The Upper Drawing Office

The Upper Drawing Office Vol. 82/33

This drawing, made in 1825, shows a section through the back part of the Museum where Soane’s pupils worked. The areas left white show the Upper Drawing Office, and the office door they used (see also The Little Study). The Office is supported on columns above the area known as the Colonnade which connects the Dome, where you can look down to the sarcophagus, with the Museum Corridor from where the staircase leads to the Office. Light came down in the Office from two skylights above the benches and the walls were hung with plaster casts to instruct and inspire the pupils.