Left: Friar in Cassock with Hourglass. Right: Friar Preparing to Boil an Egg by Frederick T. Callcott. 1917-22. Copper on ground of coloured marbles, with mother-of-pearl detail, 85cm high. Location: over the bar in the public bar, The Black Friar Pub, 74 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4.
[Click on these images for larger pictures.] Photograph at left and caption by Robert Freidus. Photograph at right by Jaqueline Banerjee. Formatting by George P. Landow. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Other Views
- Exterior views
- Stone carving on the exterior
- Two mosaics on the exterior
- Views of the Interior
- Room with Saturday Afternoon and view of the marble Saloon
- Arts and Crafts Metalwork by H. Fuller Clark and others
- Saturday Afternoon (copper bas relief)
- Stained glass window (interior)
- Don't Advertise. Tell it to a Gossip (copper bas relief)
- Tomorrow will be Friday (copper bas relief)
- A good thing is soon snatched up (copper bas relief)
- Musicmaking (copper bas relief)
- 11 works by Henry Poole
References
History provided on The Blackfriars menu.
Speel, Bob. Henry Poole, R.A. (1873-1928).
Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan, rev. ed. 1992.
Last modified 23 July 2011