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Reference number

SM volume 74/22

Purpose

[15] Preliminary longitudinal section with fan-light lunettes

Aspect

Longitudinal section looking east and (verso, pencil) outlined transverse section for the hall

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Bank of England, Section of the Bank Stock Office

Signed and dated

  • datable to March 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pale red ink and sepia wash on wove paper with one fold mark (530 x 640)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing accurately shows most of the decorative scheme of the east wall and north and south arms as executed, including the structure of the lantern with its vertical stiles buttressing iron arch braces. However, the design shows only small square panels inset into the wall's banded rustication, whereas the final version raised and enlarged these panels to create a totally separate upper zone. Also, the radiating fan-lights of the clerestory windows were replaced by two tiers of arched lights, and the oval lights in the lantern were made rectangular. There are also some very faint, miscellaneous pencil sketches in the margins.

The clerestory fan-lights and preliminary wall ornamentation relate the drawing to SM volume 74/19, SM volume 74/19 and SM volume 74/31, suggesting a date of c. March 1792.

Literature

J. Summerson, 'The evolution of Soane's Bank Stock Office in the Bank of England', The unromantic castle, 1990, p. 155, ill. 134

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