[3] Preliminary design by George Dance, May 1794

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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 (1356)
    - 1791-1801 Rebuilding of offices in the east wing and north-east extension (431)
      - Rotunda, 1794-95 (30)

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SM volume 60/2

Purpose

[3] Preliminary design by George Dance, May 1794

Aspect

Rough upward interior perspective of a hall with two rows of arches, circular in plan with alcoves, coffered lantern dome with oculus above a lunette-clerestory over tall round-arched openings

Inscribed

Sketch by M^r Dance

Signed and dated

datable to May 1794 (see Notes)

Hand

George Dance (1741-1825)

Notes

Soane met with George Dance the week before he submitted his plan to the Building Committee (on 27 May 1794). During that week Soane was still working on alternative designs and it is likely that this was when Dance made the pencil drawings catalogued here. The executed Rotunda had similar round-headed alcoves on the wall and an umbrella-like dome above. The lunette windows shown here were also used in the final design.

Literature

J. Lever, Catalogue of the drawings of George Dance the Younger (1741-1825) and George Dance the Elder (1695-1768), Oxford, 2003. pp. 355-356. cat. [100].1-2.

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Drawing

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