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  • image SM D4/4/8

Reference number

SM D4/4/8

Purpose

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

Aspect

[9] Ground floor plan

Scale

1/6 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

lettered, dimensions given and some calculations Signed: Exhibited to me June 9 1769 / Geo: Wyatt / Exhibited to me June 16 1769 / John Devall Junr / Exhibited to us / June the 16h / Jno Read / Joshua Hobson / Exhibited to me June 16th 1769 / Geo. Welling Dated: June 9 1769 and June 16 1769 (as above)

Signed and dated

  • 1769-c.1813

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and yellow ochre washes on laid paper, two sheets joined, worn, recently lined and filled (600 x 1560)

Hand

Baldwin

Notes

George Wyatt and John Read were carpenters, John Devall a mason and Joshua Hobson an artisan. This is essentially the same as the ground floor plan made before 15 April 1768 ([SM D4/4/1]), though more detailed.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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