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Design for iron railings for the front of the branch bank, Bridge Street
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Reference number
SM (29) 56/2/28 verso
Purpose
Design for iron railings for the front of the branch bank, Bridge Street
Aspect
29 Part-plan and elevation of iron railings and ground floor with porch
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
7.0, Iron Railing
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (542 x 721)
Hand
George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Watermark
Smith & Allnutt 1823
Notes
The only known elevation of the Bristol branch bank shows a building with banded rustication and the Doric porch designed by Soane for the main entrance. The street level is shown to decline steeply towards the right of the building (and the river).
The drawing is found on the verso of SM 56/2/28, the recto of which has a design for a door frame and door for a strong room for the Manchester branch bank (q.v. Bank of England Branch Banks: Manchester: drawing 34).
The drawing is found on the verso of SM 56/2/28, the recto of which has a design for a door frame and door for a strong room for the Manchester branch bank (q.v. Bank of England Branch Banks: Manchester: drawing 34).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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