[3] Record drawing of an alternative design for a four-columned triumphal arch

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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)
    - 1799-1810 Expansions north-west and rebuilding of existing offices (487)
      - Tivoli Corner 1803-1805 (61)

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Reference number

SM 12/1/4

Purpose

[3] Record drawing of an alternative design for a four-columned triumphal arch

Aspect

Perspective looking east

Inscribed

View of a Design for the North front of the Bank of England_ 1803

Hand

Joseph Michael Gandy

Watermark

James Whatman Turkey Mill Kent 1799

Notes

This drawing shows the north screen wall largely as executed. The north-west corner has a triumphal arch with a gated entrance. The attic consists of a pedestal crowned with a scrolled acroterion enclosing a scallop shell above a semicircular niche fronted by an urn. Panelled pilasters project project slightly from the sides of the pedestal. Sculpted couchant lions lie on plinths above the angled Corinthian columns. A frieze with a fleur-de-lis motif runs above the arch (as it does in SM 12/1/5). The drawing is dated February 1804 but it is clear that the design it shows was made one year earlier.

Level

Drawing

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