Passengers using the new Walbrook entrance to Bank Station in the City of London will see 24 glowing glass panels etched with scenes from the Roman world, high on the walls at the level between the first and second sets of escalators. These are another amazing legacy from the discovery of the Temple of Mithras on this site in 1954.
The huge public interest in the temple in the 50s not only inspired the site owners, Legal & General Assurance Society, to reconstruct the remains, they also commissioned New Zealand artist John Hutton (1906 – 1978) to create a series of engraved and etched glass panels to commemorate the discovery. The panels were originally positioned over the north and south entrances of the Legal & General’s 1960s building, Bucklersbury House.
