Design with arched ceiling, May 1803

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - Accountants Office, 1803 - 1804 (53)

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Reference number

SM (9) volume 72/16

Purpose

Design with arched ceiling, May 1803

Aspect

9 Section looking north, with alterations suggesting a coffered arched ceiling

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

The Bank, Accountants Office and dimensions given

Signed and dated

May 7 1803

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Watermark

I Taylor 1801

Notes

Soane's alteration to drawing 9 shows a preliminary design for an arched ceiling. The drawing includes spandrels ornamented with an incised Greek key pattern and paterae. An ox heads and festoon moulding decorates the entablature that rests upon the Ionic half-columns and pilasters (see drawings 31 and 32). Ox heads, rather than bucrania (ox skulls), are shown on the frieze. This was a Hellenistic motif that occurs also at the Temple of Vest at Tivoli (Richardson).

Literature

M. Richardson, 'John Soane and the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli', Architectural History, vol. 46, 2003, pp. 129-145.

Level

Drawing

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