Left: The Athenæum Club viewed from the Crimean War Monument across Pall Mall. Right: The view from the opposite direction on Waterloo Place.
Left two: Baily's Athena. Middle: Columns and lanterns near front entranceAllan. Right: Club cypher (the Greek letters "alpha," "theta," "eta" within a wreath).
Interior
Left: Central chandelier. Middle: Barrel Vault ceiling of Entrance Hall viewed from the staircase. Right: The grand staircase with the Club's statue of the Belvedere Apollo coming into view.
Left: Morning room with paintings. Middle left: The Belvedere Apollo Right: Two classical figures in the entrance hall.
Left: Room on the first floor. Left: Brock's Lord Leighton on the first-floor landing. Right: Shakespeare, one of eleven plaster busts that date from the Club's opening in 1830.
Two views of the Library.
Left: Two views of a second-floor room. . Right: Embossed Club Emblem on a book cover. .
References
Tait, Hugh, and Richard Walker with contributions by Sarah Dodgson, Ian Jenkins, and Ralph Pinder-Wilson. The Athenæum Collection. London: The Athenæum, 2000. [This volume may be ordered from the Librarian, The Athenæum, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5 ER.]
Last modified 7 June 2006