[8] Record drawing showing variant design of a rusticated wall with figurative statues over the gateway

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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)
      - Lothbury and Bartholomew Lane screen walls, 1794-1797 (66)

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Reference number

SM volume 75/103

Purpose

[8] Record drawing showing variant design of a rusticated wall with figurative statues over the gateway

Aspect

Perspective as in SM volume 75/102 but omitting fluted pilasters on the base of the wall and with an extra set of ante to either side of the central portal; attics at the corners are taller

Signed and dated

datable to 30 October 1795

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The gateway on Lothbury Street resembles a triumphal arch. As in the Arch of Constantine, the gateway is surmounted by four figurative statues. Each statue is situated above a pilaster. The statues were not included in the executed design of the screen wall but similar ornaments were later integrated into the Bullion Arch at the south side of Lothbury Court in 1798-99 (see SM 12/3/1 and SM 12/3/15).

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Drawing

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