Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel
Black Boys Hotel

Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

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The frieze is set at the top of the facade, just under the roof line. In the centre a black boy sits on a barrel flanked by male and female cherubs holding bunches of grapes. The theme is continued at either side of the frieze where grapes are snatched by ravens and putti mark the ends.
Title

Black Boys Hotel

Date

1710–1720

Medium

plaster

Accession number

NR11_RHT_S726

Work type

Relief

Owner

Black Boys Hotel

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

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Located at

Market Place, Aylsham

NR11 6HT

On the corner with Penfold Street; the frieze is located at the top of the front façade.