This would be far better in my judgment, since it has the square in front, and would not encumber the street.

There might be some difficulty about pulling down the shop, because of the rent.

So it has occurred to me that the statue might be carved in a sitting position; the Colossus would be so lofty that if we made it hollow inside, as indeed is the proper method for a thing which has to be put together from pieces, the shop might be enclosed within it, and the rent be saved.

And inasmuch as the shop has a chimney in its present state, I thought of placing a cornucopia in the statue's hand, hollowed out for the smoke to pass through.

The head too would be hollow, like all the other members of the figure.
This might be turned to a useful purpose, according to the suggestion made me by a huckster on the square, who is my good friend.