70 Lombard Street (demolished 1915) was the first purpose built bank in the City of London. Dating from 1757, it was designed by the architect Sir Robert Taylor for the merchant banker Sir Charles Asgill (1714-1788). The Pelican Life Insurance Company took it as their office in 1797. The allegorical sculptural group was designed by Lady Diana Beauclerk and sculpted by John de Veere of the Coade Stone factory. The building has since been demolished, but the sculptural group was moved to the Horniman Museum, London. Since 1999 it has formed part of the collections held at the Museum of London.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Designer: Beauclerk, Diana
Sculptor: De Veere, John
Architect: Taylor, Robert
Commercial Office, Georgian Bank (Financial)
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