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Reference number

SM 48/1/32

Purpose

[49] Alternative design by Soane for the ground floor plan related to positioning the Pitt Cenotaph, 25 January 1818

Aspect

Rough ground floor plans with a diagonal axis

Scale

bar scale of 2¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Strong Room, Mr H Rm, Strong C[loset], Closet, Public Hall, Counter, Lobby / or / Por[ch]

Signed and dated

  • Sunday 25 Jan 1818 and (Bailey) January 23d 1818

Medium and dimensions

rown pen, sepia wash, pencil on wove paper (704 x 535)

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 shows a bolder design to that of SM 48/1/34 with the Cenotaph on a clear and more focused diagonal axis to the entrance now positioned on the corner of Old Jewry and Meeting House Court.

Level

Drawing

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