Design and working drawing, one dated 16 June 1804 (2)

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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)
    - 1789-1808 Chimney-pieces for the Bank of England (19)

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Reference number

SM (18) 81/2/75 (19) 81/2/68

Purpose

Design and working drawing, one dated 16 June 1804 (2)

Aspect

18 Alternative elevations 19 Full size detail

Scale

(18-19) bar scale

Inscribed

18 some (pencil) dimensions given 19 (pencil) Bank N^o.11, Veined & black Marble, Liverpool Dining Room Drawing and some dimensions given

Hand

Soane office

Notes

Drawing 18 shows alternative designs for a chimney-piece. The left hand elevation is for a chimney-piece treated in a plain sort of way with jambs framed by fluting and with a rough scroll pattern added in pencil. The jambs of the chimney-piece on the right hand side are fluted either side of a black marble panel; the frieze is also fluted and the corner block(s) have an incised inverted and squared Ionic capital motif. The inscription 'Liverpool Dining Room Drawing' probably relates to the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England, to which Soane made alterations in 1826-27.

Drawing 19 is a detail of the right-hand design shown on drawing 18. It is probable that this was the design chosen and that drawing 19 is a copy of a working drawing used during construction.

Level

Drawing

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