Stock No: 10735

10735.BANK of ENGLAND STATUARY COLLECTION :
A large carved Portland Stone tableau " THE FOUNTAIN OF GOLD GUARDED BY LIONS " ...None will pass....
Sculptor Esmond Burton..................... Circa 1957.

Provenance: Originally surmounting a pediment above the Bread Street entrance of the Bank of England Annexe in the City of London.

The building erected in the 1950's to accommodate the Bank of England's Accounts Department & demolished in 2007, occupied the whole site bounded by Cheapside to the north, Watling Street to the south, Bread Street to the east, Newgate to the north west and New Change to the west and filled a sensitive site in that it presented a backdrop to Christopher Wrens majestic Roman Baroque St Paul’s Cathedral.

	width	height	depth
	88.6" 225 cms	51.2" 130 cms	13.4" 34 cms