London Clubs: Their History & TreasuresNevill, Ralph
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London Clubs: Their History & Treasures
Nevill, Ralph
Clubs -- England -- London; London (England) -- Social life and customs
The United Service contains many interesting pictures and some
statuary, the most striking example of which, in the entrance hall, is
a colossal bust of the Duke of Wellington, by Pistrucci. Six other
busts represent Lord Seaton, by G. G. Adam; King William IV, by
Joseph; Nelson, by Flaxman; Sir Henry Keppel, by H.S.H. Prince Victor
of Hohenlohe-Langenburg; and Lieutenant-General Lord Cardigan, by
Marochetti (the gift of his widow). The sculptor of the sixth bust,
representing Admiral Sir Thomas M. Hardy, Bart., is unknown.
The pictures in the morning-, coffee-, and smoking-rooms include the
following portraits: Admiral Viscount Exmouth (a copy by S. Lane, after
Lawrence); General Sir John Moore (a copy by W. Robinson, after
Lawrence); Major-General Charles G. Gordon, by Dickinson, from a
photograph; Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, by F. Grant; Field-Marshal Lord
Clyde (a copy by Graves, after F. Grant); Admiral Lord Rodney (a copy by
Bullock, after Reynolds); Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, by
A. S. Cope, A.R.A.; Field-Marshal Sir John F. Burgoyne, by Graves, from
a photograph; Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, by W. Ross; Charles,
fifth Duke of Richmond, K.G., by A. Baccani; John, first Duke of
Marlborough, by Sir G. Kneller; Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey (a
copy by W. Ross, after Lawrence); General Lord Lynedoch, by Sir T.
Lawrence; Admiral Lord de Saumarez, by S. Lane; General Sir James
Macdonell (a copy by Say); Admiral Earl St. Vincent, by Sir W. Beechey;
Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bart., by S. Drummond; Earl de Grey, by
H. W. Pickersgill; Field-Marshal Viscount Gough, by Sir F. Grant, R.A.;
Lieutenant-General Lord Saltoun, by Sir T. Lawrence; Vice-Admiral Sir
Francis Drake (a copy by Lane from an original in the possession of the
donor, Sir T. T. Drake); General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, by Colvin Smith;
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, by T. Mackay; Field-Marshal
Sir Edward Blakeney, by Catterson Smith, R.H.A.; General Viscount
Beresford, by Reuben Sayers; Field-Marshal Lord Seaton, by W. Fisher;
General Hon. Sir G. Lowry Cole (a copy by Harrison after Lawrence);
Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm (a copy by Dickinson, after Lane); General
Sir J. Frederick Love, by A. Baccani; Field-Marshal Lord Strathnairn, by
Bassano, from a photograph; Admiral Viscount Keith (a copy by Hayes,
after Saunders); Admiral Sir Charles Napier, by J. M. Joy; General
George Augustus Elliott, Lord Heathfield (a copy by S. Lane, after Sir
T. Reynolds); Admiral Earl Howe (a copy by J. Harrison); the Emperor
Napoleon I, by an unknown artist (the gift of Colonel Bivar); Allied
Generals before Sevastopol; Major-General Sir R. Dick, by W. Salter;
General Sir George Brown, by Werner; Field-Marshal Lord Napier of
Magdala (a replica by S. Dickenson); Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas
Byam Martin, by T. Mackay.
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