive  of  Don  Quixote,  he  was  whole-hearted  in  his  devotion  to  the  science  of 
arms,  which  he  did  much  to  rescue  from  neglect." — D.N.B. 
Gervas  Huxley.     191 5-1920. 
Leonard  Huxley.    1903-1912. 

ACKROYD  HYSLOP.      1 896- 1 896.      J. P. 

*T.  B.  Hyslop.     1901.     M.D. 


Charles  I'Anson.     1887-1906.     Painter. 

Edward  Blakeney  I'Anson.     1S97-1912.     Died  191 2.     Architect. 


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j.  a.  iliffe.    1888-1896. 

Howard  Inch,    i  888-1920. 

William  Ayerst  Ingram.     1903-1912.    R.I.    Died  191 3. 
Painter  of  marine  subjects. 

•Ernest  Innes.    1920. 
*J.  W.  Brodie  Innes.    1873. 
Sir  Henry  Irving.     1877-1905.    Born  1838;  died  1905. 

"  Irving  never  knew  how  many  personal  friends  he  had,  for  all  who  ever  met  him 
claimed  acquaintance  for  evermore." — Bram  Stoker,  Life  of  Irving. 

"  In  character  he  was  ambitious,  proud,  lonely,  and  self-centred,  but  gentle, 
courteous,  and  lavishly  generous.  His  personal  magnetism  was  strong;  he  inspired 
devotion  in  those  who  worked  with  him  and  adulation  in  his  admirers.  His  resent- 
ment of  parody  and  caricature  may  probably  be  ascribed  to  his  jealousy  for  the  dignity 
of  his  profession  as  much  as  sensitiveness  in  himself." — D.N.B. 
H.  T.  Irving.     1864- 1877. 

Ernest  Bruce  IWAN-MULLER.    1905-19x0.  Bom  1853;  died  1910.  Journalist. 
"A  genial  giant  of  exuberant  vitality;  he  was  welcome  in  every  society,  while  his 
generosity,  especially  to  the  less  successful  members  of  his  own  profession,  was  un- 
bounded."—Z'.iV;^. 

*RiCHARD  Jack.     1899.     R.A.,  R.I. 
E.  Dudley  Jackson.     1899-1903.    Died  1903. 

Still  remembered  for  his  hospitalities.    A  kind-hearted  old  bachelor,  endowed 
with  rare  judgement  in  the  choice  of  vintage  wines.     In  his  later  years  he  suffered 
from  gout  and  was  ordered  to  drink  whisky.   He  complained  less  of  the  disease  than 
of  the  remedy,  which  he  said  in  one  night  destroyed  his  palate. 
Edward  Patton  Jackson,     i  874-1 881. 
*Gerald  Goddard  Jackson.    1919. 
*Rt.  Hon.  F.  Huth  Jackson.     1907.    P.C. 
Samuel  Phillips  Jackson.   1876-1886.    Bom  1830;  died  1904. 

Water-colour  painter  and  art  critic. 
William  Wymark  Jacobs.     1908-1909. 

A  very  popular  writer  of  stories  dealing  with  the  manners  and  customs  both  afloat 
and  ashore  of  the  crews  of  barges  sailing  the  below-bridge  reaches  of  the  Thames. 
These  stories  are  distmguished  by  a  shrewd  delineation  of  character  and  a  keen  sense 
of  humour. 

George  Percy  Jacomb-Hood.    1888-1910.    Artist. 

F.Jameson.     1865-1895. 

Middleton  Jameson.     1900-1919.    Died  1919. 

Brother  of  Sir  Starr  Jameson  of  South  African  fame.  A  clever  artist  and  a  very 
popular  member  of  the  Club.     An  interesting  conversationalist,  somewhat  shy  and 


THE  MEMBERS  89 

retiring  but  thoroughly  genial  and  amiable.  His  health  was  latterly  not  robust,  but 
his  death  came  as  a  shock  to  his  many  friends,  by  whom  he  is  remembered  with 
affection  and  regret. 

Herbert  Jarman.     1911-1919.    Born  1875;  died  1919. 

An  actor,  for  many  years  closely  associated  witii  Lewis  Waller.  He  was  a  keen 
student  of  archaeology  and  an  authority  on  stage  costume. 

John  CORDY  Jeaffreson.     1868-1871.     Born  1831;  died  1901. 

Novelist,  journalist,  and  searcher  of  archives.  His  "  Real  Lord  Byron,"  published 
in  1883,  created  great  controversy  and  some  scandal. 

T.  Jeckyll.     1867-1871. 

C.  E.  JEMMETT.      1870-1871. 

*F.  Lynn  Jenkin.s.     1905. 

*JOSEPH  JeNNENS.      1896. 

Lours  J.  Jennings.     1877-1885.     Miscellaneous  writer. 
*Alfred  C.  Jessup.     191  l 

H.  E.  Jeston.     1 867- 1 872. 

Arthur  JEVONS.      1896-1905.     Died  1905.     Painter. 

G.  W.  Jevons.     1910-1914. 

John  J.  Joass.     1905-1909.     Architect. 
*SiR  William  Goscombe  John.    1901.    R.A. 
*Basil  Johnson.     1920. 
*SiR  Benjamin  S.  Johnson.     191 8. 

Charles  Edward  Johnson.     1879-1895.    Landscape  painter. 
*Cyrus  Johnson.     1877.    R.O.L 

Herbert  Johnson.    1876-1886.    Artist. 
*H.  M.  Jonas.     1919. 
*Harry  M.  Jones.    1919. 

Rev.  Harry  Jones.     1865-1871. 

Sir  Horace  Jones.     1863-1887.     Born  1819;  died  1887.     Original  Member. 
City  architect,  and  designer  of  the  Temple  Bar  "  Griffin."     Overflowing  with 
geniality  and  good  humour.    His  burly  form  gave  evidence  of  his  enjoyment  of  in- 
numerable City  dinners. 

Owen  Jones.     1864-1871.     Born  1809;  died  1874. 

An  architect  and  an  ornamental  designer.  He  travelled  much  in  Europe  and  the 
East.  His  magnificent  work  on  "The  Alhambra  "  contains  loi  splendid  coloured 
plates  from  drawings  by  himself. 

Robert  Jones.     1897-1899.    M.D.,  F.R.C.S. 
*RoNALD  P.  Jones.    1918. 

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Thomas  Alfred  Jones.     1877-1885.    P.R.H.A.    Bom  1823;  died  1893. 

Portrait  painter. 

"  Dignified,  urbane,  and  popular  in  Dublin  society,  he  was  unremitting  in  his 
efforts  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  Academy." — Strickland,  Dictionary  of  Irish 
Artists. 

William  Staveniiagen  Jones.    1869- 1879. 
Joseph  MiDDLETON  JOPLING.     1863-1883.     Born  1831 ;  died  1884. 
Original  Member. 

Jopling  started  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  Horse  Guards.  Though  self-taught  he 
became  a  clever  water-colour  painter  of  historical  and  domestic  subjects  and  of  fruit 
and  flowers.  He  took  an  active  interest  in  the  3rd  Middlesex  Volunteers  and  was  a 
good  rifle-shot,  winning  the  Queen's  Prize  at  Wimbledon  in  1861,  and  he  was  officially 
employed  to  make  drawings  of  the  Queen  reviewing  the  troops. 

He  was  an  intimate  friend  of  Millais,  who  was  godfather  to  his  child  and  painted 
an  admirable  portrait  of  Mrs.  Jopling,  saying  that  instead  of  giving  his  godchild  a 
mug  he  would  paint  its  mother's. 
George  W.  Joy.     1892-1911.    Artist. 
*H.  E.  Jule.     191 8.    F.R.C.S. 

*A.  Keene.     1917. 
*Alfred  V.  Keene.     1919. 
Charles  S.  Keene.     1863-1890.     Bom  1823;  died  1891.     Original  Member. 

"I  remember  a  tall  figure  in  a  Glengarry  cap  on  the  side  of  his  head,  in  a  short 
velveteen  jacket,  loose  tie  and  ample  peg-top  trowsers,  lounging  into  Linton's  office 
and  sitting  on  the  table,  chatting  with  the  engravers,  smoking  a  short  pipe.  Rather 
close,  curly  hair  framed  a  long,  somewhat  sallow  visage,  with  contemplative  eyes; 
add  a  moustache  and  small  Imperial  and  you  have  the  appearance  of  Charles  Keene 
at  that  time." — Walter  Crane,  An  Artist's  Reminiscetices. 

"  He  set  up  for  himself  a  studio,  finding  congenial  quarters  on  the  attic  floor  of 
an  old  house  in  the  Strand.  Here,  amid  dust  and  cobwebs,  old  costumes  and 
properties  hung  upon  a  clothes-line  drawn  across  the  room,  he  worked  hard  for  his 
living.  He  would  have  no  charwoman  about  his  premises.  Any  dusting  and  cleaning 
required  he  did  himself  Also  he  was  his  own  cook.  This  habit  he  kept  up  to  the 
end.  When,  in  the  course  of  years,  he  reached  his  studio  in  the  King's  Road,  Chelsea, 
he  took  with  him  a  gas  stove  with  whose  dubious  aid  he  prepared  his  mid-day  meal. 
A  cheap  gas-light  set  on  a  stool  and  connected  with  a  chandelier  by  a  flexible  tube 
supplied  the  heat,  while  for  cooking  contrivance  he  ingeniously  adapted  the  coiled 
spring  of  an  old  Gibus  hat." — Sir  Henry  Lucy,  Neat-ing  Jordan. 

"  In  his  studio  at  Baker  Street  I  found  him  grimly  affable,  sweeping  out  his  rooms 
with  his  own  hands  and  receiving  me  with  the  sang-froid  of  a  Balfour  or  a  Vere  de 
Vere.  The  profound  politeness,  as  he  motioned  me  to  a  chair  with  his  hearth-brush, 
would  have  made  one  of  his  best  studies  in  black  and  white." — G.  S.  La  yard,  Life 
atid  Letters  of  C.  S.  Keene. 


THE  MEMBERS  91 

Herbert  Keith.     1891-1895.    Literary. 

R.  Talbot  Kelly.     1905-1920.    R.I. 

Henry  Kemp.     1893-1894.     Scientific. 

W.  H.  Kendal.     1884-1910.    Born  1843;  died  1917. 

His  paternal  name  was  Griniston.  An  actor,  and  manager  of  the  St.  James's 
Theatre  from  1879  to  1888,  during  which  period,  in  collaboration  with  his  wife, 
formerly  Miss  Madge  Robertson,  and  Sir  John  Hare,  he  produced  a  long  series  of 
successful  plays.     He  retired  from  the  stage  in  1908. 

Arthur  Kennedy.    1886-1893.    Painter. 

Charles  N.  Kennedy.     1873- 1897.    Died  1897.     Painter. 

E.  Sherard  Kennedy,     i 876-1 894.    Artist. 

Thomas  Benjamin  Kennington.     1896-1916.     R.O.I.     Born   1856;  died 
1916.     Painter. 

George  Kenyon.     1890-1897.     Died  1897.     Architect. 
*CoL.  Sir  George  Roos  Keppel.     1911.    G.C.I. E.,  K.C.S.I. 

Charles  H.  M.  Kerr.     1890-1902.    M.A.     Artist. 

J.  G.  Douglas  Kerr.    1S97-1901.    M.D. 
*Alexander  Henry  Kersey.     1897. 
*Horace  S.  Kesteven.     1898. 
*K.  J.  Key.     1917. 

Thomas  Key.    1866-1881. 

George  Goodwin  Kilburne.    1881-1887.    Painter. 

Joseph  Kincaid.    1865-1872. 

Frederic  King.     1885-1896.     Musician. 
*Yeend  King.     1892.     Painter.     V.P.R.I.,  R.O.I. 
*A.  H.  Kingsley.     191 3. 

George  Kitchin.    1895- 1909. 

J.  W.  Knapp.     1872-1881.     Died  i88r. 

J.  W.  Buxton  Knight.     1891-1896.    Painter. 

Harold  S.  Knight-Gregson.    1913-1914. 

Capt.  W.  R.  Knobel.     1867-1875. 

E.  Knoblauch.     1900-1913.     Actor  and  literary. 
*Ralph  Knott.    1916. 
♦Stanley  E.  Knott.    1918. 
*G.  Sheridan  Knowles.     1917.    R.I. 

Francis  Korbay.     1897-1912.     Born  1851 ;  died  1913. 

Francis  Korbay  was  an  interesting  personality;  a  member  of  a  distinguished 
Hungarian  family  who  had  lived  long  in  England.     He  was  proficient  in  many 


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languages,  spoke  perfect  English,  was  a  good  talker,  especially  when  he  reverted  to 
his  experiences  in  his  native  land  and  in  other  foreign  countries,  and  was  very  popular 
in  the  Club  and  in  Society.  He  was  of  medium  height  with  fair  complexion  and 
brown  hair  and  beard,  was  at  one  time  endowed  with  a  fine  tenor  voice,  and  had  an 
extensive  dientcle  as  a  teacher  of  singing.  He  also  wrote  and  composed  numerous 
songs  which  attained  to  a  considerable  degree  of  popularity. 

William  H.  Laffan.     1897-1909.    Died  1909. 

William  James  Laidlay.     1892-1896.     B.A.,  LL.B.     Born  1856;  died  1912. 
An  artist  and  author  of  several  works  on  contemporary  art.     He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  "  New  English  Art  Club." 
M.  R.  Laing-Meason.     1865-1869. 
Herbert  Lake.     1893-1905.     Professor  R.A.M. 
*E.  G.  Lamb.     1907. 

Alfred  DoBREE  Lancaster.     1884- 1894.    Painter. 
Charles  Thomas  Lane.     1866-1912.    Died  1912. 
Sir  Edwin  Ray  Lankester.     1897-1913.    K.C.B.,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  F.R.S. 

Professor  of  Zoology  and    Comparative   Anatomy.     Formerly  Director  of  the 
Natural  History  Museum,  South  Kensington.     A  prolific  writer  on  many  branches 
of  science. 
Walter  F.  Larkins.     i  872-1873. 
Philip  Laszlo.     1909-1918. 
*A.  P.  Laurie.     1918.    M.A.,  D.S.C. 

Professor  of  Chemistry  to  the  Royal  Academy. 

R.P.Laurie.     1864- 1880. 

Sir  John  Lavery.     1891-1913.     A.R.A. 

David  Law.     1887- 1894.     Artist. 
*Edward  Law.     191 4.    M.D. 

George  Law.    1875-1889. 
*C.  Aitkin  Lawford.     1919. 

E,  C.  Lawford.     1897-1901.     Died  1901.     Etcher. 

H.  H.  Lawless.     1902-1913.     Died  1913. 

Cecil  Gordon  Lawson.     1876-1881.    Born  1851;  died  1882. 

A  landscape  painter  of  conspicuous  ability  and  industry,  who  accomplished  a 
large  amount  of  work  of  high  quality,  but  whose  career  of  increasing  distinction  was 
cut  short  by  his  early  death. 

*F.  Wilfred  Lawson.    1876. 
George  A.  Law.son.     1882-1892.    Sculptor. 
Lionel  Lawson.    1864- 1879.    Died  1879. 


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Malcolm  L.  Lavvson.     1881-18S8.    Musician. 
♦Arthur  Henry  Webb  Laye.     1916. 

J.  H.  Leacil     1889-1901.     B.A.,  F.L.S.,  F.E.S. 

Capt.  B.  Eastlake  Leader.     1900-1916.    Artist. 
Killed  in  action,  12  October  19 16. 
*Benjamin  Williams  Leader.     1870.    R.A. 
Chevalier  of  the  Legion  of  Honour. 

C.  J.  Leaf.     1865-1871. 

Walter  Leaf.     1864- 1899.    B.Sc,  Ph.D.    Died  1899. 

David  Lee.     1875- 1909.     Died  1909.     Painter. 

J.  N.  Lee.     1896- 1906.     Painter. 
*SiDNEV  Lee.     1916. 

W.  Lee-Hankky.     R.E.,  R.O.I. 
*Philip  Lee-Warner.     1917. 
*C.  Lee-Williams.     1909. 
*WiLLiAM  R.  Le  Faun.     1917. 

C.  E.  Lees,     i  891 -1894. 

A.  Frederick  Leiimann.     1865-1875. 

Rudolph  Lehmann.     1869-1905.    Born  1819;  died  1905. 

Painter,  principally  of  portraits,  exhibited  at  the  Grosvenor  Gallery.  Wrote  an 
interesting  volume  of  reminiscences. 

Baldwyn  Leighton.     1 866- 1 869. 
*E.  Blair  Leighton.     1900. 

Frederic,  Lord  Leighton.     1863-1896.     P.R.A.     Born  1830;   died  1896. 
Original  Member. 

Succeeded  Sir  F.  Grant  as  seventh  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  in  1878.  His 
patent  of  peerage  was  dated  the  24th  January  1896,  and  he  died  on  the  25th.  He 
took  great  interest  in  the  Artists'  Volunteer  Corps,  of  which  he  was  the  Colonel  for  a 
considerable  period. 

"He  became  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  in  succession  to  Sir  Francis  Grant, 
and  may  fairly  be  said  to  have  been  the  best  and  most  popular  President  that 
institution  has  ever  had.  In  his  official  duties  he  was  indefatigable,  and  he  brought 
to  bear  on  them  a  courtly,  grandiose  manner  which  was  eminently  characteristic. 
In  the  fantastic  palace  which  he  built  for  himself  (and  as  many  supposed  at  one 
time  for  his  successors  also)  at  Kensington,  all  who  were  celebrated  in  politics,  art, 
music,  or  letters  used  to  congregate,  and  there  were  few  civilized  languages  in 
which  the  host  could  not  converse." — Lehmann  and  Marillikr,  Men  and  Women 
of  the  Century. 

The  Club  possesses  a  bust  of  Lord  Leighton  presented  by  Sir  Thomas  Brock,  R.A. 
*Alfred  Leland.     1916.     M.B.,  CM. 


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*Charles  Henry  Fred  Leslie.    1896. 
Frederick  Leslie.     1875- 1888.    M.I.C.E.    Died  1889. 
George  Dunlop  Leslie.     1866-1895.    R.A. 
Henry  Leslie.     1863-1882.     Original  Member.     Musical. 
Peter  Leslie.    1907-1915. 
*W.  H.  P.  Leslie.     18S1. 
*HoN.  W.  Hulme  Lever.     1918. 
*LoRD  Leverhulme.     1915. 

Horace  Edward  Leverley.    1891-1894.    Architect. 
Edward  Levien.     i  864-1 873. 

Albert  Levy.     1863-1893.     Died  1893.     Original  Member. 
Edward  Levy.     1864- 1869. 
Frederick  Dealtry  Lewin.    1873- 1885. 

Arthur  J.  Lewis.     1863-1901.     Died  1901.     Original  Member. 
The  Founder  of  the  Club. 

"  Men  used  to  meet  at  Lewis's  chambers  in  Jermyn  Street,  where  he  organized  a 
choral  society  known  as  '  The  Jermyn  Band,'  but  on  his  removal  to  Moray  Lodge 
it  was  re-named  'The  Moray  Minstrels.'  No  man  had  a  wider  acquaintance  with 
artists.  He  was  the  companion  and  friend  of  all  painters  of  his  time,  from  Millais 
downwards.  Not  a  professional  artist  himself,  he  was  an  amateur  of  considerable 
and  varied  talent.  He  was  a  constant  worker  at  the  Langham  Friday  sketching 
evenings,  had  a  picture  at  every  Academy  exhibition  for  many  years,  and  was  an 
etcher  of  skill  and  taste.  In  this  capacity  he  was  the  promoter  of  the  Junior  Etching 
Club." — H.  Stacy  Marks,  R.A.,  Pen  and  Pencil  Sketches. 

C.  Mansel  Lewis.    1872-1883. 

Sir  George  Lewis.     1896-1910.     Baronet,  C.V.O.     Born  1833;  died  1911. 

"Probably  the  most  widely  known  of  English  solicitors,  but  described  as  not  so 
much  a  lawyer  as  a  private  inquiry  agent.  It  was  said  he  knew  enough  to  send  half 
London  Society  to  prison  and  to  hang  half  the  City  of  London." — Annual  Register. 
"  He  was  the  refuge  with  fine  impartiality  of  the  guilty  and  the  innocent,  of  the 
wrong-doer  and  the  oppressed.  He  possessed  an  unrivalled  knowledge  of  the  past 
records  of  the  criminals  and  adventurers  of  both  sexes.  Lewis's  extraordinary 
memory  for  detail  enabled  him  to  reduce  written  notes  to  a  minimum,  and  some 
time  before  his  death  he  declared  he  had  destroyed  all  record  of  his  strange  ex- 
periences. "—Z'.TV.  B. 

*Guilford  Edward  Lewis.    191 8.    R.I.,  A.R.W.S. 
Thomas  H.  Lewis.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 
*Moffat  p.  Lindner.     1885. 
*E.  Bernard  Lintofe.     1918. 


THE  MEMBERS  95 

*SiR  James  D.  Linton.     1875-1894.    P.R.I.     Born  1841;  died  1916. 
Water-colour  painter. 

"He  was  a  typical  Bohemian  in  appearance.  His  hair  hung  down  over  his 
shoulders,  he  favoured  a  Titian-shaped  beard  and  moustache,  a  salmon-coloured  tie, 
and  brown  velvet  coat;  his  eyes  were  intelligent,  his  face  refined,  and  he  smoked  good 
cigars,  which  he  handed  round  in  a  liberal  fashion." — Harry  Furniss,  My  Bohemian 
Days. 

George  Llster.     1875- 1892.    Artist. 
R.  Buckley  Litchfield.    1864-1871. 
James  Little.    1904-1910. 
*RoBERT  Little.     1896,    R.W.S. 
Thomas  Littleton-Hay.     1920. 
*SiR  William  Llewellyn.     1891.    K.C.V.O.,  R.A.,  R.I. 
*Cyril  E.  Lloyd.    191 3. 
*N.  Lloyd.    1920. 

W.  W.  Lloyd.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 
*SiGisMUND  Locke.    1905. 
W.  E.  Lockhart.     1884-1899.     R.S.A.,  R.W.S.     Born  1846;  died  1900. 

"  As  a  painter  of  genre  and  anecdote  Lockhart  early  took  a  high  place.  Clever 
in  drawing,  striking,  and  often  brilliant  in  colour,  and  marked  by  skilful,  if  some- 
times exaggerated,  characterization  as  his  works  are,' they  are  at  times  lacking  in 
delicacy  and  reserve." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

George  E.  Lodge.     1898-1915.    Artist  in  black  and  white. 

J.  A.  LOCKWOOD.     1863-187S.     Original  Member. 

William  Logsdail.     1905-1915.    Painter. 

Harvey  LOHR.     1897-1903.     Professor  of  music. 

W.  LOMAS.     1 877- 1 889.     Painter. 
*JOHN  A.  LOMA.K.     1896. 
*A.  Longden.     1919.     D.S.O. 

Charles  J.  Longman.     1874-1881.     Author  and  publisher. 

*DAVID  LONGSDON.      1 892. 
*JOHN  LoNGSTAFF.      1919. 

Horatio  Walter  Lonsdale.    1875-1919.    Died  1919. 

Artist  in  stained  glass.  A  popular  and  well-known  member  for  over  forty  years. 
Very  precise  in  his  habits  he  regularly  appeared  in  the  Club  on  certain  days  and, 
after  dining,  played  a  solemn  game  of  billiards. 

J.  H.  Lorimer.     1 888- 1 909.     R.S.A. 

Sir  Robert  Lorimer.     1897-1916.    A.R.A.,  A.R.S.A.     Architect. 


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P.  W.  LOVELL.      1907-I9II. 

*V.  Warren  Low.     1917.    C.B.,  M.D.,  F.R.C.S. 

Leopold  Lowenstein.    1886-1896.    Etcher. 

Lowes  Dalbiac  Luard.     1900- 1904.     Painter. 

Col.  R.  G.  a.  Luard.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 

Arthur  Lucas.    1867-1919. 

C.  T.  Lucas.    1864- 1869. 

Edwin  Lucas.    1870-1875. 

Francis  A.  Lucas.    1874-1905.    M.P. 

Frederick  William  Lucas.    1874- 1884. 

Henry  Lucas.     1865-1910.    Died  19 10. 

John  Seymour  Lucas.     1880- 1893.     R.A.     Historical  painter. 

Stanley  Lucas,     i  873-1 887. 

Thomas  Lucas.    1864- 1869. 
*  William  L.  Lucas.     1892. 

Arthur  Fairfax  Lumley.     1876-1894.     Painter. 
*Sir  Edwin  Landseer  Lutyens.     19 13.    R.A. 

H.  Wykeham  Lydall.     1897- 1906. 

John  French  Lydall.     1897-1909.    Organist. 
*H.  H.  Lyde.     1914. 
*Herbert  Lyndon.    1896. 


Hamilton  Macallum.     1877-1896.    Born  1841;  died  1896. 

Painter  of  marine  subjects  and  fisher  life,  chiefly  on  the  coasts  of  Devonshire 
and  Scotland. 

"  He  was  single-minded,  concentrating  his  attention  on  those  aspects  of  nature 
by  which  his  own  sympathies  were  most  closely  touched." — D.N.B. 

"  Hamilton  Macallum's  skill  in  rendering  sunlight  and  brilliant  atmospheric 
effects  makes  his  pictures  exceedingly  attractive  and  compensates  for  occasional 
defects  of  drawing  and  composition."— Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

*Lindsay  G.  Macarthur.     1892. 

R.  F.  Macarthur.     1895-1901.    Scientific. 

Mervyn  Edmund  Macartney.     1900-1910.    Architect. 
*Allan  Macbeth.     1920. 

Robert  Walker  Macbeth,     i  876-1906.     R.A.     Born    1848;  died  1910. 

Painter  and  etcher.  A  brilliant  painter  of  figure  subjects  with  charming  technique 
founded  on  Frederick  Walker. 


THE  MEMBERS  97 

*H.  Macbetii-Raeburne.    1890. 
*James  McBey.     1914. 
Justin  H.  MacCarthy.     1876-1890.    M.P.    Born  1830;  died  1912, 

Journalist,  novelist,  and  leader  of  the  Irish  Party  in  the  House  of  Commons. 
Very  popular  on  both  sides  of  the  House  and  in  Society  and  literary  circles. 

"  Quiet  in  manner,  polished  in  speech,  retiring  and  urbane  in  temperament, 
Justin  MacCarthy  was  the  fly  in  amber  of  the  Irish  Parliamentary  Party.  The  only 
thing  his  colleagues  ever  lamented  in  him  was  his  distressing  want  of  native  ferocity." 
— G.  W.  E.  Russell,  Portraits  of  the  Seventies. 

Walter  McClelland.    1870-1871. 
N.  McCoLL.     1872-1873. 
*A.  D.  McCORMiCK.     1918. 
George  McCulloch.    1896- 1907.    Died  1907. 

Formed  a  remarkable  collection  of  Modern  British  Art,  in  which  almost  every 
painter  of  eminence  was  represented.  The  whole  collection  was  exhibited  at  the 
Royal  Academy  after  his  death. 

James  McCulloch.    1897-1913.    R.S.W.    Died  191 5. 
Hamisii  MacCunn.     1889-1893.     Born  1868;  died  1916. 
Composer,  and  orchestral  and  operatic  conductor. 

Reginald  S.  Macdonald.    1864- 1869. 
Robert  Falconer  MacDonald.    1897-1912.    Architect. 
J.  Randall  MacDonnell.     1863-1897.    Died  1898.    Original  Member. 
D.  K.  McDowell.     1909- 1911.    C.M.G. 
Walter  Macfarren.     1873-1905.    Born  1826;  died  1905. 
Pianist,  composer,  and  musical  critic. 

Clarence  W.  McIlvaine.     1893-1912.    Died  1913.    Literary. 
Partner  in  Harper's,  publishers,  of  the  United  States. 

Samuel  Jeffrey  McKee.    1895-1916.    Died  1917. 

One  of  the  most  popular  members  of  the  Club,  thoroughly  genial  and  kind- 
hearted.  Has  been  sadly  missed  from  the  card-room,  where  his  presence  was  always 
welcome. 

Alexander  Oberlin  MacKellar.     1877-1885.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*Bertram  MacKennal.     1906.     A.R.A.,  M.V.O. 
Sir  Alexander  Campbell  Mackenzie.     1888-1915.    Mus.  Doc. 
Conductor,  composer,  and  violinist.     Principal  of  the  R.A.M. 

A.  Marshall  Mackenzie.    1908-1915.    A.R.S.A. 
Kenneth  Mackenzie.    1893-1896.    Painter. 

*FINDLAY  MACKINNON.      igor. 

Thomas  Nelson  MacLean.    1877-1894.    Died  1894.    Sculptor. 

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Thomas  Hope  McLachlan.     1885-1896.    Born  1845;  died  1897. 

Called  to  the  Bar  and  practised  in  the  Chancery  Courts,  but  retired  and  became 
a  landscape  painter  and  etcher. 

*NORMAN  MACLEHOSE.      1 894.      M.B. 

Andrew  Maclure.     1872-1885.    Died  1885.    Painter. 
Frederick  Macmillan.     1885-1896.    Literary. 
Partner  in  Macmillan's,  publishers. 

Charles  Stewart  Macpherson.     1892-1915.    Professor  R.A.M. 
*Percy  Macquoid.     1892.    R  I. 
John  MacWhirter.     1870-1901.     R.A.     Born  1839;  died  1911. 

Landscape  painter,  chiefly  of  Highland  scenes,  and  he  was  especially  the  painter 
of  the  birch)  tree.  His  first  great  success,  "The  Lady  of  the  Woods,''  was  a  beautiful 
appreciation  of  the  delicacy  and  grace  of  these  trees. 

Walter  Mackway.     1895-1905.     Professor  R.A.M. 
Audley  MacKWORTH.     1 897-1899.     Painter. 
*John  Maddocks.     1898.    J. P. 
*R.  W.  Maddox.     1884. 
Laurie  Magnus.    1900-1912. 
*G.  H.  Mair.     1920.    C.M.G. 
William  Hurrell  Mallock.    i 875-1 876. 
Alexander  Mann.     1901-1905.    Died  1908.    Painter. 
George  Reid  Mann.    1S75-1892. 
Harrington  Mann.     1903-1914.    Painter. 
R.  H.  Manning.    1864-1891. 
Robert  Marchant.    1909- i  916. 
Geoffrey  Marks.    1897-1905. 

Gilbert  Leigh  Marks.     1897-1903.    Art  worker  in  silver. 
H.  Stacy  Marks.     1871-1896.     R.A.    Born  1829;  died  1898. 

Studied  heraldry  and  painted  heraldic  bearings  on  carriages  for  his  father's  firm 
of  coach  builders,  was  often  employed  by  Clayton  and  Bell  in  designing  stained  glass, 
and  when  he  developed  into  a  painter  his  humorous  pictures  of  birds  and  of  scenes 
of  mediaeval  life  were  much  appreciated.  As  a  member  of  the  Club  he  was  among  the 
best  known  and  best  liked.  He  could  talk  well,  was  overflowing  with  humour  and 
high  spirits,  could  sing  an  amusing  song,  take  part  in  theatricals,  and  wrote  two  interest- 
ing volumes  of  "  Pen  and  Pencil  Sketches." 

"  Amongst  his  fellow  artists  there  was  no  one  more  popular,  and  few  men  so  deeply 
loved  as  'Marco'  as  he  was  affectionately  called." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

*Ernest  T.  Marriott.     1898.     M.A. 
*A.  H.  Marshall.  1908. 


THE  MEMBERS  99 

Charles  Edward  Marshall.    1884-1885.    R.W.S. 

Herbert  Menzies  Marshall.     1868-1880.     R.W.S. 

Educated  at  Westminster  and  Cambridge;  he  played  for  his  University  in  1861-2-3 
at  Lords,  where  a  water-colour  drawing  by  him  of  one  of  the  matches  still  adorns  the 
walls  of  the  Pavilion.  He  abandoned  the  profession  of  an  architect,  for  which  he  was 
trained,  to  take  up  water-colour  painting,  in  which  his  choice  of  subject  was  to  a  certain 
extent  influenced  by  his  earlier  training. 

A.  C.  Martin.     1909-1910. 

Henry  Charrington  Martin.     1885-1895.    M.D.    Scientific. 

Edward  Henry  Martineau.     1871-1890.    Architect. 

G.  Finch  Mason.     1867-1884.    Bom  1850;  died  1915. 

Painter  and  artist  in  black  and  white  of  sporting  subjects. 
R.  H.  Mason.     1863-1869.     Original  Member. 
*David  J.  Mason-Macfarlane.     1897.     C.M.G.,  C.B.E.,  M.D. 
Charles  Edward  Mathews.    1866-1905.    Born  1834;  died  1905. 

One  of  the  founders  of  the  Alpine  Club,  and  some  time  President. 

"  For  a  great  number  of  years  I  have  been  a  traveller  in  every  part  of  the  Alps. 
It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  have  climbed  the  great  mountain  (Mont  Blanc)  twelve 
times,  irrespective  of  variations,  by  most  of  the  different  routes  by  which  the  summit 
can  be  attained." — C.  E.  Mathews,  Tlie  Annals  of  Mont  Blanc. 

C.  P.  Matthews.    1865-1871. 
*JOHN  Matthews.    1917.    M.B. 
*W.  Lee  Matthews.     1908. 
*Edward  Brantwood  Maufe.     1919. 
*Alexander  J.  Mavrogordato.     1895. 
Henry  Mawdsley.     1867- 1888.    M.D. 
Phil  May.     1902-1903.     Born  1864;  died  1903. 

"  Phil  May,  a  Bohemian  by  instinct  and  habit,  had  not  the  physical  stamina  to 
enable  him  to  sustain  the  vagaries  of  a  Bohemian  life.  Generous  to  a  fault,  he  was  a 
daily  prey  to  a  large  class  of  hangers-on  at  Fleet  Street  bars  and  late  night  clubs. 
Anybody  could  get  anything  out  of  him  by  asking,  and  there  were  many  who  were 
not  restrained  by  conscience  in  the  matter.  He  was  the  sort  of  man  who  would  think 
nothing  of  giving  his  coat  to  a  stranger  on  a  cold  night,  and  walking  home  in  his  shirt 
sleeves.  A  flood  of  light  is  thrown  on  Phil  May's  constitutional  habits  by  a  cynical 
remark  of  an  old  friend  present  at  the  funeral.  '  Phil,'  he  said,  '  with  all  his  faults  was 
too  good  a  fellow  to  go  anywhere  but  to  Heaven.  All  the  same  it'll  be  a  bitter  dis- 
appointment to  the  other  place.  The  first  thing  he  would  have  done  on  arrival  would 
have  been  to  stand  drinks  all  round,  and  you  know  they  sorely  need  the  refreshment.'  " 
— Sir  Henry  Lucy,  Nearing  Jordan. 

Michael  Maybrick,     1896- 1900.     Musician  and  composer. 


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*C.  D.  Medley.     1907. 

Arthur  Melville.     1890-1S96.    A.R.S.A.,  R.W.S.    Bom  1855;  died  1904. 
Painter,  chiefly  of  Egyptian  and  Spanish  people  and  scenery. 

Mortimer  Menpes.    1889-1896. 
*JoHN  Bernard  Mercer.    1887. 
*Emile  Ralph  Merton.     1893. 
Zachary  Merton.     1876-1915.     Born  1843;  died  1915. 
LUDWIG  Messel.     1895-1915.     Died  1915. 
*L.  C.  R.  Messell.     1897    O.B.E. 
Gilbert  Metcalfe.     1874-1884.    Painter. 
J.  Coutts  Michie.     1894-1919.     A.R.S.A.     Died  1920. 

A  very  amiable  character.  Though  somewhat  shy  and  retiring  he  was  a  good  talker 
when  his  interest  was  aroused.    His  death  is  much  regretted. 
E.  M.  Micholls.     1898-1910. 
*Mark  R.  Milbanke.     1908. 
Sir  John  Everett  Millais.     1878-1896.    Baronet.   P.R.A.   Born  1829;  died 
1896. 

Eighth  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  in  succession  to  Lord  Leighton. 
"  Millais  was  a  charming  companion  and  a  most  picturesque  conversationalist. 
His  wit  was  playful  and  boyish,  and  when  he  described  anything  the  description  had  all 
the  brilliant  rendering  we  find  in  his  pictures.  He  loved  sport,  he  enjoyed  all  kinds  of 
games.  To  the  last  he  was  a  joyous  and  engaging  companion." — Reminiscences  by 
Val  Prinsep,  contributed  to  the  Life  of  Millais  by  his  son. 

The  club  possesses  a  bust  of  Millais,  presented  by  Onslow  Ford,  R.A. 
Francis  D.  Millet.     1887- 19 10.     Died  12  April  191 2.     Painter. 

Drowned  in  the  Titanic.    A  most  fascinating  companion,  who  had  seen  much  of 
war  as  a  correspondent  of  art  newspapers. 
E.  A.  Minchin.     1899-1904.     Scientific. 
♦Arnold  Mitchell.    1899. 
Charles  Mitchell.     1880-1902.    Died  1902. 

One  of  the  young  painters  who  was  first  brought  into  notice  at  the  Grosvenor 
Gallery. 

*Professor  G.  Moira.     1905. 

H.  P.  Monckton.     1906-1910. 

Major  E.  A.  M.  Moncrieff.    1867-1875. 

A.  L.  Neven  du  Mont,     i  898-1905.    Painter. 

Edward  Brice  Stanley  Montefiore.     1887- 1895.    Painter. 

Leonard  Montefiore.     1879-1885.    Literary. 
*James  Edward  Montgomery.    1918. 


THE  MEMBERS  loi 

Albert  Moore.    1864-1893.    Born  184 1 ;  died  1S93. 

"  He  was  not  the  man  to  make  tlic  most  of  a  patron  and  then  in  urbane  and  jolly 
good  fellowship  pass  him  on  to  a  colleague.  The  social  dignities  and  commercial 
emoluments  attaching  to  artistry  he  utterly  ignored.  All  forms  of  patronage  were 
intolerable  to  him." — Baldry,  Life  of  Albert  Moore. 

"  Albert  Moore,  poor  fellow !  The  greatest  artist  that  in  the  century  England  might 
have  cared  for,  and  called  her  own!  How  sad  for  him  to  live  there — how  mad  to  die 
in  that  land  of  important  ignorance  and  Beadledom." — Whistler,  as  quoted  by  Baldry. 
"  Moore  was  a  man  of  a  difficult  temperament.  He  was  wedded  to  his  Art, 
devoted  to  its  communication,  was  intolerant  of  all  patronage  and  claimed  recognition 
by  pure  right  of  Art.  He  was  not  given  to  studying  his  words  when  in  a  critical  mood, 
and  was  clear  and  even  pungent  in  his  remarks  upon  painting  which  did  not  please 
him." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

*Ernest  Moore.    1917. 
Henry  Moore.     1881-1895.     R.A.    Born  1831;  died  1895. 

"  Henry  Moore  became /a/-f.vre'//c-w<?  the  p.iinter  of  the  sea,  and  no  modern  man, 
or  perhaps  no  artist  at  all,  has  ever  approached  him  in  his  special  capacity  to  render 
with  unerring  accuracy  and  magnificent  colour  the  ever-changing  moods  of  the  restless 
sea.  As  a  man  he  was  not  attractive,  and  he  failed  to  make  himself  popular;  his 
manners  and  speech  were  also  against  him." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

John  Collingham  Moore.    1870- 1872. 

"  His  works  were  full  of  tender  grace  and  delicacy,  with  perhaps  a  wider  scale  of 
colour  than  the  works  of  his  two  brothers.  They  consisted  chiefly  of  children  in 
water  colour,  and  Italian  landscapes." — G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  The  Inner  Life  of  the 
Royal  Academy. 

A.  Moor-Radford.     1 897- 1 909. 
Malcolm  Morris.    1889- 1892.    Literary. 

Philip  Richard  Morris.     1875-1901.    A. R.A.    Bom  1833;  died  1902. 
William  Morris.    1897- 1907. 
W.  Bright  Morris.     1884- 1896.    Fainter. 
Kenneth  M.  Morrison.    1900-1912.    Painter. 
*R.  E.  Morrison.     1909.    R.C.A. 
Edward  Morton.     1996-1901.     Professor  R.A.M. 
George  Mount.    1881-1885.    Musician. 

Edward  William  Mountford.     1904-1907.    Born  1855;  died  190S. 
Architect  of  the  Central  Criminal  Court. 

Lieut.  Philip  Mowbray.     1869-1871. 
W.  E.  Mozley.     1896-1914.     Died  1914. 
*W.  E.  Muir.     1900. 
William  Muller.     1874- 1884.     Musician. 


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J.  Howard  Mummery.    1888-1907.    M.R.C.S. 

Arthur  J.  Munby.    1866-1871. 

George  Frederick  MUNN.     1884-1891.    Painter. 

Arthur  Murcii.    1865-1877. 

•Sir  David  Murray.     1884.    R.A.,  P.R.I.,  H.R.S.A.,  R.W.S. 
*SiR  James  Murray.    1897. 

John  Murray.    1910-1913.    Architect. 

William  MuRRELL.     1886-1913.    M.D.,  F.R.C.P.    Died  1912. 

W.  B.  Myers-Beswick.     1895-1905.     C.E.     Died  1905. 


Frederick  W.  Nash.     1873-1902.    Died  1902. 
*W.  Hilton  Nash.     1901. 

GusTAV  Natorp.     1 884- 1 906. 

Gustav  Natorp  was  a  man  of  many  experiences.  Having  amassed  a  fortune  in 
commerce,  he  tried  sport,  but  found  it  unsatisfying,  and  then  studied  painting  in 
Paris,  with  sufficient  success  to  have  his  pictures  accepted  at  the  Salon.  Transferring 
his  residence  to  London,  he  devoted  himself  to  sculpture  and  exhibited  at  the  Royal 
Academy.  He  had  a  charming  house  and  studio  in  Ennismore  Gardens,  where  he 
exercised  a  liberal  hospitality,  his  dinners  being  excellent  and  each  course  served  on 
a  completely  different  set  of  very  beautiful  china.  He  wrote  a  clever  little  book  on 
cookery,  in  which  he  explained  how  to  cook  his  favourite  dish — roast  lobster.  He 
was  the  donor  to  the  Club  of  the  handsome  clock  which  adorns  the  drawing-room 
mantelpiece. 

*A.  F.  DE  Navarro.     1899. 
*J.  M.  DE  Navarro.    191 8. 
Charles  Vincent  Neale.     1873-1877.    Literary. 
*JOHN  A.  Neale.     1919.    D.C.L. 
*G.  Hall  Neale.     1908. 
*Arthur  John  Neame.     1919. 
W.  M.  Neill.     1897-1902. 
Patrick  Ness.    1896- 1905. 
John  Trivett  Nettleship.     1885-1902.     Born  1 841 ;  died  1903. 

"  His  many  pictures  of  wild  animals  were  remarkable  for  their  breadth  and  free- 
dom. His  beasts  were  always  vigorous  and  well-drawn,  thoroughly  alive  and  instinct 
with  action." — Brvan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

Edward  A.  Nevill.     1886-1893.     Artist  and  wood-carver. 
Hugh  Nevill.     1893-1896.     F.Z.S.,  F.R.A.S.     Died  1897. 
Literary  and  scientific. 


THE  MEMBERS  103 

Ralph  Nevill,     1877-1906.     F.S.A.,  F.R.I. B.A.     Architect. 
Writer  on  cottage  and  domestic  architecture. 

♦The  Duke  of  Newcastle.    1916. 
*Ernest  Newton.    1898.    R.A.,  C.B.E. 

William  Nicholl.     1892- 1896.     Professor  R.A.M.     Died  1896. 

Daniel  CuBiTT  Nichols.    1864-1877. 
*A.  K.  Nicholson.    1909. 

Charles  Linsday  Nicholson.     1885-1891.    Literary. 

David  Nicholson.     1881-1895.     M.D.     Literary  and  scientific. 

E.  Scott  Nicholson.    1906-1909. 
*Erskine  Nicol.    1909. 

*G.  NiCOLET.      1889. 

Capt.  F.  H.  W.  Nisbett.     1865-1871. 

Giuseppe  DE  NiTTis.     1876- 1878.    Died  1884.    Painter. 

Philip  Norman.    1876- 1907.    F.S.A. 
*Ernest  Normand.    1891. 
♦Arthur  Norris.    1911. 
*J.  W.  North.    1874.    A.R.A..  R.W.S. 

Frederick  Norton.    1920. 

John  Norton.     1863- 1889.     Original  Member. 
♦Arthur  Trevithan  Nowell.    1898.    R.I. 
♦Alfred  Noyes.    1916. 

John  O'Connor.     1876-1889.     Born  1S30;  died  1889. 
Architectural  and  scenic  painter. 

"Was  one  of  the  most  genial  and  hospitable  of  friends  and  one  of  the  most 
popular  men  in  his  profession." — D.N.B. 

W.  H.  O'Connor.    1866-1873. 

Andrew  V.  O'Dwyer.    1870-1883. 
♦Sir  James  Oddy.    1909. 
♦James  Ogston.     1896. 

Andrew  Oliver.     1899-1905.    Architect. 
♦Edmund  G.  Oliver.    1917. 

Harry  Oliver.    1870- 1873. 
♦Herbert  A.  Olivier.     1897.    R.P. 
♦Julius  Olsson.    1909.    R.A.,  P.R.O.I.,  J.P. 

James  Orange.    1909-1915. 


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Sir  William  OuillerOrchardson.  1866-1909.  R.A.  Born  1832;  died  1910. 

Painter  of  historical  pictures  and  dramatic  scenes  of  social  life. 
"  Of  distinguished  appearance,  if  of  slight  physique,  Orchardson  was  very  active 
and  lithe.     He  was  a  keen  angler,  especially  with  the  dry  fly,  and  latterly  took  to 
golf;  indoors  he  played  billiards,  and  talked  with  penetrating  insight." — D.N.B. 
*Francis  Ormond.     1905. 
Vandeleur  Ormsby.     1 883- 1 896.     Painter. 
*SiR  William  Orpen.     1916.    R.A.,  R.I.,  K.B.E. 
*A.  J.  Orr.     1917. 

James  Orrock.     1874-1912.     R.I.      Born  1830;  died  1913. 
Landscape  painter  and  art  collector. 

*Charles  Churchill  Osborne.    1918. 
James  RiGBY  Osgood.     1889-1892.     Literary. 

A  charming  personality,  delighting  in  the  society  of  the  many  artists  who  were 
his  friends  at  the  Club. 

Arthur  Louis  Oswald.  1892- 1899.  Painter. 
Walter  William  Ouless.  1873-1912.  R.A. 
Frederick  Ouvry.     1865-1880.    F.S.A.    Born  1814;  died  1881. 

Antiquary  and  writer  on  archaeological  subjects.     A  collector  of  manuscripts, 
autographs,  and  early  printed  books,  who  frequently  issued  at  his  own  expense  fac- 
similes of  rare  publications.     His  literary  and  antiquarian  acquisitions,  when  sold  by 
auction  after  his  death,  realized  over  p^6,ooo. 
W.  H.  Overend.     1 886- 1 898.     R.I.     Died  1898. 

A  painter  and  black-and-white  artist  of  great  ability;  held  in  affection  by  every 
member  of  the  Club. 
Sir  Isambard  Owen.     1897-1913.     M.D.     Scientific 
*Segar  Owen.    1919. 
Lt.-Col.  J.  S.  OXLEY.     1 869- 1 88 1.    Died  1881. 


William  Padgett.     1891-1903.    Died  1903.    Painter. 

His  landscapes  of  cliff  scenery  and  Sussex  downs  were  sure  of  a  place  on  the  line 
at  the  Grosvenor  Gallery. 

George  Gordon  Page.     1875-1885.     F.R.G.S.    Died  1885.    Civil  engineer. 
*Francis  Howard  Paget.  1919. 
*Barry  Pain.    1902. 

Cornelius  H.  Paine.    1897-19x5. 

W.  M.  Palin.    1907-1917. 

A.  Z.  Palmer.     1863-1871.     Original  Member. 
*J.  Lynwood  Palmet;.     1918.     R.O.I. 


THE  MEMBERS  105 

Sutton  Palmer.     1881-1885.     R-I-     I'ainter  in  water-colours. 
Walter  Paris.     1872-1875.    Architect. 
Frank  Rawley  Parker,     i  868-1 879. 
*CoL.  John  Parker.     1913.    C.B.,  D.L. 
John  Parker.     1876-1915.     R.W.S.     Born  1839;  died  1915. 

Painter  in  water-colours;  professor  of  painting  and  examiner  under  the  Board  of 
Education. 

Robert  William  Parker.     1884- 1893.    Literary  and  scientific. 

W.  Frye  Parker.     1896-1918.     Professor  R.A.M. 

J.  C.  Parkinson.    1864- 1869. 

Alfred  Parsons.     1880-1920.    R.A.,  P.R.W.S.    Born  1847;  died  1920. 

"  The  Royal  Water  Colour  Society  loses  in  him  a  President  whose  amiability, 
keen  sense  of  justice,  and  business  capacity  made  him  invaluable  to  his  colleagues. 
His  joy  was  in  gardens  and  in  flowers,  and  he  not  only  painted  gardens,  but  designed 
them  with  skill  and  success,  as  many  country  houses  can  bear  witness.  The  care 
which  he  devoted  to  the  painting  of  flowers  was  astonishing;  his  friends  tell  of  a 
simple  narcissus  on  which  he  was  engaged  off  and  on  for  years,  trying  it  in  all  lights 
and  from  every  angle." — The  Times  obituary  notice. 

Parsons  was  a  most  valuable  member  of  the  Club,  where  he  will  be  much  missed. 
He  was  not  often  in  London  latterly,  as  he  loved  his  garden  at  Broadway  too  well 
to  leave  it  for  long;  but  when  he  did  come  to  town  on  business  connected  with  the 
R.A.  or  the  R.W.S.  he  never  failed  to  put  in  as  much  time  as  he  could  spare  at  the 
Club,  where  he  keenly  enjoyed  a  game  of  billiards  or  snooker  with  his  old  friends, 

*Clement  Valentine  Parsons.      1917. 
♦Alfred  A.  de  Pass.    1918. 
*Herbert  Passmore.    1905. 

Alfred  Patullo.    1911-1912. 

C.  A.  Payne.     1870-1871. 
*C.  Stanley  Peache.     1914. 
*G.  Alan  Peache.     1895. 
*Ralph  Peacock.    1902. 
♦Charles  Morisco  Pearce.     1901. 

W.  P.  Pearce.     1866- 1873. 

Henry  H.  S.  Pearse.     1902-1904.     War  correspondent. 
*Frank  L.  Pearson.    1902. 

George  Cullen  Pearson.    1888-1891.    Literary. 

John  Loughborough  Pearson.     1883-1895.    R.A.    Bom  1817;  died  1897. 

Architect  of  Truro  Cathedral,  restorer  of  Westminster  Abbey  and  of  several 

cathedrals  and  churches.    A  water-colour  painter  of  architectural  views  of  cathedrals. 

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"  A  man  of  moderate  height  and  pleasant  aspect,  with  a  full  beard  and  moustache, 
and  gentle,  expressive  eyes.  Though  far  from  unsociable,  he  was  unusually  retiring." 
—D.N.B. 

G.  T.  Peevor.     1 863- 1 887.     Original  Member. 
*Fred  Pegram.     1918. 

Henry  Alfred  Pegram.    1904-1909.    A.R.A.    Sculptor. 
Hon.  a.  L.  Pelham.     1896- 1906. 

Carlo  Pellegrini.    1874-1888.    Born  1838;  died  1889.    Caricaturist— "Ape." 
"  During  his  residence  in  London,  Pellegrini's  gay  and  genial  temper  endeared 
him  to  all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact."— Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

"Till  1889  Carlo  Pellegrini  of  'Vanity  Fair,'  the  most  original  caricaturist  of  his 
day,  entertained  and  exercised  his  brethren  of  the  Arts  Club  with  the  humours  and 
antics  of  a  Neapolitan  lazzarone." — T.  H.  S.  Escott,  Club  Makers  and  Club  Members. 
"  Pellegrini  '  Ape '  was  a  club  jester.  Nothing  he  said  gave  offence.  He  said 
everything  in  such  a  quaint,  un-English  way  that  every  remark  of  his  was  greeted  with 
a  roar.  As  a  caricaturist  he  was  inimitable.  Pellegrini  was  the  Whistler  of  caricature 
and  of  epigram,  or  what  was  accepted  as  epigram,  which,  if  delivered  by  an  English- 
man without  Pellegrini's  accent  and  foreign  mannerism,  might  strike  one  as  rather 
coarse  commonplaces." — Harry  Furniss,  My  Bohemian  Days. 

Francis  George  Penrose.     1888-1901.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*George  Steele  Perkins.     1910.    M.D. 
*C.  H.  Perrott.     1900. 
C.  E.  Peruginl     1865-1918.     Born  1839;  died  1918. 

Born  in  Naples,  studied  art  in  Italy  and  in  Paris  under  Ary  Scheffer.  He  came 
to  England,  was  naturalized,  and  married  Miss  Kate  Dickens,  daughter  of  Charles 
Dickens.  He  was  an  intimate  friend  of  Leighton  and  Millais.  A  member  of  the 
Club  for  over  fifty  years  and  at  one  time  a  constant  frequenter,  he  was  beloved  for 
his  sweet  temper,  and  his  charming  Italian  courtesy,  and  though  advancing  years  and 
failing  health  had  latterly  prevented  his  attendance,  his  death  was  much  regretted  by 
his  numerous  friends.     His  widow  kindly  presented  one  of  his  pictures  to  the  Club. 

Harold  Peto.     1886- 1892. 
*Harold  A.  Peto.     1897. 
*Graiiam  Petrie.     1898.    R.I. 
John  Pettie.     1877-1892.     R.A.     Born  1839;  died  1893. 

"  Honest,  kindly,  and  plain-spoken,  he  hated  everything  that  savoured  of  sham 
and  hypocrisy.  He  was  breezy  and  unaffected  in  presence  and  manner;  in  the  hey- 
day of  his  success  preserving  the  eagerness  and  simplicity  of  his  youth.  He  possessed 
a  never-failing  flow  of  good  spirits,  and  to  be  with  him  was  like  basking  in  cheerful 
sunshine.  He  strode  through  life  buoyantly  and  blithely,  his  vitality  and  his  cheery 
voice  were  inspiriting  to  all  whom  he  met  by  the  way." — Hardie,  Life  of  John 
Fcttie,  R.A. 


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John  Samuel  Phen£.     1875-1884.    LL.D.    Literary. 
*CoLiN  Bent  Phillip.     1907.    R.W.S. 
Sir  John  Phillips.     1896-1919.    M.D. 
W.  C.  Phillips.     1871-1887.    Died  1887. 
J.  L.  Pickering.     1895-1912.    Died  1912. 

Daniel  Pidgeon.     1888- 1900.     Literary  and  Scientific. 
Sidney  Pilkington.     1903-1905.     Painter.     Died  1905. 
*Arthur  W.  Pilleau.     1882. 
Frederick  Startin  Pilleau.    1883-1885. 
Henry  Pilleau.     1878-1899.    Died  1899. 

Army   surgeon.      A   clever   amateur   water-colourist,   who  painted   pictures   of 
Egyptian  scenery. 

*Eric  S.  Pinker.     1914. 
*J.  B.  Pinker.     1906. 

Herbert  W.  Piper.     1897-1898.     Painter. 

E.  B.  PiTCHFORD.     1863-1S75.     Original  Member. 
*W.  A.  PiTE.     1905. 

G.  Newton  Pitt.     1900-1905.    M.D. 

Edward  Plasket.     i  863-1 871.     Original  Member. 

William  Playfair.     1882-1887.    M.D.    Scientific. 
*SiR  William  Plender.     1911.    G.B.E. 

Rowland  Plumbe.    1871-1873. 

Charles  Plummer.     1870- 1879. 

Stephen  Plummer.     1870- 1873. 
*W.  J.  R.  PocHiN.     1895.    M.A. 

Charles  Henry  Poingdestre.    1879-1891.    Painter.    Died  1905. 

Formerly  President  of  the  British  Academy  in  Rome. 

Frederick  Pollak.    1873-1918.    Died  1919. 
DiGHTON  N.  Pollock.     1905-1911. 
*Frederick  William  Pomeroy.     1900.    R.A. 
George  Vivian  Poore.     1875-1883.    Scientific. 
GusTAVE  Pope,     i  877-1900.     Painter. 
Jules  Porges.    1874-1884. 

Horace  Porter.     1896-1917.     Architect.     Died  1917. 
John  Laslett  Pott.     1868-1896.     Born  1837;  died  1901. 

Began  life  as  an  architect,  but  became  a  painter  of  historical  subjects. 

*F.  A.  Powell.    1896. 


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Sir  Francis  Powell.     1865-1914.    R.W.S.    Bom  1833;  died  1914. 

Was  the  first  President  and  practically  the  Founder  of  the  Royal  Scottish  Society 
of  Painters  in  Water  Colours.     He  painted  principally  the  sea  and  Scotch  lochs. 

*L.  H.  Powell.    1897. 
*Lewis  Powell.     1900. 
*R.  L.  Powell.     1900. 
Harold  L.  Power.     1866- 1875. 
*J.  VV.  Power.    1911. 
Ambrose  Macdonald  POYNTER.     1889-1894.     Architect. 
Sir  Edward  John  Poynter.     1863-1877.     Bart.     G.C.V.O.,  P.R.A.     An 
Original  Member.     Born  1836;  died  1919. 

Ninth  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  from  1896,  when  he  succeeded  Sir  John 
Millais.     Director  of  the  National  Gallery  from  1S94  to  1905. 

"  Sir  Edward  Poynter  was  a  deeply  learned  man,  with  an  astonishing  memory. 
He  was  an  indefatigable  worker.  During  his  last  few  days  when  he  became  too  ill 
to  work,  he  would  say  to  his  family  who  lovingly  waited  upon  him,  '  I  must  get  down 
to  my  studio.  I  have  left  some  work  unfinished.'  He  had  many  hobbies.  He 
knew  all  about  birds,  the  treasures  of  the  sea,  and  above  all,  flowers  and  plant  life. 
His  beautiful  garden  was  his  unfailing  delight ;  enclosed  by  old  trees,  with  long 
stretches  of  lawn  leading  to  shady  walks  and  little  summer  houses,  it  afforded  him 
endless  subjects  for  water-colour  sketches.  Roses  flourished  everywhere,  with  old- 
fashioned  borders  of  violas,  carnations,  and  fuchsias.  Indeed,  every  flower  seemed 
to  grow  in  Sir  Edward's  garden.  But  the  garden  since  he  left  it,  though  it  is  gay  with 
blossom,  does  not  seem  the  same  without  the  master  who  planned  its  beauty." — 
Obituary  notice  in  The  Morning  Post,  28  July  1919. 

Sir  William  Henry  Preece.     1871-1905.    F.R.S.    Born  1834;  died  191 3. 
Engineer  in  chief  to  the  General  Post  Office.    A  great  authority  on  telegraphs  and 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  wireless  telegraphy. 

Arthur  H.  D.  Prendergast.     1873-1S80. 
*  Andrew  N.  Prentice.     1898. 
*C.  B.  Prescott.     1907. 
David  S.  Price.     1864- 1888.    Ph.D. 
Marmaduke  Prickett.     1 893- 1 896.    lYI.D. 
*Anthony  Prinsep.     1920. 

Valentine  Cameron  Prinsep.      1863- 1904.      R.A.      Original    Member. 
Born   1838;  died  1904. 

"Prinsep  possessed  versatile  accomplishments,  social  gifts,  and  great  physical 
strength."— Z>.iV:^. 

"  Prinsep  was  conspicuous  by  his  height,  by  the  large  muscular  development  of 
his  frame,  by  his  fluffy  hair  and  the  vivacity  of  his  countenance,  and  he  was  popular 


THE  MEMBERS  rog 

with  everybody  on  account  of  his  affability,  generosity,  and  the  straightforward 
heartiness  of  his  manner.  The  characters  and  dispositions  of  very  many  of  the 
greatest  masters  of  the  art  throughout  all  ages  have  occasionally  been  marred  by 
egotism  and  by  feelings  of  jealousy  entertained  towards  their  contemporaries.  From 
any  weakness  of  this  kind  Val  Prinsep  was  absolutely  free.  I  knew  him  intimately 
for  many  years  and  can  truly  say  that  I  never  heard  from  his  lips  a  single  depreciatory 
remark  or  an  ill-natured  sarcasm  about  any  of  his  fellow-artists  or  their  works.  He 
was  a  lively  and  amusing  conversationalist,  an  ever-welcome  guest  both  in  the  highest 
circles  of  Society  and  at  the  Bohemian  supper-parties  of  the  fraternity  of  artists  in 
St.  John's  Wood."— G.  D.  Leslie,  R.A.,  The  Inner  Life  of  the  Royal  Academy. 
The  club  possesses  a  fine  example  of  Prinsep's  work. 

William  Renton  Prior.     1900-1905.    Journalist. 

John  Lumsden  Propert.     1889-1902.     M.B.     Died  1902.     Scientific. 

J.  W.  Prow.se.     1 866- 1 869. 

T.  E.  Pryce.     1 866-1917.     Died  191 7. 

Peter  Paul  Pugin.     1896-1904.     Architect. 

Frederick  Puzey.    1875-1906.    Painter. 

♦Arthur  Rackham.     1904.    R.W.S. 

F.  A.  Radcliffe.     1 898-1 899.     Died  1899. 
Arthur  Radford.    1897- 1899. 

Paul  Adolph  Rajon.     1875-1885.     Born  1842;  died  1888. 
William  Ralston  Sheddon  Ralston.     1865-1888.     M.A. 

Born  1828  ;  died  1889.     Writer  on  Russian  history,  songs,  and  folklore. 
Capt.  J.  A.  Ramsey.     1866- 1880. 
Alberto  Randegger.     1868-1907.    Bom  1832  ;  died  1911. 

Native  of  Trieste.    Musical  composer,  conductor,  and  teacher  of  singing. 

*W.  B.  E.  Ranken.     191 8.     R.I. 
*Sir  Reginald  Rankin.     1917.    Bart. 
John  Samuel  Raven.     1871-1877.    Born  1829;  died  1877. 
Landscape  painter. 

Leonard  Raven-Hill.     1913-1915.    Artist.    "  Punch "  cartoonist. 

G.  Sidney  Read.     1896- 1904.    Literary. 
♦Herbert  Read.     1897. 

Charles  Reade.     1863-1873.     Original  Member.     Born  1814;  died  1884. 

"Reade's  personal  appearance  was  striking;  he  was  over  six  feet  in  height,  and 
was  of  athletic  and  vigorous  build.  His  genial  countenance,  boisterous  manner,  im- 
patience of  criticism,  and  impulsive  generosity  all  helped  to  make  his  personality 
attractive."— ZJ.A".^. 


no  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Francis  Reckitt.    1895-1904. 
*F.  W.  Reckitt.     1907. 

Charles  F.  Reddie.     1896-1897.     Professor  R.A.M. 

J.  B.  Redman.     1864-1881.    F.R.G.S. 
♦Arthur  T.  Redmayne.     1895. 
*HuGH  Redmayne.     1903. 

Alfred  German  Reed.      1882-1887.     Born  1847;  died  1895. 

Actor  and  Society  entertainer. 
SirE.  J.  Reed.     1872-1875.     K.C.B.,  M.P.     Born  1830;  died  1906. 
Naval  architect  and  Chief  Constructor  to  the  Navy. 
*Edward  Gordon  Reeve.     1917.    M.R.C.S. 
*JOHN  R.  Reid.     1894.    R.I. 
Anthony  Adams  Reilly.     1864-1S79. 
Julius  Reiss.    1874-1883. 
*Arthur  Davies  Rendall.    1910. 

E.  Banks  Rennie.    1865-1873. 
*JOHN  Assheton  Rennie.     1920. 

W.Reynolds-Stephens.    1900-1914.    Painter  and  Sculptor. 

H.  W.  Rhodes.     1888-1913. 

Henry  Brindlev  Richards.     1864-1869.     Born  1819;  died  18S5. 
Pianist  and  Composer  of  "  God  bless  the  Prince  of  Wales." 
"  Especially  devoted  himself  to  Welsh  music,  upon  which  he  lectured." — Grove, 
Dictionary  of  Music. 

Sir  Benjamin  Ward  Richardson.     1S81-1896.    M.A.,  M.D.,  F.R.S.    Died 
1896.     Literary  and  scientific. 

Wrote  largely  on  hygienic  subjects  and  temperance,  of  which  he  was  a  fervent 
advocate. 

F.  S.  Richardson.     1891-1913.    Artist. 

John  Isaac  Richardson.    1882-1890.    Painter. 
^Leonard  Richmond.     1918.    R.B.A. 

Sir  William  Blake  Richmond.     1897-1906.    R.A.,  K.C.B.,  D.C.L. 

E.  L.  Rickards.     1905- 1909.     Architect. 

Leonard  Charles  Riddett.     1875-1906.    Architect. 
*Lacy  W.  Ridge.     1873. 

Matthew  White  Ridley.    1878-1888.    Died  1888. 

The  career  of  Matthew  White  Ridley  may  serve  to  illustrate  the  ups  and  downs 
of  an  artist's  life.  He  had  at  one  time  a  burst  of  success  as  a  portrait  painter,  and  had 
as  many  commissions  as  he  could  execute.  The  ball  of  fortune  seemed  at  his  feet. 
Then  came  a  change  of  luck.  His  pictures  were  not  so  successful  at  the  Academy 


THE  MEMBERS  in 

exhibitions;  another  man,  a  friendly  rival,  came  with  a  bound  to  the  front,  and  the 
tide  of  fashion  with  proverbial  fickleness  flowed  in  other  directions.    Ridley  was  a  man 
of  resource,  and  turned  with  a  certain  amount  of  success  to  black  and  white  work,  and 
to  etching;  he  took  a  beautiful  old  house  at  Chiswick,  and  opened  an  Art  School. 
From  small  beginnings  the  school  attained  considerable  popularity,  and  Ridley  was 
again  on  the  high  road  to  fortune.    Unfortunately  his  career  was  cut  short,  and  he  died 
at  a  comparatively  early  age. 
Major  Alec  Lionel  RiDPATii.     1910-1911.    Died  191 1.    Literary. 
*E.  Guy  RiDPATH.     191 1. 
*Harold  Ridpatii.     1919. 
*James  L.  Ridpath.     1870. 
A.  Wallace  Rimington.     i 897-1917.     Died  1917.     Fainter. 
*J.  Frank  Rinder.    1898. 
Charles  E.  Ritchie.    1897-1904.    Artist. 
Victor  Chevally  de  Rivaz.     1869-1891. 
Leopold  Rivers.     1896-1905.     Died  1905.     Artist. 
*HuGH  G.  RiviiiRE.    1907. 
*Philip  Lyle  Riviere.     1917. 

Alex  Rivington.     1863-1888.     Original  Member. 
*W.  A.  Rixon.     1893. 
Ellis  W.  Roberts.     1900-1911.    Painter. 
W.  Chandler  Roberts-Austin.     1875-1895.     F.R.S.,  C.B. 
Born  1843;  died  1902.     Metallurgist  and  chemist  to  the  Mint. 

"  His  attractive  personality  made  him  socially  popular,  he  had  a  keen  sense  of 
humour,  and  was  an  admirable  imm[c."~~D.N^.£. 

Arthur  Robertson,    i  888-1 895. 

Edward  C.  Robins.     1887-1891.     F.S.A.     Architect. 

Gerald  Robinson.     1894- 1896.     Painter  and  engraver. 

James  G.  Robinson.    1865-1877. 

Walter  Robinson.    1866-1871. 

Sir  W.  Robinson.    1898-1907.    G.C.M.G. 

E.  R.  Robson.     1898-1911.     F.S.A.     Died  191 1.     Architect. 

Col.  S.  V.  A.  Roden.    1867-1882.    M.P. 
*Fred  Roe.    1899.    R.I. 
*F.  Gordon  Roe.    1919. 
*G.  A.  F.  Rogers.    1914. 

James  Edward  Rogers.     1875-1895.    Architect. 
*G.  C.  Roller.    1897. 


112  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

*J.  Harold  Roller.    1897. 
*J.  W.  Rollins.     1900.    R.B.S. 
Julius  Rolsiiover.    1897- 1899. 
*H.  G.  RooTH.    1902. 

A  FRED  ROSCOE.      1902-1914. 

H.  L.  RoscoE.     1897-1913.     Died  1914. 

Capt.  Algernon  Winter  Rose.     1910-1918.    M.C.    Died  1918.    Architect. 
*Charles  Edward  Rose.    191 3. 

Henry  R.  Rose.      1893-1911.     Professor  R.A.M. 

Capt.  J.  E.  T.  Ross.     1863-1875.     Original  Member. 

Major  Thomas  H.  Rossall.     1875-1883. 

Henry  Rougier.     1867-1877. 

Bartholomew  Rous.    1873- 1892.    Artist. 

Edmund  Routledge.     1864- 1869.     Publisher. 
♦Allan  Francis  Royds.     1910. 

Max  Arnaud  Ruffer.     i 894-1896.     M.D.     Scientific. 

R.  H.  Kennerley  Rumford.     1897-1912.     Singer. 

AlmaRIC  Rumsey.     1 863- 1 872.     Original  Member. 

Frank  M.  Russell.    1870- 1896.    Died  1896. 
*James  Risien  Russell.    1913.    M.D.,  F.R.C.P. 
*N.  M.  Russell.     1918. 
*Norman  Scott  Russell.    1867. 

W.  M.  Russell.    1909-1914. 
*Walter  VV.  Russell.     1919.    A.R.A. 

Edward  Rutter.    1876-1890. 

Gerald  H.  Ryan.     1897-1905.    Scientific. 
♦Vivian  Desmond  Ryan.     1917. 

Arthur  J.  Ryle.     1899-1914.    Died  1914.     Painter. 

W.  Dendy  Sadler.     1885-1909.    Painter. 
*H.  E.  Saffery.     1897. 
J.  Herbert  Saffery.    1896-1912.    Died  1912. 
Charles  P.  Sainton.     1887-1892.    Painter. 
Prosper  Sainton.   1889-1890.  Born  181 3  ;  died  1890. 
Violinist  and  musical  composer. 

"  An  eminent  violin  player,  born  at  Toulouse.   He  was  leader  of  the  orchestra  at 
Covent  Garden,  and  conductor  of  the  State  Band,  and  violin  soloist  to  Queen  Victoria. 


THE  MEMBERS  113 

He  married  Miss  Dolby,  the  well-known  English  contralto  singer." — Grovk,  Diclioiiary 
of  Music. 
*Ernest  Salaman.     1912. 
*Frank  O.  Salisbury.     1914. 

Edward  Salomons.     1S83-1886.     Architect. 
*Laurence  Salt.     1918. 

Walter  E.  Samkson.     1896-1909. 
*W.  A.  Sanders.     1900. 

Rev.  J.  E.  Sandys.  1898- 1902.  M.A. 
*JoiiN  Singer  Sargent.  1885.  R.A. 
*Adrian  St.  Johnstone.     191 3. 

Howard  Saunders.     1876-1906.    F.L.S.     l^orn  1835;  died  1907. 

Ornithologist,  traveller,  and  writer  on  natural  iiistory.    Editor  of  "  Yarrell's  British 
Birds." 

Emile  Sauret.     1892-1909.     Profes.sor  R.A.M. 

"  His  playing  was  distinguished  by  the  grace  and  elegance  of  the  French  school, 
to  which  is  added  a  conscientious  handling  of  the  classics.  A  thorough  musician,  and 
has  written  a  large  amount,  including  an  excellent  method  for  the  violin." — Grove, 
Dictionary  of  Music. 

*Ernest  Savory.     1917. 
*RoiiERT  Schaltz-VVein.     1920. 

William  Lutley  Schater.     1887-1896.    Scientific. 

Max  Schlesinger.     1S65-1880. 

London  correspondent  of  the  "Cologne  Gazette."   A  great  authority  on  inter- 
national politics  and  finance. 

*Walter  M.  Schlesinger.    1895. 
Adolpii  Schloesser.     1885-1906.     Professor  R.A.M. 
Carl  Schloesser.    1878-1914.    Died  1914.    Painter. 
Paul  Schloesser.     1898-1914. 

SiGISMUND  SCHLOSS.      1905-1914. 

Herman  SciiMiECHEM.     1893-1899.    Artist. 
*J.  W.  SCHOFIELD.     1919.     R.I.,  R.B.A. 

Sir  John  H.  W.  Schroder.     1865-1896.     Baron,  Bart,  C.V.O. 

G.  C.  Schwabe.     1 870- 1 882. 

H.  Thackeray  Schwabe.    1891-1896.    Painter. 
*L.  Gustave  Schwabe.    1909. 
*James  B.  Scott.     1910. 

Russell  Scott.    1866-1871.    Junior. 


114  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

William  Dundas  Scott-Moncrief.     1876-1885.     Literary  and  scientific. 
Henry  Seebohm.     1879- 1895.    Zoologist. 
Wrote  on  birds  and  on  Siberia. 

*Edgar  Seligman.     1897. 
*Georges  Seligman.    191 5. 
*George  H.  Sephton.     1900. 
*Arthur  Serena.    1897. 

Charles  C.  Seton.     i 888-1 896.     Painter. 
*Agnew  Ruskin  Severn.     1918. 

♦Arthur  P.  Severn.     1863.     R.I.,  J. P.     Original  Member. 
♦Herbert  Severn.     1912. 

Walter  Severn.     1879- 1893.    Born  1830;  died  1904. 

Water-colour  painter  and  Founder  of  the  Dudley  Art  Society. 

George  Seymour.     1872-1886.     Literary  and  scientific 

William  Shakespeare.     1884-1905.    Professor  R.A.M. 
*James  Jebusa  Shannon.     1889.    R.A. 
*J.  Roxburgh  Sharman.     1917. 

J.  Schutz  Sharman.     1904-1915.     M.R.C.S.     Scientific. 
*Percy  Victor  Sharman.    1917. 
*Charles  Bousfield  Shaw.     1918. 

J.  Byam  Sha\v.     1899-1914.     Died  191 5.     Painter. 

T.  F.  M.  Sheard.     1900-1909.     R.B.A.     Painter. 
*Claude  A.  Shepperson.     1897.     A.R.A.,  A.R.W.S. 
*Derek  Shepperson.     1919. 

Henry  Shield.     1867- 1896. 

Charles  Herbert  Shoppee.     1881-1884.     Architect. 
*SiR  Frank  Short.     191 2.     R.A.,  R.I. 

W.  Edmund  Siberth.     1866-1897. 

Walter  SiCKERT.     1888-1893.     Painter  and  writer  on  art. 

Samuel  Sidley.     1878- 1894.     R.B.A.     Born  1S29;  died  1896. 

Herbert  Sidney.     1898-1906.    Artist. 

Alexander  Siemens.     1S97-1907.     Scientific. 

James  SiME.     1873-1883.     Born  1843;  died  1895.     Critic  and  journalist. 

Blackhall  Simmonds.     1870-1909. 

W.  G.  Simmonds.     1909-1911. 

St.  Clair  Simmons.     1899-1899.    Died  1899. 

F.J.Simpson.     1893-1895.     Mus.B.     Musician. 


THE  MEMBERS  115 

*F.  M.  Simpson.    1908. 

John  W.  SlMTSON.     1893-1911.     Architect. 
*JONATHAN  Simpson.     191 5.     R.I.B.A. 
*  William  Begg  Simpson.     1914. 

Douglas  B.  W.  Sladen.    1886- 1894. 

Journalist  and  writer,  principally  of  books  of  travel. 

*Major  Paul  A.  Sle.ssor.     1898. 

Edward  Hugh  Lindsay  Sloper.      1863-1869.      Born    1826;    died   18S7. 
Original  Member. 

Composer  and  teacher  of  the  pianoforte. 

*M.  de  Smet-de-Naeyer.     191S. 

Basil  WooDD  Smith.     1870-1871. 
*C.  Turley  Smith.     1920. 

Edward  Smith.     1876-1899.    B.A.    Artist. 

George  Smith.    1870-1893. 

Herman  Sahth.     1863- 1874.     Original  Member. 

Herman  Southwood  Smith.     1863-1897.     Original  Member.     Died  1897. 

James  William  Smith.     1875-1884.     Artist. 
*OwEN  Hugh  Smith,     1918. 

R.  BiNNS  Smith.     1895-1898.     Died  1899. 

T.  Roger  Smith.     1885-1896.    F.R.I.B.A. 

Professor  of  architecture  at  University  College. 

W.  BiNNS  Smith.     1S70-1875. 
*W.  Lawrence  Smith.     1917. 

Hon.  M.  L.  C.  Smyth.    1872-1875. 

Lionel  P.  Smythe.     1900-1917.    R.A.,  R.W.S.    Born  1840;  died  1918. 

George  Snell.    1868-1892. 

Albert  Solomon.    1899-1905. 
*Lewis  Solomon.    1897. 

Simeon  Solomon.    1866-1871. 
*SoLOMON  Joseph  Solomon.    1887.    R.A. 

The  club  possesses  a  fine  picture  by  Solomon  of  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell  in  the 
character  of  "  The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray." 

Ernest  van  Someren.    1896-1905. 
*James  Sorley.     1897. 

Arthur  Southey.     1870-1895. 
*C.  Elmer  Southwell.    1897. 


ii6  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

John  George  Sowerby.     1882- 1887.    Fainter. 
Charles  E.  Sparrow.     1878-1895.     Director  of  R.A.M. 
*Charlton  Templeman  Speer.     1886. 
William  Henry  Speer.     1893-1899.     Musical. 

*R0BERT  SPENCE.      1 899.      R.E. 

*W.  C.  Spence.     1902.  • 

*AuGUSTUs  Spencer.     1905. 

*Beckwith  A.  Spencer.     1915.    M.A.,  F.S.A. 

*F.  Spenlove  Spenlove.     1895.     R.C.A.,  R.I.,  R.O.I. 

Henry  Spicer.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 
*SiR  Isidore  Spielmann.     1895.    F.S.A. 
*Marion  H.  Spielmann.     1894. 
*Percy  E.  Spielmann.     1915. 

R.  Phene  Spiers.     1870-1914.     F.S.A.     Born  1S3S;  died  1916. 

Architect  and  writer  on  architectural  subjects.    Editor  of  Ferguson's  "  History  of 
Architecture." 

Walter  L.  Spiers.     1881-1916.    Died  1917.     Architect. 
Sidney  Spokes,     i  895-1904.    M.R.C.S.    Scientific. 
Charles  E.  Squarey.     1863-1873.     M.D.     Oric^inal  Member. 
John  Shenton  Stand.     1897-1918.     Artist  and  journalist. 
Antony  C.  Staunns.     1898- 1905.    Painter. 
*CoL.  J.  Stayers.     1918.    M.V.O. 
James  Peddie  Steele.     1912-1918.     M.D.     Journalism  and  science. 
G.  Walter  Steeves.     1914-1915.     B.A.,  M.D.    Died  1915. 
Literary  and  scientific. 

H.  Herbert  Stepney.     1872- 1873. 
E.  C.  Sterling.     1863- 1880.     Original  Member. 
J.  Ashby  Sterry.      1865-1872.     Punch's  "  Lazy  Minstrel." 
C.  N.  Stevens.    1898-1905. 
Leicester  B.  Stevens.     1897- 1898.    Engineer. 
Alexander  Sharman  Stevenson.     1869-1899.    Died  1900. 
Archibald  Stevenson.     1875-1877. 
Fred  James  Steven.SON.     1874-1877.     Literary. 
John  J.  Stevenson.    1870- 1886.    M.A. 
Nathaniel  Stevenson.     1874- 1880. 
*Charles  E.  Stewart.     1898. 
Sir  Purvis  Stewart.     1911-1914.    M.D.    Scientific. 


THE  MEMBERS  117 

Arthur  Stirling.    1883-1885.    Actor. 
F.R.  Stock.     1873- 1882.     Artist. 

Bram  Stoker.     1886-1896.     Born  1848;  died  1912.    Actor  emd  novelist. 
Secretary  and  biographer  of  Sir  H.  Irving. 

*  Adrian  Stokes.     1881.    R.A. 
*Antony  Stokes.     1919. 
♦Leonard  Stokes.     1898. 
*PniLip  S.  Stokes.    1896. 
*SiR  Wilfrid  Stokes.     1919.    K.B.E. 
"'Christopher  Stone.     1919. 
*Marcus  Stone.     1866.    R.A. 
George  Adolpiius  Storey.    1874-1895.    R.A.    Died  1919. 

"  Storey  was  an  agreeable  companion  and  a  pu[)iilar  man.    His  book  of  '  Sketches 
from  Memory'  shows  that  from  early  life  he  had  been  a  shrewd  observer  of  men  and 
things,  and  that  he  was  gifted  with  a  keen  sense  of  humour.    He  survived  most  of  his 
contemporaries  in  the  art  world,  but  those  who  remain  as  well  as  men  of  a  younger 
generation  will  greatly  regret  his  \o^s."^The  Times,  obituary  notice. 
Edward  Stott.     1896-1917.     A. R.A.     Born  1856;  died  1918, 
*Everard  Stourton.     1897. 
*Henry  Straker.     1900. 

*Edward  Fairbrother  Strange.     1900.    C.B.E. 
*Granville  Streatfield.     1914. 

George  Edmund  Street.     1865-1870.    R.A.    Bom  1824;  died  1881. 
Architect  of  the  Law  Courts. 

"  He  was  strongly  built,  and  his  capacity  for  work  was  inexhaustible.  Throughout 
life  he  took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  chief  high-church  organizations,  and 
was  devoted  to  clerical  music.  He  lived  in  personal  contact  with  the  Pre-Raphaelite 
and  kindred  artists." — D.N.B. 

Arthur  E.  Vansittart  Strettell.     1872- 1880. 
Philip  E.  Stretton.     1899-1911.     Artist. 
Charles  Stuart.    1885-1905.    Artist. 
*Thomas  Walker  Stubbs.     1919. 
Jonathan  Sturges.     1896-1910.    Died  1910.    Literary. 

Was  a  citizen  of  the  United  States.  Though  handicapped  by  physical  deformity, 
he  was  of  keen  intellect,  very  much  alive,  and  of  bright,  cheery  temperament. 

*Lt.-Col.  G.  a.  Sullivan.     1910. 
*S.  P.  Sunderland.     1919.    M.D. 

Gerald  Surman.     1885-1896.     M.A.    Scientific. 

G.  M.  Sutherland.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 


ii8  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

John  D.  Sutherland.     1914-1916.    Scientific, 

Alfred  Sutro.     1906- 1907.     Playwright. 

N.  G.  SwAiNSON.     1905- 1909. 

John  Macallan  Swan.     1897-1909.    R.A.    Born  1847;  died  1910. 

Painter  and  sculptor  of  animal  subjects. 

"  Swan's  appearance  was  remarkable.  He  was  tall,  dark,  and  burly,  with  a  large 
head,  like  a  Roman  Emperor." — D.N.B. 

Algernon  Charles  Swinburne.     1864-1871.    Born  1S37;  died  1909. 

"  His  early  poems  startled  the  critics  by  their  brilliant  verse,  and  their  frank  revolt 
against  sexual  morals.  Few  English  poets  have  been  more  thoroughly  saturated  with 
Greek  scholarship  and  feeling,  or  more  read  in  English  and  French  literature."- — 
Annual  Register. 

"Swinburne  was  in  height  five  feet  and  four  and  a  half  inches.  He  carried  his 
large  head  very  buoyantly  on  a  tiny  frame,  the  apparent  fragility  of  which  was  ex- 
aggerated by  the  sloping  of  his  shoulders,  which  gave  him  almost  into  middle  life  a 
girlish  look.  He  held  himself  upriglit,  and  as  he  was  very  restless,  he  skipped  as  he 
stood  with  his  hands  jerking  or  linked  behind  him  while  he  talked,  and  when  he  was 
still  one  toe  was  often  pressed  against  the  heel  of  the  other  foot.  In  this  attitude  his 
slenderness  and  slightness  gave  him  a  sort  of  fairy  look.  His  manners  were  elaborate, 
and  when  he  chose,  exquisite ;  in  this  respect  he  was  very  human,  he  could  be  radiantly 
courteous  if  he  pleased,  and  he  could  be  of  a  stony  stiffness." — Edmund  Gosse,  C.B., 
Algernon  Charles  Swinburne. 

John  Syer.     1876-1885.     R.I.     Born  1815;  died  1885. 

William  Christian  Symons.     1879-1888.    Painter. 

E.  M.  Synge.     1899-1910.     A.R.E.     Died  191 3.     Painter  and  Etcher. 


Robert  Taber.     1898-1904.     Died  1904.     Actor. 

Sir  Laurence  Alma  Tadema.     1894-1912.    R.A.    Born  1836  ;  died  1912. 

Born  in  Holland  and  trained  to  follow  his  father's  profession  as  a  notary,  but  after 
much  opposition  from  his  family  was  allowed  to  become  a  painter.  His  art  was 
characterized  by  careful  archaeological  accuracy  and  great  minuteness  of  detail. 

He  was  of  a  genial  and  hospitable  temperament  and  entertained  liberally  in  the 
beautiful  house  which  he  built  in  Grove  End  Road,  where  Joachim,  Sarasate, 
I'aderewski,  and  many  well-known  singers  contributed  to  the  enjoyment  of  his  music- 
loving  friends. 

Field  Talfourd.     1863-1S73.     Original  Member. 

"  Field  Talfourd  had  fine  aristocratic  features  and  bearing,  admirably  set  off  by 
his  velvet  coat  and  his  gracious  and  kindly  smile." — T.  H.  S.  Escott,  Club  Makers 
and  Club  Members. 

The  club  possesses  interesting  copies  of  pictures  by  Rubens  and  by  Reynolds 
painted  and  presented  by  Talfourd. 


THE  MEMHIiRS  119 

*  Algernon  Talmagp:.     191 8. 

IT.  Tanner.     1906-1915. 

Thomas  Slingsby  Tanner.     1897-1901.     Literary  and  scientific. 

William  Tasker.    1869- 1872. 
*J.  Duncan  Tate.     1917. 

A.  Chevallier  Taylor.     1897- 1900.    Arti.st. 
♦James  Taylor.    1899.    M.D. 
*L.  Campbell  Taylor.     1909. 

Norman  Taylor.    1872- 1887.    A.R.W.S. 

A  painter  both  in  oil  and  water  colour,  principally  of  Italian  scenery. 

Capt.  Edward  Temple.     1874- 1882.    Musical. 

R.  Scott  Temple.     1889-1890.    Painter. 

Sir  John  Tenniel.     1878-1896.     Born  1821  ;  died  1914. 

"  It  was  a  startling  proof  of  his  extraordinary,  and  by  himself  half-suspected 
popularity,  that  when  Tenniel's  knighthood  became  known,  the  honour  was  received 
with  loud  and  general  applause ;  with  an  enthusiasm  quite  unusual  in  its  command 
of  popular  approval.  It  was  'dear  old  John  Tenniel'  that  the  Arts  Club  toasted 
when,  with  Mr.  Val  Prinsep,  R.A.,  in  the  chair,  and  Mr.  Du  Maurier  in  the  vice- 
chair,  the  new  Knight  was  the  honoured  guest  of  his  Club,  and  received  its  congratu- 
lations with  the  modest  dignity  and  kindly  good  taste  characteristic  of  him." — M.  H. 
Spielmann,  History  of  Punch. 

Lord  Tennyson.     1895- 1898.    Second  Baron. 
Appointed  governor  of  South  Australia  in  1899, 

*Artiiur  X  Beckett  Terrell.    1910. 
*Arthur  K.  a  Beckett  Terrell.    1918. 
*Fred  Terry.     1897. 

Lance  Thackeray.     1913-1916.    Died  1916.    Artist. 
*Hon.  Percy  Thesiger.    1909. 
*SiR  A.  Brumwell  Thomas.     1906. 

Basil  Thomas.     1900-1903.    Died  1903. 

Brandon  Thomas.     1S97-1902.    Born  1849;  died  1914. 
Actor  and  Author.    Adapter  of  "Charley's  Aunt." 

John  Thomas.     1873-1874.     Musician. 
*Oldkield  Thomas.     1885.    F.R.S. 
*William  Henry  Thomas.     1887. 
Arthur  Thompson.    1895-1917.    Professor  R.A.M. 
Sir  Henry  Thompson.     1874-1885.     Bom  1820;  died  1904. 
Surgical  specialist  and  pioneer  of  cremation. 
"  Apart  from  his  surgical  skill  he  acquired  a  social  fame  as  a  teacher  and  prac- 


I20  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

titioner  of  dietetic  reforms.  In  several  brightly  written  and  readable  treatises  he  laid 
down  the  doctrine  that  a  great  deal  of  ill-health  is  directly  attributable  to  our  national 
habit  of  devouring  what  Harold  Skimpole  called  'legs  of  sheep  and  oxen.'  Thomp- 
son's '  Octaves  '  were  dinners  of  eight — eight  guests  and  eight  dishes.  I  am  not  sure 
whether  eight  kinds  of  wine  were  added." — G.  W.  E.  Russell,  Portraits  of  the  Seventies. 

*Professor  a.  Thomson.    1905. 
*Bernard  Home  Thomson.     1918. 
*GoRDON  Thomson.    1873. 
*H.  W.  Thomson.     1897. 

*Professor  John  M.  Thomson.     1881.    LL.D.,  F.R.S. 
*Leslie  Thomson.     1892.    R.W.S.,  R.O.I. 
Sir  St.  Clair  Thomson.     1895-1904.    M.D.,  F.R.C.S. 

Specialist  on  throat  trouble  who  attended  King  Edward  in  his  last  illness. 

*William  Thomson.     1895.    M.D. 

Archibald  Thorburn.     1894-1909.     Animal  painter. 

Charles  Thornelev.     1896-1918.     Died  1918.     Painter. 

Sir  Hamo  Thorneycroft.     1883-1886.    R.A.    Sculptor. 
*Stanhope  C.  Thornton.    1919. 

Thomas  Threlfall.     1871-1907.     Died  1907.     Chairman  of  the  R.A. M. 
*F.  H.  TllUMAN.     1908. 

Philip  A.  Tilden.     1914-1918.     Architect. 

James  TiSSOT.     1873-1884.     Bom  1836;  died  1902. 

"  Of  a  genial  temperament,  James  Tissot  was  for  many  years  very  popular  in  the 
Art  world  of  Paris,  but  after  the  Franco-German  war,  in  which  he  fought  bravely,  he 
went  to  London,  where  he  took  up  his  residence  in  St.  John's  Wood.  Whilst  in 
England  he  painted  many  genre  pictures." — Brv.\n,  Didiojiary  of  Painters. 

George  N.  Todd.     1875-1888. 

Albert  A.  Toft.     1906-1914. 

Hon.  Duff  Tollemache.     1892-1895.    Painter. 

Alfred  Savill  Tomkins.     1870-1900.    Died  1900. 

Michael  Tom kinson.    1896-1904. 

Jonathan  Tong.     1875-1884. 

John  Laurence  Toole.    1881-1895.    Born  1830;  died  1906. 

An  actor  of  considerable  ability,  but  too  fond  of  broad  farce.  An  amiable  and 
amusing  companion  when  he  refrained  from  the  kind  of  silly  practical  joke  which 
was  fashionable  in  the  early  nineteenth  century. 

"  Simple  in  his  tastes  and  domestic  in  his  habits  he  was  entirely  lovable,  never 
making  an  enemy  or  losing  a  friend.  Toole's  eccentric  drollery  was  the  outward  ex- 
pression of  a  frolicsome,  boyish,  sunny  nature,  which  otherwise  manifested  itself  in 
ebullitions  of  practical  joking  wholly  void  of  offence." — D.N.B. 


THE  MEMBERS  121 

*HowARD  Tooth.    1900.    C.B.,  C.M.G.,  M.D. 
Frank  W.  W.  Topham.     1868-1895. 
Sir  F.  Paolo  Tosti.    1897-1911.    Born  1846;  died  1916. 

An  Italian  song  writer  and  composer.   Teacher  of  singing  to  the  Royal  family. 

"  He  has  an  elegant,  simple,  and  facile  inspiration,  a  style  of  his  own,  a  genuine 
Italian  flow  of  melody,  and  great  skill  in  finding  the  most  appropriate  and  never  failing 
effects  for  drawing-room  songs." — Grove,  Dictionary  of  Music. 

*C.  Harrison  Townsend.     1900. 
*F.  H.  Townsend.     1908. 

Horace  Townsend.    1901-1914.    Literary. 
*W.  G.  Paulson  Townsend.    1906. 

William  Toynbee.  1872-1873. 
♦Augustus  Hall  Tozer.  191 8. 
*Charles  D.  Tracy.     1914. 

George  G.  T  Treherne.     1890- 1906.     Director  R.A.M. 
*H.  A.  Trier.     1905. 
*Bernard  Triggs.     1911. 
*Inigo  Triggs.    1913. 

Henry  Seymour  Trower.      1869- 1896. 

H.  L.  Truman.     1898-1910.    Died  1910. 
*JOSEPH  Truslove.     1916. 
*Alfred  Herbert  Tubby.     1895.    M.R.C.S, 

Frederick  Tucker.    1888-1895.    Artist. 

Marwood  Tucker.    1870-1873. 

William  Tucker.     1863- 1869.     Original  Member. 

Andrew  White  Tuer.     1897-1900.     Died  1900.     Author  and  publisher. 
*Henry  Scott  Tuke.    1905.    R.A.,  R.W.S. 
*F.  W.  Tunnicliffe.     1900.     M.D. 

Capt.  Charles  TUPPER.     1864- 1869. 

George  Turnbull.     1863-1872.     Original  Member. 

C.  W.  Turner.     1920. 

J.  Bradbury  Turner.     1897-1899.    Mus.  B.    Died  1899. 

Robert  S.  Turner.    1870-1880. 

W.  Aldren  Turner.     1897-1910.     M.D.,  F.R.C.S.     Scientific. 
*Walter  Tyndale.     1904.    R.I. 

*Gerald  Unsworth.    191 2. 
W.  F.  Unsworth.     1905-1912.     Died  1912. 

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122  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

Sydney  Vacher.     1884-1895.    Architect. 
Horace  VAN  RuiTT.     1892- 1894.     Artist. 
Ames  van  Wart.     1876- 1895.     Sculptor. 
Edward  Joseph  Vaugiian.     1896-1915.    Journalist. 
*J.  E.  Vedrenne.     1919. 
*Frank  Vernon.     1914. 
*  Alfred  Vian.     1893. 
Albert  Vickers.     1896-1917.    Died  191 9. 
Chairman  of  Vickers  Maxim. 

"  Ever  ready  with  the  best  advice  and  help  to  the  younger  generation,  he  was  as 
much  interested  in  the  details  of  their  business  and  pleasures  as  in  the  more  imposing 
transactions  of  which  he  was  so  often  the  central  figure.    Once  his  friend  always  his 
friend,  and  no  alteration  in  circumstances  ever  changed  his  delightful  sympathy  with 
the  failure  or  success  of  cherished  schemes." — The  Times  obituary  notice. 
Col.  Thomas  Edward  Vickers.     1896-1915.    C.B.    Born  1833;  died  1915. 
Largely  responsible  for  the  successful  extension  of  Vickers  Maxim,  of  which  he 
was  also  chairman. 
Frederick  Villiers.     1877-1910.     War  correspondent  and  War  artist. 

A  man  of  many  experiences  which  he  could  narrate  in  an  interesting  manner. 
Charles  G.  Vinall.     1869- 1880. 
Albert  ViSETTi.     1877-1917.     Professor  of  singing. 
*Charles  F.  Annesley  Voysey.     1898. 

Arthur  F.  Wade.     1863 -1869.     Original  Member. 

George  E.  Wade.    1900-1914.    Sculptor. 

Arthur  Wagg.    1866- 1870. 

F.  F.  Wainwright.     1864-1888.     Died  1888. 

R.  Thorne  Waite.     1884-1894.     R.W.S. 
*James  C.  Waithman.     1919.     M.A.,  M.D. 

Frank  Walker,     i 870-1 871. 

Frederick  Walker.     1863-1875.    A.R.A.     Born  1840;  died  1875.     Original 
Member. 

"  Walker  was  considerably  under  the  average  height — I  believe  not  more  than 
5  feet  1 1  or  5  feet  2  inches — but  of  an  exceedingly  well-proportioned  figure;  good 
square  shoulders;  narrow  hips,  straight  legs  and  so  well  set  up  altogether  that  his  want 
of  height  was  not  as  noticeable  as  it  otherwise  would  have  been.  His  head,  which  was 
of  rather  a  remarkable  shape,  having  a  peculiar  flatness  on  the  top  and  considerable 
development  at  the  back,  was  well  placed  on  his  shoulders,  the  eyes  blue  with  an 
earnest,  thoughtful,  far-seeing  look  about  them;  a  broad  forehead  with  the  thick  brown 
hair  growing  rather  low  down,  and  having  a  knack  of  falling  over  it;  a  well  shaped, 


THE  MEMBERS  123 

straight  nose  with  great  breadth  between  the  eyebrows;  the  mouth  and  chin  showing 
firmness  and  decision  of  character,  the  possession  of  which  qualities  was  still  further 
indicated  by  the  massive  squareness  of  the  jaw." — J.  G.  Marks,  Life  and  Letters  of 
Frederick  Walker,  A.R.A. 

"His  knowledge  of  nature  was  sufficient  to  disgust  him  with  the  ordinary  conven- 
tions which  do  duty  for  grass,  leaves,  and  boughs,  and  there  is  scarcely  an  inch  of 
his  work  which  has  not  been  at  one  time  a  careful,  loving  study;  no  trouble  was 
excessive,  no  distance  too  great,  if  through  trouble  and  travel  some  part  of  the  picture 
might  be  better  done.  Walker  could  use,  and  did  use,  his  left  hand  equally  with  his 
right,  and  often  worked  with  both  hands  on  a  picture  at  the  same  moment;  as  a  rule 
the  left  hand  (which  was  the  stronger)  held  a  knife  or  razor,  the  right  the  brush." — 
Mr.  J.  W.  North,  A.  R.  A.,as  quoted  in  the  Life  and  Letters  of  Frederick  Walker,  A.R.A. 

"  Frederick  Walker's  art  had  an  enormous  effect  on  his  younger  contemporaries, 
and  the  broad  characteristics  of  a  large  proportion  of  the  pictures  painted  in  England 
from  1875  are  due  to  his  example.  He  showed  curious  skill  in  combining  rusticity 
with  grace  in  his  peasants." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Painters. 

On  17  June  1875  a  meeting  was  held  at  the  Arts  Club  at  which  was  formed  a 
committee,  composed  mostly  of  artists,  to  arrange  for  a  memorial  tablet,  which  was 
executed  by  Mr.  Armstead,  A.R.A.,  and  placed  in  the  church  at  Cookham  where 
Walker  was  buried. 
Frederick  Walker.     1890- 1896.    Professor  R.A.M. 
Horace  Walker.    1869- 1896. 
*K.  M.  Walker.     1919.    F.R.C.S.,  O.B.E. 
*WiLLiAM  Wallace.    1875. 
Lewis  Waller.     1898-1915.    Born  i860;  died  1915. 

Lewis  Waller  was  irresistibly  attracted  to  the  stage,  and  he  gave  up  the  assured 
expectation  of  a  good  position  and  a  good  income  in  commercial  life  to  risk  the 
chances  of  failure  or  success  in  the  theatrical  profession.  With  a  handsome  face,  a 
good  figure  and  a  resonant  voice  he  soon  became  one  of  the  most  popular  actors  of 
his  day,  and  was  especially  successful  in  Shakespearean  and  romantic  characters.  He 
died  in  harness,  for  he  insisted  on  going  to  the  theatre  when  he  ought  to  have  been  in 
bed. 

S.  E.  Waller.     1886-1896.     Died  1902.     Animal  painter. 

Conrad  A.  Wallroth.     1873- 1879. 

Frederick  Anthony  Wallroth.    1872- 1876. 

Rowland  Percy  Walters.    1895-19x5. 
*Allan  Walton.     1919. 
*Frank  Walton.     1878.    R.I.,  P.R.O.I. 
*George  Walton.     1917.    Lie.  R.I.B.A. 

Percival  Walton.     1893- 1899.     Literary. 

Rev.  Stanley  Walton.     1873-1875.    Literary. 


124  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

*  Alfred  Ward.     1898. 

*Arthur  Henry  Ward.     1897.    F.R.C.S. 
Sir  Leslie  Ward.    1876-1885. 

Painter  and  caricaturist.    "  Spy  "  of  "  Vanity  Fair." 
Melville  Ward.     1912-1913.    Architect. 
O.  F.  M.  Ward.     1920. 
Samuel  Ward.     1897-1911. 
W.H.Ward.     1904-1911.     Architect. 
*Arthur  Wardle.     1919. 
Edmund  Warren.     1874- 1889.    Artist. 
Joseph  Warter.    1904-1912. 
Richard  Wilfrid  Warwick.     1877- 1884.    Painter. 
A.  Waterhouse.     1881-1895.     R.A.     Born  1830 ;  died  1905.     Architect. 
J.  W.  Waterhouse.     1881-1890.     R.A.     Born  1849;  died  1917. 

A  painter  of  great  refinement  and  ability.  His  first  success  "  Sleep  and  his  half- 
brother  Death,"  appeared  in  1874,  and  he  was  subsequently  a  constant  exhibitor  at 
the  Royal  Academy. 

*  Adrian  Waterlow.     1919. 

Sir  Ernest  A.  Waterlow.    1875-1919.    R.A.,  P.R.W.S.    Born  1850;  died 
1919. 

Landscape  painter,  both  in  oils  and  water  colour.  Succeeded  Sir  John  Gilbert  as 
President  of  the  Old  Water-colour  Society. 

*E.  Oscar  Waterlow.    1908. 

W.  G.  Waters.     1890-1909.    M.A.,  J.P. 

A.  Maryon  Watson.     1903-1906.     Died  1906.     Architect. 

C.J.Watson.    1891-1895. 
*George  Spencer  Watson.    1897. 

L.  H.  Cradock  Watson.     1905- 1907. 

Thomas  Henry  Watson.     1889-1911.     Architect. 

Alexander  Pollock  W^ ATT.    1890-1896.    Literary. 
*G.  Fiddes  Watt.     1913.     A.R.S.A. 
*George  Weatherbee.     1904.    R.L 

Frederick  E.  Weatherby.     1878- 1899.     Musician  and  writer. 
*R.  C.  Weatherby.     1907. 

Sir  Aston  Webb.     1890-1915.     K.C.V.O.,  C.B.,  P.R.A. 

Succeeded  Sir  E.  J.  Poynter  as  tenth  President  of  the  Royal  Academy  in  1919. 

Edward  Brainerd  Webb.     1875-1884.     Civil  Engineer. 
*Lt.-Col.  Sir  Henry  Webb.     1920.    Bart. 


THE  MEMBERS  125 

Maurice  E.  Webb.    1906-1916.    Architect. 
*Septimus  Webbe.    1895. 
E.  Weber.     1900-1910. 

Otto  Weber.     1873-1888.     Born  1832;  died  1888.     Painter. 
William  Webster.     1899-1910.    F.C.S.    Scientific. 
E.  H.  Wedgwood.     1863- 1899.     Died  1899.     Original  Member. 
A.  W.  Weedon.     1 874- 1 877.     Artist. 
John  Reinhard  Weguelin.     1882-1895.    R.W.S. 

An  artist  who,  after  having  attained  success  in  oil  painting,  latterly  confined  him- 
self almost  entirely  to  water  colour. 
Robert  S.  Weir.     1920. 

*WlLLOUGHBY  WEISS.      1 898. 

W.  F.  R.  Weldon.     1 892- 1 896.    M.A.,  F.R.S. 

Professor  of  Geology  at  University  College. 
Gerald  E.  Welleslev.     1891-1910.     Painter. 
George  Wells.     1872-1886.    Artist. 
Thomas  Wells.    1864-1895. 
Carl  Werner.    1866-1871. 
Clifton  J.  West.    1864-1869. 
*G.  O.  Western.    1919. 
Frederick  Westlake.     1873-1898.    Died  1898.    Professor  R.A.M. 
P.  B.  Westmacott.     1871-1872. 
*JOHN  Wakefield  Weston.     1914.     M.P. 
Horatio  Wetherell.     1863-1871.     Original  Member. 
H.  Clarence  Whaite.    1876-1893.    P.R.C.A.,  R.W.S.   Born  1828  ;  died  1912. 
A  water-colour  artist  who  painted  many  North  Wales  and  Swiss  landscapes.    One 
of  the  founders  of  the  Manchester  Academy  of  Fine  Arts. 
Hugh  Wharton,     i  896-1909. 
J.  Hadwen  Wheelwright.     1867- 1877. 
*Herbert  Whewell.     1916. 
*Thomas  B.  Whinney.     1905. 

James  Abbott  McNeill  Whistler.      1863-1896.     Bom  1834;  died  1903. 
Original  Member. 

"  A  love  of  pose  which  found  vent  in  eccentricities  of  dress,  in  extravagant  paradox, 
and  biting  epigram,  gave  him  social  notoriety.  He  was  at  once  capable  of  the  deepest 
affection,  and  so  thin-skinned  that  he  would  allow  a  slight  to  cancel  a  long  standing 
friendship.  As  a  man  Whistler  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  social  units  of  his 
time.  His  epigrammatic  wit  and  power  of  repartee  inspired  a  curious  mixture  of 
dread  and  admiration." — D.N.B. 


126  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

"  In  1888  he  published  his  '  Ten  O'clock,'  a  brilliant  lecture  wherein  he  expounded 
his  original  and  somewhat  startling  theories  on  Art.  This  was  followed  in  1890  by 
the  publication  of  a  volume  entitled  'The  Gentle  Art  of  making  Enemies,'  where  he 
collected  his  various  writings  on  Art  together  with  a  record  of  the  innumerable  con- 
troversies he  had  been  engaged  in  for  years,  which,  though  they  make  amusing  reading, 
■would  have  been  better  forgotten.  They  display  a  side  of  his  character  on  which  his 
admirers  have  no  desire  to  dwell,  but  which  may  perhaps  throw  light  on  some  of  the 
puzzling  characteristics  of  his  painting." — Bryan,  Dictionary  of  Paititers. 

A.  C.  White.     1879- 1896.     Musician. 

Arthur  White.     1873-1878.     Died  1878. 

Daniel  J.  White.     1875-1892.    Painter. 

Eley  Emlyn  White.     1878- 1892.    Architect. 

J.E.White.     1871-1896.     Literary. 

William  White.     1865-1879. 

W.E.White.     1873-1893.    Died  1893. 
*W.  Henry  White.     1898. 

Clifton  Whiting.     1875-1904. 
*Charles  Whymper.     1899.     R.I. 

Charles  A.  Whyte.    1871-1901. 

J.  H.  Wicks.     1901-1920.     Died  1920. 

Francis  Wigg.    1864-1873. 
'Robert  Wigglesworth.     1916. 
*JAMES  Anstey  Wild.     1912. 

Rev.  J.  Herbert  Williams.     1S74-1887.    Literary. 

Morgan  S.  Williams.    1875-1883. 

Pownal  F.  Williams.     1882- 1886.     Painter. 

S.  DE  LA  Grange  Williams.    1900- 19 10.    Died  1910. 
*Terrick  Williams.     1896.     R.I.,  R.O.I. 

C.E.Willis.     1891-1896.     Painter. 

Edgar  C.  Wills.     1897-1906.    Died  1907.    Artist. 

Henry  W.  Wills.     1863-1869.     Original  Member. 

William  Gorman  Wills.     1879- 1890.     Born  1828;  died  1891.    Painter  and 
dramatist. 

"  His  studio  was  haunted  by  stray  cats,  by  monkeys,  and  other  unclean  animals, 
and  also  by  numerous  parasites  and  loafers  attracted  by  the  painter's  easy-going  habit 
of  inviting  visitors  to  stay,  and  keeping  his  spare  change  in  a  tobacco  jar  on  the 
chimney-piece.  Absent-mindedness,  inherited  from  his  father,  grew  upon  him  to  an 
extent  which  prejudiced  his  career.  He  became  oblivious  of  social  engagements, 
asked  people  with  the  utmost  cordiality  to  meet  him  at  dinner  and  then  could  not  be 


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found  to  receive  them,  and  prided  himself  on  being  as  dispassionate  as  Dr.  Johnson 
on  the  subject  of  clean  linen." — D.N.B. 

*CiiARLEs  J.  Wilson.    1890. 
U.  R.  Wilson.     1906-1915. 
H.  ScHUTz  Wilson.    1864-1902.    Died  1902. 

Schiitz  Wilson  was  one  of  the  earliest  and  best-known  members  of  the  club.  He 
was  well  acquainted  with  the  Tyrolese  people  and  scenery,  and  with  the  German 
language.  He  published  several  translations  from  the  German,  and  wrote  books 
descriptive  of  life  and  manners  in  Tyrol.  He  was  keenly  appreciative  of  the  sound 
of  his  own  voice,  and  his  style  of  conversation  was  Johnsonian,  with  well-rounded 
and  oratorical  periods.  In  the  front  drawing-room  at  Hanover  Square  he  was  generally 
the  centre  of  a  group  which  was  ready  to  discuss  and  decide  upon  any  subject  in  the 
heaven  above  or  in  the  earth  beneath  or  in  the  waters  under  the  earth.  He  was 
recognized  as  the  club  orator,  and  was  always  prepared  with  a  flow  of  ideas  and  words 
appropriate  to  every  occasion. 

J.  Watney  Wilson.    1892-1896.    Arti.st. 
Richard  Wilson.    1865-1869. 

S.  A.  K.  Wilson.     1912-1914.     M.D.     Literary  and  scientific. 
T.  Walter  Wilson.    1886- 1887.    Painter. 
William  Wilson.     1876-1885.    Architect. 
Edmund  Monson  WiMPERis.     1885-1900.    Born  1835;  died  1900. 
Painter  in  water-colours. 

*Edmund  Walter  Wimperis.     1896. 

John  Thomas  Wimperis.     i 896-1905.    Died  1905.    Architect. 

W.  W.  Wingate.     1907-1915. 

Thomas  WiNGHAM.     18S4-1892.     Died  1893.     Professor  R. A.M. 

E.  W.  Wingrove.     1870-1881. 
*T.  B.  Wirgman.     1892. 

Thomas  Maxwell  Witham.     1873- 1898.    Author. 

Hartley  Withers.     1917-1920. 

Major  W.  M.  Wolfe.    1863- 1872. 

E.  P.  Wolferstan.     1866-1894. 

*W.  B.  WOLLEN.      1919. 

*Albert  Salisbury  Wood.    1905. 
George  Wood,    i  869-1 881. 

Sir  Henry  Trueman  Wood.     1872-1883.    Literary. 
Capt.  H.  W.  Wood.    1866-1875. 
Charles  Henry  Lardner  Woodd.     1874- 1884. 


128  THE  ARTS  CLUB 

John  H.  T.  Woodd.     1900-1914.     Architect. 

Laurence  Henry  O.  WOODD.     1872-1879.     Died  1879.     Literary. 
*E.  A.  VVOODHOUSE.      I919. 
*W.  L.  WOODROFFE.      1886. 

*Henry  Woods.    1873.    R.A. 

R.  Caton  Woodville.     1885-1905.     Painter  and  war  artist. 

Harry  Woodward.    1897-1901. 
*Shirley  Worthington  Woolmer.    1914. 

Baron  Henry  de  Worms.     1867-1891.     Rt.  Hon.    M.P.    Born  1840;  died 

1903- 

First  Lord  Pirbright.    Under  Secretary  of  State  for  the  Colonies. 

Ralph  Selden  Wornum.     1881-1910.     Died  1910.     Architect. 

Robert  Grey  Wornum.    1897-1919.    Died  1919. 

T.  Locke  Worthington.    1896-1898.    A.R.I.B.A. 

Archibald    Stuart   Wortley.       1881-1896.       Bom    1849;    died    1905. 

Painter. 

It  was  while  Stuart  Wortley  was  on  a  visit  to  Millais  in  Scotland  that  the  great 
painter  encouraged  his  guest  to  devote  himself  seriously  to  Art,  and  afforded  him  the 
inestimable  advantage  of  personal  instruction.  Stuart  AVortley  writes ;  "  To  have  been 
a  pupil  of  Millais,  though  only  for  a  short  time,  as  I  was,  is,  I  believe,  a  unique  ex- 
perience. I  can  safely  say  that  I  learned  more  from  him  in  a  few  short  weeks  than 
from  all  the  other  masters  who  from  time  to  time  directed  or  misdirected  my  artistic 
studies.  Short  as  the  time  was  it  served  to  bridge  over  for  my  poor  capacity  the  deep 
and  often  impassable  stream  that  separates  the  amateur  from  the  serious  or  professional 
painter." — Quoted  in  the  Life  of  Millais  by  his  son. 

*Maurice  Beresford  Wright.     1917.    M.D. 
Matthew  Wyatt.     1875-1885.     Architect. 
Sir  Matthew  Digby  Wyatt.     1863- 1875.    Born  1820;  died  1877. 

Original  Member.     Architect  and  writer  on  architecture. 
Charles  W.  Wyllie.     1877- 1896.    Painter. 

Robert  Henry  Wyndham.     1883-1886.    Born  1814;  died  1896.    Actor. 
David  Wilkie  Wynfield.     1864-1887.    Died  1887. 
A.  A.  Wynne.     1863-1871.     Original  Member. 
Frank  G.  Wynne.    1868-1888. 

Edmund  H.  Yates.     1863-1894.     Born  1831 ;  died  1894.     Original  Member. 
Novelist  and  founder  of  "  The  World."    For  twenty-five  years  in  the  Post  Office 
service. 

"  Yates  was  an  admirable  after-dinner  speaker,  a  rare  combination  of  natural  gift 


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with  the  power  of  literary  expression.  Like  Dickens,  he  was  a  born  actor  and  a  delightful 
raconteur.  His  sense  of  humour  was  superlatively  keen,  its  ebullition  almost  boisterous. 
No  dinner  table  was  dull  at  which  Edmund  Yates  sat.  His  jovial  presence,  his  ready 
wit,  his  contagious  good  temper,  were  sufficient  to  insure  the  success  of  the  dullest 
gathering  of  average  dinner  guests." — Sir  Henry  Lucv,  Nearing  Jordan. 

Alfred  Yeames.    1873-1896. 

William  Frederick  Yeames.     1864-1891.    R.A.    Born  1835;  died  1918. 

Painter  of  historical  pictures.    Librarian  of  the  Royal  Academy,  and  Curator  of 
the  Painted  Hall  at  Greenwich. 

♦Alfred  Bowman  Yeates.    1899. 

J.  A.  Yglesias.     1 870- 1 886. 
♦James  Gordon  Young.    191 8. 

Robert  Young.    1884-1888.    Engineer, 


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