Frith Street was laid out in the late 1670s and early 1680s and evidently named after Richard Frith, a wealthy builder.[1] In the 18th and early 19th centuries many artistic and literary people came to live in Soho, and several of them settled in this street. The painter John Alexander Gresse was here in 1784, the year of his death. John Horne Tooke, philologist and politician, lived here in about 1804; John Constable lived here in 1810–11; John Bell, the sculptor, in 1832–33; and William Hazlitt wrote his last essays while he was lodging at no. 6 Frith Street prior to his death there in 1830.[1] The lithographicartistAlfred Concanen had a studio at no. 12 for many years.[2]
In 1989 Frith Street Gallery was founded here, originally occupying two adjacent townhouses. Initially it was a forum for contemporary drawing, then it expanded into a wide range of artistic media. In 2007 the gallery moved to Golden Square, just a short distance from Frith Street.[3]
TodayEdit
Blue plaque marking Baird's first demonstration of television at 22 Frith Street
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Restaurants in Frith Street
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Frith Street Gallery, 59–60 Frith Street
October 21, 2023
frith, street, soho, area, london, north, soho, square, south, shaftesbury, avenue, street, crosses, compton, street, bateman, street, romilly, street, facing, south, early, july, morningtypestreetareasoholocationlondoncoordinates51, 51417, 13194, 51417, 13194. Frith Street is in the Soho area of London To the north is Soho Square and to the south is Shaftesbury Avenue The street crosses Old Compton Street Bateman Street and Romilly Street Frith StreetFrith Street facing south early on a July morningTypeStreetAreaSohoLocationLondonCoordinates51 30 51 N 0 07 55 W 51 51417 N 0 13194 W 51 51417 0 13194North endSoho SquareSouth endShaftesbury AvenueConstructionCompletion1670s Ronnie Scott s Jazz Club at 47 Frith Street Contents 1 History 2 Today 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditFrith Street was laid out in the late 1670s and early 1680s and evidently named after Richard Frith a wealthy builder 1 In the 18th and early 19th centuries many artistic and literary people came to live in Soho and several of them settled in this street The painter John Alexander Gresse was here in 1784 the year of his death John Horne Tooke philologist and politician lived here in about 1804 John Constable lived here in 1810 11 John Bell the sculptor in 1832 33 and William Hazlitt wrote his last essays while he was lodging at no 6 Frith Street prior to his death there in 1830 1 The lithographic artist Alfred Concanen had a studio at no 12 for many years 2 Samuel Romilly the legal reformer was born at no 18 in 1757 and the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lodged at no 20 with his father and sister in 1764 65 In 1816 the actor William Charles Macready was living at no 64 and over a hundred years later from 1924 to 1926 John Logie Baird lived at no 22 where on 26 January 1926 he demonstrated television to members of the Royal Institution 1 In 1989 Frith Street Gallery was founded here originally occupying two adjacent townhouses Initially it was a forum for contemporary drawing then it expanded into a wide range of artistic media In 2007 the gallery moved to Golden Square just a short distance from Frith Street 3 Today Edit nbsp Blue plaque marking Baird s first demonstration of television at 22 Frith StreetThe coffee shop Bar Italia occupies no 22 and there is a blue plaque over the door to commemorate Baird s TV experiments Ronnie Scott s Jazz Club has been at no 47 since 1965 In popular culture EditFrith Street is mentioned twice in the lyrics of the 2007 song Glorious by Australian British singer Natalie Imbruglia in the first verse and at the end of the song 4 See also Edit nbsp London portal20 Frith Street Ethel Kibblewhite List of eponymous roads in LondonReferences Edit a b c Weinreb Ben Hibbert Christopher 1993 The London Encyclopaedia revised ed London Papermac pp 303 304 ISBN 0 333 57688 8 Irons Neville Alfred Concanen Master Lithographer Irish Arts Review Vol 4 No 3 Autumn 1987 pgs 37 41 Frith Street Gallery GOLDEN SQUARE Frith Street Gallery NATALIE IMBRUGLIA GLORIOUS Ultratop External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frith Street LondonTown com information Restaurants in Frith Street East side and west side of Frith Street Frith Street Gallery 59 60 Frith Street Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frith Street amp oldid 1115326731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
