[48] Alternative design by Soane for the ground floor plan related to positioning the Pitt Cenotaph, 23 January 1818

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SM 48/1/34

Purpose

[48] Alternative design by Soane for the ground floor plan related to positioning the Pitt Cenotaph, 23 January 1818

Aspect

Rough ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 2¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

M^rHigham and a few dimensions given

Signed and dated

23 Jan 1818 and (pencil, Bailey) Jan^y23^d1818

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and pencil on wove paper (708 x 512)

Hand

Outline plans by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant, 1806-37, curator 1837-60) with rough designs for new layouts by Soane

Notes

The outline site plans now include Mello & Pead's premises (left-hand side) which enlarges the site available to Soane by about one third. Encouraged by this and fired by his idea of a Cenotaph memorialising William Pitt the Younger, Soane re-cast the layout. This drawing enlarges the banking hall and places the Cenotaph and Mr Higham's room at the back.

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