London's Fashionable Clubs in 1900: The Garrick Club

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Arthur H. Beavan continued his survey of London's clubs in Imperial London, first published in 1901, with this look at the Garrick Club:

Particularly interesting is the Garrick, an actors' club, on the south side of Garrick Street.

In 1832, Probatt's private hotel, King Street, Covent Garden, long since disappeared, was taken on lease, and a club, founded in memory of the immortal Garrick, was opened, whose members included Sheridan, W. M. Thackeray, Theodore Hook, Charles Kean, Kemble, Macready, Charles Mathews, John Braham, Captain Marryat, etc, a talented and undeniably respectable set of good fellows.

From King Street the club removed to its present quarters - a fine mansion in the Italian style, built for them; its valuable collection of drawings and paintings representing theatrical celebrities.

After the theatres close, and our leading actors assemble here to enjoy their supper, etc., it is one of the most entertaining places in town.

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