St Paul's Cathedral Drawing of Curve Forming Proposed New Boundary for Western Area

SPCAA/D/1/9/2

14 February 1873

Proposed plan for the changes to the west end of the churchyard, executed on thin brown paper in grey watercolour, and red, black and green ink. The drawing is mounted on white card (with a pencil study on the reverse).

Plan (with scale) of the west end of the cathedral, with the proposed boundary changes at the west end of the churchyard. The drawing includes numerous measurements figures (in feet) and geometric lines with arrows. On the reverse of the mount is a pencil study of a detail from the north porch (crossed through with pencil). This is dated to June 1871.

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