15. Plan of road imrovements for the Corporation of London 15. Title: Improvements proposed by the Hon. Corporation of London between the Royal Exchange and Finsbury Square . (flanking coat of arms of City of London). Date: 1802. Size: 450 x 360 mm. Imprint(s): Office of Works, Guildhall, Jan y 1802. (bottom left corner). Signature(s): Engraved by John Cooke, Engraver to the Hon. Board of Admiralty . Location(s):  BL, NLW [1] and Soane´s . [2] Comments: This plan shows the intention to redevelop the site of Bethlem Hospital ('Bedlam') and replace it with the ''London Amphitheatre'' and improve the area between the Bank of England (in Threadneedle Street) with Cornhill and the Royal Exchange to the south and Finsbury Square to the north. This area would then be redeveloped to provide some 60 houses with gardens, stables and coach-houses suitable for ''opulent Citizens''. This complex would then be linked directly to the...