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Plan and two sections of the Bank Stock Office
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Plan and two sections of the Bank Stock Office
Pen, ink and watercolour on wove paper
Inscription: · BANK · STOCK · OFFICE · MDCCXCII · [lettered on a tablet beneath each of the two watercolours]
Museum number: P379
On display: Oratory (pre-booked tours only)
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
Soane office, London, Bank of England, design for Bank Stock Office, 1792: plan and two sections pasted onto a single sheet of paper. The two watercolours, in the same hand and with identical inscriptions, provide show details not just of the complex top-lighting of the Stock Office but also of the counters and central metal stove.
Exhibition history
Soane's Magician: The Tragic Genius of Joseph Michael Gandy, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 31 March - 12 August 2006
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