George Taylor Friend

Works

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Contributed to making of Incised letters in brass

Locations

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Address 22 Kenton Street Russell Square London WC | View on map
1901

Address 50 Oakfield Road Stroud Green London N | View on map
1911

Address 321 High Holborn London | View on map
1913 - 1917
Also at 31 High Holborn in 1915

Address 129 Etchingham Park Road Finchley London N | View on map
1925 - 1946

Address Merretts Farm Mitcheldean | View on map
1951 - 1953

Address 3 Sacombe Green near Ware | View on map
1957 - 1960

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1913 - 1960
Exhibited 23 times, all line engravings

Speaker at English Original Line Engraving (Art Workers Guild), 1934

Speaker at Engraved Tiles and Book-Plates (Art Workers Guild), 1936

Institutional and Business Connections

Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1946 (Presumed)
Craft member 1946.

Teacher of metal work at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1902 - June 1947
Listed as a teacher of 'Silversmiths' and Goldsmiths' work (large and small), Jewellers' work, Chasing, Engraving, Carving, Special Modelling Class for Goldsmiths and Silversmiths, Moulding and Casting in Metal, Preparation of Working Drawings for Silversmiths and Metal Workers'. From 1908 onwards Friend is listed as a teacher of engraving in the department of Silvermsiths' Work and Allied Crafts. Not listed in prospectuses from September 1917 to June 1920, but listed again from September 1920 onwards.

Personal and Professional Connections

Collaborated with Percy J. Smith

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Engraver Sculp.' worker

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Jeweller's Engraver' worker

Sources

Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Ninth Exhibition.
1910
p.143.

Catalogue: Exhibition 20, by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, held at the Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, W1
1946
p.4.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 Piece number 139 Folio 128 Page 87

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN7206 RG78PN353 RD132 SD1 ED14 SN134

Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table. Seventh Session Commencing 22 September 1902
22 September 1902
p. 2.

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: George Taylor Friend Birth Date: 26 Aug 1881 Date of Registration: Sep 1969 Age at Death: 88 Registration district: Barnet Inferred County: Middlesex Volume: 5a Page: 237

London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus & Time-Table for the Session Commencing 21 September 1908
21 September 1908
p. 2.

London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table for the Session 1946-1947
September 1946 (Presumed)
Unpaged timetable.

London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Time-Table of Session beginning 27 September 1920
27 September 1920
Unpaged timetable.

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol III E-Har
1978
p. 116