Working drawing for the Deputy Accountant's Eating Room, 23 February 1798

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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)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (430)
      - Porter's Lodge and Residence Court, 1796 - 1797 (40)

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Reference number

SM (40) volume 42/191

Purpose

Working drawing for the Deputy Accountant's Eating Room, 23 February 1798

Aspect

40 Details of cornice with trefoil and ball mouldings, a simpler cornice, and a stepped moulding with lion mask

Scale

(Soane) ½ full size

Inscribed

as above and (Soane) Dep^tAcc^tEat^gRoom with pencil underwriting by Dance

Signed and dated

Feb: 23^d. 1798

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825) and Soane

Notes

Drawing 40 is a design for the eating room in the Deputy Accountant's residence, located at the north-west corner of the new extension. The room is shown on SM 9/2/16 (see drawing 103 in 2:7), having a quarter-circular shape, and situated behind the twin columns in the north-west corner of the Residence Court.

The pencil underwriting appears to be by Dance, with Soane's drawings overlaid and Soane's inscriptions.

Level

Drawing

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