The William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné

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Object within Schaaf no. 1215

The Conservative Club House, London

Object details

Image size: h 20.1cm x w 14.0cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Camera

Physical description: waxed

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-3925

Collection: Science Museum Collection

This object is part of Schaaf no. 1215

The Conservative Club House, London

Location: London

A view of the Conservative Club at 74 St. James’s Street, London. The architects were George Basevi (1794-1845) and Sydney Smirke (1798-1877). Construction started in 1843 and was completed in 1845. In 1950 the Conservative Club merged with the Bath Club and became the Bath Club in name, although retaining the Conservative Club's premises until the end of the decade.  The Club was finally dissolved in 1981.