George Taylor Friend
Born 26 August 1881 (Circa)
Died 1969
Active: 1901 - 1946
Country of birth and death: England
Engraver, jeweller's engraver, teacher of metalwork
Born in Bloomsbury, London.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Contributed to making of Incised letters in brass
Locations
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.
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.
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.
Citing this record
'George Taylor Friend', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1212160401, accessed 21 May 2022]