GANDY, Joseph Michael
(b. 1771, London, d. 1843, London)

Bird's eye view of the Bank of England

1830
Pen and watercolour, 725 x 1290 mm
Sir John Soane's Museum, London

A pupil of Sir John Soane, Gandy created this vision from the reality of his teacher's work, anticipating - wholly without suspecting it - the tragic fate of the Bank buildings when they were almost completely torn down in the 1920s.