Suggestions for a National Gallery

20 feet 40 feet wide additional galleries admit adopted ample light ancient and foreign ancient masters architectural feature Arts Library backbone and ribs barracks bas-reliefs basement floor breaking the monotony British Museum central gallery central hall centre and end circular hall collection of pictures coloured marbles columns and pilasters constructed contain culminating point decorated dimensions according dome edifice effect end masses erected façade feet long flights of steps foreign masters front hall 60 feet height Hemming's Row hereafter House of Commons Houses of Parliament LAYARD light and shade linear feet loggie main galleries Martin's Lane modern masters National Collection National Gallery National Portrait Gallery occupy octagonal hall open court yards ornamented parallel galleries Parliament Street passages picture gallery present building principal entrance proper exhibition propose to divide Redgrave removing the pictures rooms screen sculpture seen from Parliament separate entrance side simplicity terra-cotta Trafalgar Square Trustees Westminster Abbey