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Reference number

SM volume 74/49

Purpose

Drawing of east side as realised, made for publication

Aspect

49 (pencil) Longitudinal Section of the Bank Stock looking east

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, (pencil) Bank of England. By John Soane, London, Engraved & Published by G. Richardson and Son, (in wall panels) I to Z, Bank Stock (twice), A to H, Wills Registered

Signed and dated

  • April 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within single-ruled ink border on laid paper (352 x 476)

Hand

George Richardson and Son

Watermark

C Taylor and horn within crowned cartouche and below, Patent

Notes

The drawing, showing the east side of the hall as executed, was done, along with drawing 50, in preparation for engraving, a fact indicated not only by the inscription but also by the reversed scale bar and position of the wall panel signs (for comparison see the nearly identical drawing M40 at the Bank of England Museum).

Literature

D. Stroud, Sir John Soane, architect, 1984, p. 153, ill. 104

Level

Drawing

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