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Reference number

SM (1) 1/2/11

Purpose

Design for the lantern in the Dividend Pay Office, built by Robert Taylor, 1785-88

Aspect

1 Plan & Sections of Office at the South East Angle of the Garden Court of late the Dividend Pay Office

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above in George Bailey's hand (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60), Bank of England (Bailey), Level of Paving in Green Court and (in pencil, by Arthur Bolton, Soane Museum curator 1917-45) J Soane say 1790?, and dimensions of the lantern given

Signed and dated

  • 1785-8

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, grey, pink and yellow washes on wove paper (538 x 642)

Hand

Taylor office

Notes

Daniel Abramson notes that Taylor 'introduced an unprecendented type of top lighting' in the Transfer Halls.

Literature

D. Abramson, Building the Bank of England, 2002, p. 90

Level

Drawing

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