Blackfriars Collection

Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. The London fire brigade attempting to extinguish a fire...in the warehouses belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co

Fragments of the Black Friars Monastery, preserved at the office of "The Times", 1856. Creator: Unknown
Fragments of the Black Friars Monastery, preserved at the office of "The Times", 1856. The Church of the Black Friars immediately adjoined the site of the theatre [Playhouse-yard

The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon, 1848. Creator: Henry Nelson O Neil
The Trial of Queen Catherine of Aragon, 1848

A view of part of the intended Bridge at Blackfriars, London, ca. 1764

The Monastery and Madras College, 1898. Creator: Unknown
The Monastery and Madras College, 1898. Ruins of Blackfriars St Andrews, 15th century Dominican friary and Madras College secondary school founded in 1833 by the Rev. Dr Andrew Bell

Progress in Typefounding - The Blackfriars Type Foundry, 1909. Creator: Unknown
Progress in Typefounding - The Blackfriars Type Foundry, 1909. From " The British Printer Vol. XXII". [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1909]

Embankment and Blackfriars from the South End of Waterloo Bridge, c1935. Creator: Donald McLeish
Embankment and Blackfriars from the South End of Waterloo Bridge, c1935. The River Thames in London, with Blackfriars Bridge and the dome of St Pauls Cathedral

Falling in of the Chapel at Blackfriars, 1623, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Falling in of the Chapel at Blackfriars, 1623, (1897). On 26 October 1623, some three hundred people crowded into an upper room at the French ambassadors residence, Hunsdon House, in Blackfriars

Destruction of Sir C Prices oil warehouse and wharf, William Street, Blackfriars, London, 1845. In the foreground figures stand sheltering under umbrellas watching the event

Proposed Thames embankment, London, 1760. Artist
Proposed Thames embankment, London, 1760. An embankment from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars proposed by John Lacy. The scheme would have provided a continuous quay

View of Blackfriars Stairs and surrounding buildings, City of London, 1660

Crypt of St Anne, Blackfriars, City of London, 1854. Watercolour showing a doorway with planks of wood and a coffin in the foreground

Buildings in Castle Yard, Blackfriars, City of London, 1808. Artist: George Shepherd
Buildings in Castle Yard, Blackfriars, City of London, 1808

New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, 1891. Artist: William Luker
New Bridge Street, Blackfriars, 1891. From London City: Its History - Streets - Traffic - Buildings - People by W. J. Loftie. [The Leadenhall Prefs, London, 1891]

Westminster from Blackfriars Bridge - Night, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Westminster from Blackfriars Bridge - Night, 1891. From London City: Its History - Streets - Traffic - Buildings - People by W. J. Loftie. [The Leadenhall Prefs, London, 1891]

Blackfriars, London, decoarted for King George VIs coronation, 1937
A street in Blackfriars, London, decoarted for King George VIs coronation, 1937. From The Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. [Odhams Press Ltd. London, 1937]

The Penny Sit-Up, Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, c1900 (1901). The Penny Sit-Up, one of the first homeless shelters to be created in Blackfriars

A column of the hall of Blackfriars Priory, City of London, 1906. Blackfriars was a Dominican priory built in the 13th century. It closed in 1538 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries

Blackfriars Pier, c1901. Artist: Tony Grubhofer
Blackfriars Pier, c1901. From The Studio Volume 26. [London Offices of the Studio. London, 1902]

Getting on to a tram at Blackfriars, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The Ring, boxing venue near Blackfriars Road, London, 1926-1927. The Ring began life as the Surrey Chapel (closed 1881), and from 1910 was a boxing arena

Christ Church, Blackfriars, Southwark, London, 19th century. Artist: R Acon
Christ Church, Blackfriars, Southwark, London, 19th century. The church was built in Italian Romanesque style in the 1740s

Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century. The Penny Sit-Up for men, where the homeless could find shelter sitting on a bench for a penny a night

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