The Arts Club and its members (1920) (14770774634)

Identifier: artsclubitsmembe00roge (find matches)

Title: The Arts Club and its members

Year: 1920 (1920s)

Authors: Rogers, G. A. F

Subjects: Arts Theatre Club (London, England) Arts

Publisher: London : Truslove and Hanson

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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r of the Arts, remembers how Whistlerwould come into the house, and after carefully arranging his whitelock, would ascend to the club room carrying a wand about five feetlong, which at that time he chose to substitute for the walking stickof the ordinary man. This he would deposit on one of the couchesand he was always uneasy if any one touched it or sat near it. Heonce had an altercation with Edward Stott, another member, whichwas so demonstratively conducted that E. F. Clarke, who was present,feared it would end in personal violence and recorded his impressionsin 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 theHogarth, which, after a career of prosperity followed by gradual decay,eventually collapsed, and a select few of its members moved fartherup the street and joined the Arts. The house is well adapted for club purposes, though rather small

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WHISTLER AND ST< )TT DISCUSSING AN ARTISTIC QUESTION FROM A IlRAWINC KV K. F. CLARKE Kindly lent ly Mr. li\ P. Fiemy THE CLUB AT DOVER STREET 37 for the number of members, especially as since the war began it hasbeen increasingly popular as a lunching, dining, and general meeting-place. From the first the endeavour has been to preserve the originalfeatures and to make it as like a private house as possible, and therehas been no attempt at luxury or grandeur. It still retains in itsarrangements the characteristics of its eighteenth-century origin asthe town house of a prosperous County family, combining comfortwith sufficient facilities for entertaining. As is usual in such casesthe bedroom accommodation was somewhat sacrificed to the receptionrooms, but for its present purposes this is not a disadvantage. Theredecoration which has been mentioned as having been carried outby Lord Stanley of Alderley was of a very complete character, and isstill the most prominent feature of the hous

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