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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/2
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[3] Plan of the Second (i.e. first) Floor of a Design for the Gaol of Newgate
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Inscribed: as above and key: A Keeper's House / B Chappel / C Gallery for Debtors / D Gallery for Women Felons / F Private Way to bring the Debtors to Chappel / F ditto to bring the Women Felons to Chappel and (verso) Small Drawg of / Newgate & Sessns Hse / N (Sessions House is not shown)
Signed and dated
- 1768-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Black and red pen, sepia wash within triple ruled and washed border, pricked for transfer, on laid paper, recently filled (460 x 695)
Black and red pen, sepia wash within triple ruled and wash border, pricked for transfer, on laid paper, recently filled (460 x 695)
Black and red pen, sepia wash within triple ruled and wash border, pricked for transfer, on laid paper, recently filled (460 x 695)
Hand
Baldwin
Watermark
IHS IVilledary and fleur-de-lis iin crowned cartouche and LVG below
Notes
The plan differs from the later ones only in the details of the treatment of the facade.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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