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Soane Office model SM M442. ©A.C. Cooper (Colour) Ltd

Model of the entablature used in the £5 note office at the Bank of England

Museum number: M442

On display: Basement West Corridor
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Curatorial note

Model for the Bank of England, London, entablature, £5 note Office, (designed by Sir John Soane), plaster. The entablature is shown in drawing SM 11/4/6 and is clearly one based on Tivoli wtih garlands and ox heads.

This model shows alternative designs for the small ornament between the ox-heads: on one side a flower and on the other a simple patera.

Associated items

11/4/6, related material

Comments

M442 was identified as missing by Spiers in his 1906 inventory. This cast was mis-identified as SC36, removed by James Wild from the Tivoli Recess in the late 19th century. All Soane's casts / models taken from or based on the entablature of the Temple of Vesta at Tivoli were analysed by Helen Dorey in a Research Report 2012. The Report revealed that this cast could not be SC36 and it was identified as the missing M442.


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