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This plan shows the piecemeal temporary structures replaced by an overall scheme, which fills the entire trapezium-shaped plot. A large courtyard occupies the centre of the plan, with a lecture theatre to the north, galleries and glazed courts to east and west, and a pair of curving colonnades to the south. Francis Fowke continued to refine his extensive scheme until his death in 1765. This plan was not wholly executed, but modified versions of ideas seen here for the North and South Courts (now reclad and used as galleries 103-6 and as exhibition space), lecture theatre and central quadrangle were all carried out.","physicalDescription":"Lithograph on paper, comprising a proposal for completing the Victoria and Albert Museum. The structures in the north-east corner marked 'a' are the permanent buildings that had been built or begun by 1860. 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