- Title:
- The Bank
- Object name(s):
- Brief description:
- The interior of Robert Taylor's rotunda in the Bank of England when used as a stock exchange. An arc of the pilastered wall and part of the domed ceiling form a background. The floor is covered with groups of small figures, three women among them. On the right a man wearing a cocked hat, holding a staff and waving a rattle, stands above a crowd of excited bidders. On the wall above his head is the notice: 'No Clerk to act as broker.' Behind is a table at which men stand to write. On the wall above it is the inscription 'Navy &c £5 Pr Cr Anns'.
- Collection:
- Bank of England Museum
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- Object number:
- 1001
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 18th Century
- Object production person:
- Rowlandson, Thomas
- Responsible department/section:
- Pictures
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6bb1eb87-f145-3b63-b86e-f9bca8236bea, Bank of England Museum, CC BY-NC
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