Lot 113: Drawings for the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth Promenade Deck and "B" deck

Benjamin W. Morris (1870-1944)
Drawings for the R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth Promenade Deck and "B" deck
including three different renderings of the Promenade Deck showing the transition in design. The first a very preliminary plan view, free hand drawing in pencil, working on the concept for the Promenade Deck; the second another free hand concept drawing in pencil showing a circular Ball Room where the Observation Lounge would eventually be; the third is a near final version of the Promenade Deck showing the Observation Lounge, Ball Room and Cafe in ink over pencil, to scale and signed with the initials "BWM" and date "London - 18th Nov. 1936; the fourth is a scale sketch in pencil of the Dining Saloon - Vertical Service on "B" deck.
pencil and pen on tissue paper
11 x 34¾ in. (27.9 x 88.3 cm.) sight, and smaller. (4)