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Working drawing for library addition, 1796 (1)

Drawing 7 is a working drawing for the addition, showing the design as in drawing 3 (including the flier amendment to the first floor). The drawing includes the dimensions of the ground and first floor rooms, and has the materials denoted in coloured washes. Pencil inscriptions indicate that a flat lead roof covers the ground floor bay window.

The recto of drawing 7 is a design for the Lothbury screen wall at the Bank of England (see 2:7:47 in Bank of England drawings). The scrolled acanthus ornament on the recto is related to the Bank of England design on the verso.
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