Stock No: 10737

10737 : ONE OF A PAIR OF LARGE CARVED TABLEAUX FROM THE BANK OF ENGLAND STATUARY COLLECTION :
MIDAS HOLDING A CORNUCOPIA OF GOLD COINS, carved in the Greek Revival manner ... a sinewy hirsute fit fellow with such a fabulous coiffure...
Sculptor Esmond Burton.................. Circa 1957.

Provenance: Originally with SNo 10736 above the archway entry to the courtyard 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.

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	width	height	depth
	71.7" 182 cms	34.8" 88.5 cms	7.3" 18.5 cms