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Queen Victoria Street 174 (EC4)
(The Blackfriar Pub)

The Black Friar

artist unknown
1983

Description

Statue of a laughing friar on the façade of the Blackfriar Pub, built in 1875 by H. Fuller Clark. The exterior decorations (the statue and several reliefs) were added in 1903 by sculptors Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick T. Callcott and Henry Poole. It was saved from demolition in the '60s by John Betjeman.
The figure of the black friar was probably added in 1983.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in the City of London.
The Victorian Web, The Black Friar Pub, remodelled by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869).
London Remembers, Plaque: Black Friar pub.

Locatie (N 51°30'43" - W 0°6'13") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gblo126; Photograph: 7 August 2014
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