Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
The Black Friar, Relief, Pocock St. Photograph
Region ID | CL | |
Work ID | 1162 | |
Manual Reference | CLSK86 | |
Title | The Black Friar, Relief, Pocock St. | |
Sculptor | Bainbridge Copnall, Edward | |
Date of design | 1958 | |
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Road | Pocock St. | |
Precise Location | Friars House, 157-168 Blackfriars Road, on the corner with Pocock Street. On the Pocock Street elevation, above the corner entrance | |
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Postcode | SE1 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Don't know | |
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Notes | ||
A relief comprising a stylised representation of a blackfriar - in this case literally, as he is represented with African facial features - riding on a donkey. In his right hand he holds a crop and in his left a walking stick with a T-shaped handle. Behind the riding figure is a stylised representation of water, presumably the Thames. The relief overall is in the approximate shape of a cross superimposed on a rectangle, the friar’s head and donkey’s front legs forming the extremes of the vertical axis and the donkey’s head and tail, emphasised by the background of the river, the horizontal axis of the cross. | ||
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Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
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Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Relief | 443 (h) (?) | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recorded Structural Condition: nothing recorded Vandalism: nothing recorded