[1] Design for a four-columned triumphal arch, 25 January 1803

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Reference number

SM volume 60/27

Purpose

[1] Design for a four-columned triumphal arch, 25 January 1803

Aspect

Perspective looking south-east; (verso) part-elevation

Inscribed

Bank of England, A Design for the North West corner

Signed and dated

Jan 25 1803 (verso) Feb 2^d1803

Hand

Soane office (verso) Soane

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 60/34 show a triumphal arch on the north-west corner. Raised Corinthian columns frame the central arch and single columns are set at an angle to the main face. The drawing has erasure marks reducing the size of the attic and eliminating projecting pilasters over the angled columns. Semicircular-headed niches are added in pencil to the main face. In both drawings, the Lothbury Street screen wall (left-hand side of drawing) is drawn as built, aside from the projecting portico in the centre. The Princes Street screen wall (right-hand side of drawing) is included in this drawing and shown with a projecting portico. The walls were completed in 1805 and 1807, respectively.

The verso of the drawing has a design similar to that of SM 12/1/4 and SM 12/1/5, with the attic consisting of a central pedestal crowned with an acroterion and with a semicircular arch framing an urn. Fluted pilasters flank both sides of the attic pedestal. The arch below contains a door with fanlight.

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