Stock No: 10736

10736. ONE OF A PAIR OF LARGE CARVED TABLEAUX FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND STATUARY COLLECTION :
BACCHUS WITH SATYR. the archetypal Bon Viveur in accomodating company
Sculptor Esmond Burton.. Circa 1957.

Provenance: Originally one of a pair with SNo 10737 above the entrances on Bread Street 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.

Link to: Antique sculptures, carvings, plaques, tablets, coats of arms and panels

	width	height	depth
	71.7" 182 cms	35.0" 89 cms	6.5" 16.5 cms