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Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
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Reference number
SM D4/4/21
Purpose
Newgate Gaol, Newgate Street, City of London, 1768-c.1813
Aspect
[23] Perspective from NW
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1768-c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, shaded, within single ruled border on wove paper, recently lined and filled (665 x 1005)
Hand
office
Watermark
J Whatman 1811
Notes
The building is shown as finally completed with a central attic storey replacing the earlier pediment and thus reverting to something like the blocky simplicity of Dance's earlier design ([SM D4/4/1]). However, some details of the lower part are not as finally executed, for example, the Keeper's House is shown with the square-headed entrance of the 1769 contract drawing ([SM D4/4/9]) instead of the semicircular-headed door of the final scheme (cf. [SM D4/4/17]).
Level
Drawing
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