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Design for Savage Club House Dinner, April 9 1932: Strube in the Chair

Design for Savage Club House Dinner, April 9 1932: Strube in the Chair

細節
Design for Savage Club House Dinner, April 9 1932: Strube in the Chair
including works by Sidney Strube, Sir David Low, Treyer Meredith Evans, George Louis Stampa and others
pencil, pen and black ink, crayon and charcoal, unframed
20 x 15¾in. (50.8 x 40cm.)

拍品專文

The Savage Club, a Bohemian Gentlemen's Club, was founded in 1857 by Augustus E. Sala and named after Richard Savage the dissolute poet. Housed in various locations, including Aldephi Terrace and the Lansdown Club, it's present home is now at 1, Whitehall Place. Distinguished members of the gregarious club over the years have included Harry Tate, Edward Elgar, Edgar Wallace, Gilbert and Sullivan and Somerset Maughn.