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- (1-2) (Bailey) 1813 (3) datable to 1815
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Drawing 3 is drawn in a sketchbook dated 1815-16. It seems to be a survey drawing of the vestibule as existing pre-1814, however, it is drawn later than the other survey drawings. Compared with drawing 1 it is possible to identify the four columns, fireplace, entrance into Pay Hall and the small offices on the east side of the original vestibule. It is a rough plan but fully dimensioned. It is perhaps a copy of a more formal drawing and was most probably used for reference on site during the construction of the new Treasury. The northern end of the plan is more detailed than the southern end.
For further plans of the original rectangular vestibule entering the Rotunda at the north east corner see drawings 1-3 in sub-scheme 5. 'Alterations to the Rotunda vestibule', 1791' within phase 1. '1788-1792...' (SM 9/4/1 & volume 75/22-23).
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