The Black Bull

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This life-sized Black Bull moved significantly after being created by Obadiah Pulham at Woodbridge in Suffolk during the early 19th century. It was transported from the North Sea to London via barge along the River Thames, where it stood for nearly a century as the sign outside the 'Black Bull Inn' on the corner of Leather-lane and Holborn until the inn was demolished in 1904. The Black Bull was saved from destruction by Sir William Bull, M.P. for Hammersmith. It then traveled across London to King Street Hammersmith, where it stood watch above the entrance to the offices of Messrs. Bull & Bull, a law firm until that building too was demolished. Next, it moved just a few hundred yards along King Street to adorn the front of the Ravenscourt Arms pub, where it has stood since without causing much attention.