Stock No: 10776
10776.One New Change Keystones.
LIONs HEAD MASK
Circa 1957.Sculptor: Sir Charles Thomas Wheeler, President of The Royal Academy, 1956-66.
Provenance: Originally one of three keystones on the façade above the main entrance of the One 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 Baroque St Paul’s Cathedral.
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| width | height | depth | |
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| 16.1" 41 cms |
25.0" 63.5 cms |
15.7" 40 cms |
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