LONDON Rotunda of Bank of England

Description: INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:? The shipping rates shown are for '1st Class International Package' with tracking.? Ebay is also promoting their EIS International Shipping program on sellers pages. I do not use this program because it is more expensive, slower, not very transparent, and frustrating to the buyer, if something goes wrong. Do not select it, if ebay does show it as an option. Thank you. Print Specifics: Type of print: Steel engraving - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1841 (Internet sources). Publisher: Joseph Mead, 10 Gough Square, Fleet Street, London. Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches, (19.5 x 25.5 cm) including blank margins (border) around the images.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNote: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The print detail is much sharper than the photo of the print. Original narrative: The Rotunda, Bank of England : The Bank comprises nine open courts,—the Rotunda or circular room, several large public offices, committee room, and private apartments for the use of officers and servants. The principal suite of rooms is on the ground floor; and the chief offices, being furnished with lantern lights and domes, have no apartments over them. But beneath this floor, and even below the surface of the ground, there is more building, and a greater number of rooms, than above the ground. The principal entrance to the Bank is in Threadneedle Street, but there are other entrances in Bartholomew Lane and Lothbury, and at the north-west angle of Princes Street. The latter consists of a noble portico, having a raised basement, on which stands eight fluted Corinthian columns, which are disposed semi-circularly, and support a highly-enriched frieze and attic, with a turret above. The vestibule, or entrance hall from Princes Street, bears the impressive and grave character of a mausoleum. The massive Doric columns, without bases, are placed on three different planes, raised by steps, in imitation of the Propylaea at Athens. Lothbury Court opens from a spacious and lofty archway, and presents an interesting display of architectural features designed after the best specimens of Grecian and Roman art. The brick buildings on the north and west sides are partially masked by open screens of stone, of the Corinthian order, copied from the Temple of the Sybils, near Tivoli. The magnificent arch and façade on the south side of this court, forming the entrance to the Bullion Court, were designed on the model of the triumphal arch of Constantine at Rome. Statues emblematical of the four quarters of the world, surmount the entablature ; and within the intercolumniations there are allegorical representations, executed by Banks, of the Thames and Ganges in bas-relief. The various offices of the Bank are all on a scale corresponding to the extent of the edifice itself, and many of them have been designed with elaborate care. It becomes a question, however, whether utility has not, in many cases, been sacrificed to a love of classical decoration ; and whether those forms of ancient architecture which we admired so much when surrounded with their original associations, are not materially injured by their adaptation, piece by piece, to the construction of a large pile dedicated to the purposes of commerce. The Rotunda is a spacious circular chamber, with a lofty dome, fifty-seven feet in diameter, crowned by a lantern. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

Price: 20.4 USD

Location: Manassas, Virginia

End Time: 2025-01-05T13:26:31.000Z

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