2. A private London Gentlemen’s Club
1780
today

3. A Gentleman in a Club Chair
Private Gentlemen’s Club
Does not work for a living
Relies on the interest income from a family fund or the acquisition of his own fortune and never spends the principal
Does not get his hands dirty
Always pays his obligations and debts, including gambling
Marries a respectable woman of his class or higher
Has been educated
Travels, plays card games, reads, rides, hunts, hikes, attends parties, concerts, & opera, plays sports, fences, dances
Attends church, weddings, funerals
Well-mannered
Expensive initiation fee
Expensive yearly fee
Expensive monthly fee
Gentlemen of his class only
No women allowed
In the city
Dining room, bar, & private rooms available
Library, card room, reading room, fireplaces, club chairs, and conversation rooms with leather couches, chairs, fireplaces