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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/5
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[6] Plan of the Third (i.e. second) Storey and Elevation of the Back Front of ye Building
Scale
1/13 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 1768-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, shaded within double ruled border on laid paper, recently filled (460 x 680)
Hand
Baldwin
Notes
The windowless back elevation is built of masonry blocks about 5 feet long by 1 foot high (each one drawn in) relieved only by an ashlar parapet with cornice.
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 Britain, 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 Britain, II, 1959, p.47.
Level
Drawing
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