Early members included F. Booty , Alfred John Keene , William Swindell , George Thompson , Charles Terry and Frank Timms In 1887 , a group of young men held a meeting at the County hotel in Derby and founded the Derby Sketching Club with the aim of providing a place where they and others could work and share their interest in painting and sketching , a place to share their art .
In 1887 , a group of young men held a meeting at the County hotel in Derby and founded the Derby Sketching Club .