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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/4
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[5] Plan of the Second (i.e. first) Floor and Section through the Courts from North to South
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 1760-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red and raw umber washes, shaded within double ruled border on laid paper (460 x 685)
Hand
Baldwin
Notes
The plan (without a key) is the same as [SM D4/4/3] except that the outline of aedicules within arched recesses to the upper part of the facade is now shown.
REPRODUCED. J. Summerson, 'Newgate Gaol: catalogue of drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britian, II, 1959, p.47.
REPRODUCED. J. Summerson, 'Newgate Gaol: catalogue of drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britian, II, 1959, p.47.
Level
Drawing
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