Dr Johnson
Johnson was a good friend of the Thrales who owned the Anchor Brewery which once occupied this site. We've read that this image was the trademark for the brewery (or its successor Barclay Perkins) but we can't corroborate that.
SE1, Porter Street
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Anchor / Barclay Perkins Brewery
Essayist, biographer, lexicographer and speaker of quotes. Born Lichfield, St...
Thrale.com states that the Anchor name was acquired during Child's ownership,...
The text is on the right side of the plaque. The photograph shows the left si...
Sir William Rothenstein, 1872 - 1945, painter and writer, lived here 1899 - 1...
The first synagogue in present day London Borough of Hackney, built 1779 - 80...
