The St John's Wood Clique was a group of Victorian artists who mostly lived in the

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area of London. Their ideas were broadly similar to an earlier group also called

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. The principal members of the group were

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, George Dunlop Leslie, Henry Stacy Marks, George Adolphus Storey,

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and

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. According to Graham Reynolds the group was notable for its love of practical jokes.Reynolds, Graham, ''Victorian Painting'', Macmillam, 1966, p. 179. St_Johns_Wood_Clique

Wynfield took photographs of all the members in fancy dress, along with other notable associates such as

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and Manet. Most of the members also belonged to the

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