Presentation drawing of the entrances to the counting houses as built, October 1810

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- Bank of England
  - London: New Bank Buildings, Princes Street, City of London, 1807-10 (115)

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Reference number

SM (91) 11/3/1

Purpose

Presentation drawing of the entrances to the counting houses as built, October 1810

Aspect

91 Perspective Sketch of the Entrances to the Offices of the London Dock Company & the Counting House / of Mess^rs Thelusson Nephew & C^o from the Old Jewry; (verso): elevation of entrance to Thellusson, Nephew & Co.'s counting house

Scale

(verso) to a scale

Inscribed

as above and on panels over the doors, capitalised: Thelusson / Nephew & C^o and The London / Dock House

Signed and dated

John Soane Arch Oct 1810

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, burnt umber, blue and olive green washes, watercolour technique with a six ruled and black wash border (verso) pencil, pricked for transfer on stout laid paper (404 x 300)

Hand

George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Notes

There are some slight differences between the earlier designs (drawings 85-86) and the presentation drawing of the entrances to the counting houses as built (drawing 91). The panels in the attic of the Thellusson entrance and those opposite are decorated with winged staff motifs (a symbol of commerce) but those on the entrance to the London Dock House are decorated with urns. Urns are often used to symbolise rivers, appropriate therefore to the business of the London Dock Company. The doors are rivetted, so presumably double plated for security.

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