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Reference number

SM 10/3/27

Purpose

[67] Preliminary variant design of a fourth design for the Bullion Arch, partly in Soane's hand, February 1799

Aspect

Sectional elevation as in SM 10/3/25, with statues on plinths above the columns, a niche containing a sculpture between both column pairs, caducei between the columns, and showing the apsidal vestibule behind the colonnade on the east side of the Court

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

(Bailey) The Bank of England, Sketch of a Design for the South side of the Lothbury Court. Some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • Febry 1799

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

In this drawing, ornament has been added. It shows the development of the Bullion Arch design, becoming wider and more prominent on the south wall of the Court. It also shows the incompletion of the west side's design. By this time the east side of the Court was in construction but the south and west sides of the Court were still under design.

Level

Drawing

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