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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/15
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[18] ELEVATION OF DOORWAY FOR THE COVER'D / WAY to the SESSIONS-HOUSE for the JUDGES
Scale
½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, No12, dimensions given and (verso) Plans & Elevations to coverd / way of Sesions House / (red pen) No6
Signed: Henry Banner
Dated: Exhibited to us the 22d of May 1783
Signed and dated
- 1768-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and raw umber washes within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on laid paper (510 x 355)
Hand
office
Verso
Partly drawn bird's eye view of the Gaol from the W showing the new copper roof that replaced the pre-fire roof of Westmorland slates and the new attic storey to the Keeper's House. Pen
Watermark
fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and GR below
Notes
Henry Banner (died 1784) was one of a family of artisans and was City Carpenter from 13 April 1774. The doorway consisted of a segmentally arched gate within a masonry frame.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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