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Reference number

SM D4/3/1

Purpose

Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787

Aspect

[9] Elevation of principal (W) front with indication of section

Scale

1/5 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Extends 125 Feet above Plinth (of pediment), Centers of openings, (by Peacock?) Curb of Footing East Side Giltspur Street, full diminished including the masonry blocks

Signed and dated

  • 1787

Medium and dimensions

Black and red (section) pen, sepia washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (510 x 790)

Hand

Dance, Peacock?

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

The elevation is close in design to [SM D4/3/3] except that the centre three bays and the single end bays are crowned by pediments and the windows differ. Also, the ground floor windows flanking the centre are half-windows rather than lunettes, and the windows of the second floor are amended to semicircular-headed from square heads.

Level

Drawing

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