Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.1158
Beefsteak Club

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1887
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46127
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: pale beige laid paper with watermark 'Park Royal', inlaid in album, f.11
Size: 3 13/16 x 5 7/8" (97 x 150 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: list of etchings

Beefsteak Club

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Beefsteak Club, The Hunterian
Beefsteak Club, The Hunterian

Whistler enjoyed the cuisine and company of the Beefsteak Club, a men's club in comfortable premises off Leicester Square, London.

Similar scenes appear in Beefsteak Club [M.1159] and Two men sitting in a bar [M.1160].

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret