[83] Design for the floor and ceiling of the Pitt Cenotaph

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Reference number

SM 48/1/24

Purpose

[83] Design for the floor and ceiling of the Pitt Cenotaph

Aspect

Floor plan and plan of ceiling to the Cenotaph with pencil amendments by Soane

Scale

3/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

a few illegible pencil inscriptions

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light blue washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (537 x 597)

Hand

Soane office no Day Book

Notes

This drawing is not dated but is quite close to the relevant part of SM 48/2/34 (plan of ground floor) that has the date of 19 March 1818. What is seen is first, is a passageway that comes after the entrance and entrance hall, then the Cenotaph with its circular opening to the first floor and dome and, at the back, the space for Pitt's statue. Here, a rectangle of pale blue wash, repeated on each side of the central area, indicates skylights or lanterns, that is, some form of top-lighting.

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