watercolour and ink on paper, laid on card, 70 x 103cm approx. each

In 1945, the Diocese of Colombo commissioned the Royal Society of Arts to organise a competition for a new Anglican cathedral in the Ceylonese capital to be assessed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Scott was scathing about the overall standard of submissions. These drawings were entry number 29 of 59 competitors, but the winner was no.9, a design by Messrs. Pinckney and Gott, of 7, Gray's Inn Square. All the designs including this were exhibited in the RSA library between August 25th-30th in 1947. See JRSA, No. 4702 (OCTOBER 12th, 1945), pp.598-599; Vol. 95, No. 4742 (MAY 9th, 1947), pp. 377-379; Vol. 95, No. 4743 (MAY 23rd, 1947), pp. 409-410; vol. 95, No. 4751 (SEPTEMBER 12th, 1947), p. 712