St John's Wood Clique

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The St John's Wood Clique was a group of Victorian artists who mostly lived in the St John's Wood area of London. Their ideas were broadly similar to an earlier group also called The Clique. The principal members of the group were Philip Hermogenes Calderon, George Dunlop Leslie, Henry Stacy Marks, George Adolphus Storey, David Wilkie Wynfield and William Frederick Yeames. According to Graham Reynolds the group were notable for their love of practical jokes.^[1]

Wynfield took photographs of all the members in fancy dress, along with other notable associates such as Millais and Manet. Many of the members also belonged to the Artists' Rifles.