Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 37 25 Sep 2019
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London: Gentlemen's Club, the Drury Lane Beef-steak Club, established January 1826, member's silver gridiron, of 8 grids, handle with heart motif and engraved 'Drury Club 1826', suspension ring, 59.5mm.; and a later silver gridiron, by 'Spencer, London', for the 1876 club, 42.5mm., both very fine, the first a delight and extremely rare (2)
The club met at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in a sectioned-off part of the 'painting room', where the scenery was made, and painted, by Gaetano Marinari (1764-1844). Its object 'was to bring together, at the social board, artists connected with all departments of the drama...'. The beefsteak was served at 4.30pm. so as to allow members to be on stage the same evening. David Garrick was a sponsor at the first meeting. The writer George Raymond gives a full account of the club in his Memoirs of Robert William Elliston, Comedian, Volume 2, London 1846, pp. 456-459 (which can be read online).
(100-150 GBP)
The club met at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in a sectioned-off part of the 'painting room', where the scenery was made, and painted, by Gaetano Marinari (1764-1844). Its object 'was to bring together, at the social board, artists connected with all departments of the drama...'. The beefsteak was served at 4.30pm. so as to allow members to be on stage the same evening. David Garrick was a sponsor at the first meeting. The writer George Raymond gives a full account of the club in his Memoirs of Robert William Elliston, Comedian, Volume 2, London 1846, pp. 456-459 (which can be read online).
(100-150 GBP)