Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Prison, courts and a lunatic hospital (5)
  - Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813 (25)

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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 Draw^g of / Newgate & Sess^ns 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)

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

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