Scale
1/5 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
labelled including The Way to Mr Aldm Newman's Premises, Warese belong[ing] to Mr Hollier Glazier / in the Occupn of Mr White Newman Oilman Newgte St, Deliver'd at Messs Wix (cut) / to Mr Churchill a co[py], dimensions given ( a few by Dance), marked I and II (in red pen, see [D4/3/9]) and (verso, Dance) Giltspur Compter Dated: - Sepr [1787?, missing]
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, raw umber and light red washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper, two sheets joined, with eight old patches; flier on thin laid paper (870 x 1030, flier 250 x 235)
Hand
curly office hand, Dance
Watermark
J Whatman (twice); flier, Britannia in crowned roundel
Notes
The date of this drawing is uncertain since the sheet is damaged: however, B. Watson ('The Compter prisons of London' London Archaeologist, VII, 1993, No.5, p.119) give 1787 as the year. The site, enclosed by a perimeter wall, is larger at the southeast corner (Mr Hollier's premises) than shown on the contract plan of March and June 1787 ([SM D4/3/35]). The planning of each of the buildings has been modified to a greater or lesser extent. The arrangement of some of the buildings against the perimeter and dividing walls was revised in the executed design so that for better security and ventilation they were made free-standing within their courts.
Level
Drawing
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