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
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Reference number

SM D4/4/14

Purpose

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

Aspect

[15] SECTION OF THE SOUTH QUADRANGLE of the GAOL OF NEWGATE

Scale

1/5 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Inscribed as above and N^o2 Signed: Dan^{^l}Pinder / Thomas Silk / John Mackenzie / W Bosworth Mason / John Dowley / John Banner / Theo Barlow / Ralph Monk Dated: Exhibited to us the 22^d May 1783

Signed and dated

1768-c.1813

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, green earth, yellow, burnt umber and light red washes, shaded, within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on laid paper, recently filled (490 x 630)

Hand

office

Watermark

D&CBlauw IV

Notes

Daniel Pinder was a mason, Thomas Silk the City Plasterer; the rest were artificers except John Banner who came from a family of artisans and speculators (Stroud pp.127-9, 160).

When the fire of 6 June 1780 occurred, building work on Newgate Gaol was nearing completion. A programme of reinstatement was soon begun, Dance estimating the cost of damage as £26,295.12.5¼. Repairs began first with the north quadrangle, then the middle quadrangle with the chapel while the south quadrangle, Keeper's House and covered way to the Sessions House were (judging by the dates of [SM D4/4/14], [SM D4/3/17], [SM D4/3/18] and [SM D4/4/15]) rebuilt from May 1783. All of the reinstatement was completed by July 1785.

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Drawing

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