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Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787
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Reference number
SM D4/3/2
Purpose
Giltspur Street Compter (Debtors' Prison), City of London, 1787
Aspect
[10] Elevation of principal (W) front and plans and sections of wall
Scale
1/5 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
dimensions given including the masonry blocks
Signed and dated
- 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper, one old patch (565 x 840)
Hand
curly office hand
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
This is a tidy copy of [SM D4/3/1] with plans and sections of the rusticated wall added.
It seems that after the contract deviation with crenellations ([SM D4/3/3]) was signed there were second thoughts about the treatment of the facade. Pediments were substituted for the crenallated parapet because 'it would have been subject to decay' (Report of the Committee for General Purposes, 26 July 1791, CLRO, P.A.R. Book 2, p.6, quoted by Kalman p.324).
It seems that after the contract deviation with crenellations ([SM D4/3/3]) was signed there were second thoughts about the treatment of the facade. Pediments were substituted for the crenallated parapet because 'it would have been subject to decay' (Report of the Committee for General Purposes, 26 July 1791, CLRO, P.A.R. Book 2, p.6, quoted by Kalman p.324).
Level
Drawing
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