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ON THIS DAY IN LONDON
24th September 1924 Born today: Sheila MacRae, London England, actress (Jackie Gleason Show)
24th September 1918 Born today: Richard Hoggart, author/warden (Goldsmith's College London)
24th September 1917 Born today: William Putnam Bundy, London, editor (Lvaggerier and Vagaries)
24th September 1853 Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London
24th September 1717 Horace Walpole, art historian and gothic author was born in London.
The Sketch Club
One of the oldest drawing clubs in Britain.
Location: 7 Dilke Street, Chelsea, London, SW3 3JE
Description: The London Sketch Club is an historic graphic artists' club located right in the heart of London's Chelsea.
Although over 100 years old, it still remains one of city's best-kept secrets, forming a link with the artists, illustrators and writers of a century ago.
Former illustrious members include Cecil Aldin, HM Bateman, Arnold Beauvais, Tom Browne, Edmund Dulac, Dudley Hardy, John Hassall, Phil May, Alfred Leete, Christopher Nevinson, George Parlby,
James Pryde, Charles Robinson, and
Heath Robinson.
In the reception room there is a frieze of silhouettes of past and present members surrounds the room which also features, amongst other curiosities, an original cell door from Newgate prison.
Tagged in this Tour: Cartoonists and Illustrators
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Newgate Execution Scaffold
This is where Newgate's execution's took place.
2007-11-10
Artist James Barry died here», 1.9km
Heath Robinson lived here», 11.km
London's only Antique Dept Store», 3.9km
Art with a Global Perspective», 6.8km
Illustrator Charles Keeping», 9.3km
Snapper Bert Hardy lived here», 2.6km
Vincent Van Gogh lived here», 2.3km
Underground Art and Crime Free», 2.2km
Banksy Off His Trolley», 1.5km
Peter Roa's Crane Mural», 4.4km
mapping London's most interesting and unusual places and history
