Brooks's Club, 60 St James's Street, London: members playing cards and gambling in the Great Subscription Room
Architect/Designer | Holland, Henry (1745-1806) |
Artist/Photographer | Pugin, Augustus Charles (c. 1769-1832) | Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1778 |
Image Date | 1808 |
View | Interior |
Style | Georgian |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | EW E.e.315/2 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Tables ; Lamps, lighting fixtures ; Clubs ; Seating |
SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. II, pl. 39 NOTES: This social and non-political gentelmen's club was founded in 1764 by William Almack and met in pall mall. It moved in 1778 to the new club house designed by Henry Holland in St James's Street under the management of William Brooks.
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