Record drawings showing variant designs for a rusticated wall with figurative statues over the gateway, January 1796 (3)

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- Bank of England
  - Bank of England, City of London for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, 1788-1834 (1352)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (430)
      - Lothbury and Bartholomew Lane screen walls, 1794-1797 (66)

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SM (9) volume 75/99 (10) volume 75/100 (11) volume 75/101

Purpose

Record drawings showing variant designs for a rusticated wall with figurative statues over the gateway, January 1796 (3)

Aspect

9 Perspective looking south 10 Perspective looking east 11 Perspective looking south

Signed and dated

(9) Bank / Jan29 1796

Hand

(9) Soane office and Soane (10-11) Soane office

Notes

These record drawings show a design similar to the design in drawing 7. The gateway is ornamented with four statues on the attic level. At the street, the base of the gateway is defined on either side by fluted pilasters supporting antefixes. In the executed design, the base was unadorned and the gateway was more unified with the entire wall. The executed attic extended the entire length of the wall.

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