Decorative Items | Sculpture & Carving | Stock No: 10743
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10743. One New Change Statues:
SAINT GEORGE TRIUMPHANT.
Sculptor: Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Acadamey... circa 1957....
Provenance: Originally one of a pair of statues above the doors of the main entrance on the One New Change building in the City of London & part of a group which included statues of two Guardian Lions (SNos 10744 & 10745) and three keystones.
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.
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SAINT GEORGE TRIUMPHANT.
Sculptor: Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Acadamey... circa 1957....
Provenance: Originally one of a pair of statues above the doors of the main entrance on the One New Change building in the City of London & part of a group which included statues of two Guardian Lions (SNos 10744 & 10745) and three keystones.
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 |
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| 20.7" 52.5  |
73.8" 187.5 |
24.0" 61 |
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