Alpine Club
37 People in sitter grouping:
Founded in 1857, the Alpine Club has always had its premises in central London, and is held in high esteem as the world's first mountaineering club. Originally structured as a gentleman's club, its first president and chairman were John Ball and E.S Kennedy, respectively. The club remains active today with membership for both men and women, based on mountain experience, qualifications and nominations from existing member. The headquarters in Shoreditch are also home to the club's extensive libraries and object and photograph archives, which are often used for exhibitions and lectures.
Biostatistician, human geneticist and founder of the science of eugenics
Sitter in 15 portraits
Writer, philosopher, mountaineer and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery
Sitter in 13 portraits
Politician; Secretary of State for India and writer
Sitter in 29 portraits
Mountaineer and member of the 1953 Everest expedition
Sitter in 1 portrait
Writer; founder of the Royal Geographical Society
Sitter in 6 portraits
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce
1838-1922Jurist, historian and Liberal politician; MP for Tower Hamlets and Aberdeen South
Sitter in 15 portraits
(William) Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington
1856-1937Mountaineer and art historian
Sitter in 12 portraits
Industrialist, philanthropist and Liberal politician; MP for Bradford; son of William Forster
Sitter in 23 portraits
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