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

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Prison, courts and a lunatic hospital (5)
  - Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787 Design not as executed, contract drawings for crenellated design, revised designs and working drawings (37)

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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.

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Drawing

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