Scale
bar scale of ½ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Bank of England, (pencil) dimensions given
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and sepia wash, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper with five fold marks (536 x 636)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
The preliminary design for the stove in the centre of this sheet, featuring a central rosette, fret moulding, corner lions, and strigilated shaft surmounted by symbolic flame, is somewhat more elaborate than the realised version that omitted the symbolic flame. The rest of the drawing is closer to the design as executed, showing the side-aisles' fluted piers on pedestals, the semicircular arches surmounted by large fielded panels, and the piers in the lantern. In the built version, the fasciated Ionic architrave was replaced by a fret moulding, and the projecting cornice by a much flatter roll moulding. The section does not attempt to depict the elevation of the south wall, nor the surfaces of the pendentive dome or side-aisle barrel vaults. There are some very light, miscellaneous sketch designs in the margins, including a plan for the side-aisle piers showing the dimensions of the pedestal and shaft.
Literature
T. Willmert. 'Heating methods and their impact on Soane's work: Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery', Journal of Society of Architectural Historians, 52/1, March 1993, p. 31, fig. 3
Level
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