St Paul's Cathedral Drawing Showing the Original Chancel Railings and Gates Adapted to a New Position at the Entrance to the Choir

SPCAA/D/1/11/1

June 1883

Francis Cranmer (1817 - 1903) Penrose, RPW

Proposal for the repositioning of the altar rail across the entrance to the quire executed on paper in green, brown and grey watercolour, black ink and pencil. The paper is torn. There is also a small patch on the lower left-hand side.

Proposal (with scale) for moving the communion railing to entrance of the quire. The drawing shows the railings in elevation and plan forms, mounted on a marble plinth.

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