Presentation drawing showing decoration of the interior, 1791 (1)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Bank of England
  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1352)
    - 1788-1793 Initial assessment of existing buildings and minor alterations (73)
      - Rotunda vestibule, 1791 (18)

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Reference number

SM (6) volume 75/21

Purpose

Presentation drawing showing decoration of the interior, 1791 (1)

Aspect

6 Section of the Vestibule into the Rotunda

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(Bailey) as above, adjoining the Pay Hall Court erected in 1791 / added to the Treasury in 1815, The Bank of England

Signed and dated

1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, grey and yellow ochre washes, on laid paper (468 x 585)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawing 6 shows a hall of three bays, with the middle bay top-lit by a lantern dome. The dome is supported by four semicircular arches, with the same number of Ionic columns supporting the corners. The spandrels of the arches are richly decorated with a cornucopia motif. The lantern is glazed as well as is top-lit in the center of its roof.

Level

Drawing

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