Stock No: 10751

10751. One New Change Statues. A UNICORN HOLDING A CARTOUCHE WITH A RELIEF OF THE CADUCEUS OF MERCY.
One of a pair with SNo 10750, A Lion holding a Cartouche.
Sculptor: Esmond Burton 1957.

Provenance: Originally one of a pair flanking a central keystone 10786 above the Bread Street entrance of the Bank of England Annexe at the old New Change building 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
22.4"
57 cms
41.9"
106.5 cms
22.8"
58 cms

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