287x189mm. View looking across Fort Square towards the Secretariat in Fort St George, a three storey building with a terrace roof and rusticated ground floor and with pedimented pavilions at either end. The central Tuscan portico is segmental in shape and rises from above the arcaded ground floor. This portico is of whiter stone than its surroundings, possibly indicating later construction. Originally the site of the East India Company's factory, parts of the central portion possibly date from 1684-85; the wing pavilions were added in 1825. In front of the building stands a statue of Lord Cornwallis beneath an Ionic rotunda. This work by Thomas Banks was erected in 1800. Cornwallis stands on a pedestal carved with scenes depicting the surrender of Tipu's sons in 1792. The statue originally stood on the Parade Ground west of Fort Square, but was moved to this site, and the rotunda erected, when the square was demolished in 1825. The statue was transferred to the Connemara Library early in the present century.