| Description |
viii, 282 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art"--T.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270) and index. |
| Contents |
Wilderness years in Grocers' Hall, 1694-1734 -- Corporate virtue : George Sampson's Bank of England, 1731-34 -- Making the market : Robert Taylor's Bank of England, 1764-88 -- "Shadows upon the stone" : John Soane's early bank halls, 1788-99 -- The spectacle of finance : nationalism, urbanism, and bureaucracy, 1793-1808 -- Soane's finale and the Bank of England in his career, 1814-1833 -- Myth and modernity : Herbert Baker's Bank of England, 1921-1942 -- Architecture and history : learning from the Bank of England. |
| Subject |
Bank of England -- Buildings
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Bank of England -- History
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Bank buildings -- England -- London
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Architecture and society -- England -- History
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London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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| Added Author |
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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| ISBN |
0300109245 (cl : alk. paper) |
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