Stock No: 10733

10733. THE FORTRESS OF GOLD GUARDED BY LIONS
Sculptor Alan Collins.............. Circa 1958.

Provenance: Originally on the Newgate Street facade 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
	76.6" 194.5 cms	36.2" 92 cms	18.9" 48 cms