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 D4/3/38

Purpose

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

Aspect

[12] Ground Plan

Scale

1/5 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled, dimensions given, (against Men Felons building in NE corner, pencil) Chapp^l to be in this part with no cells under and (Women Debtors building) External wall the same Depth / This Building as front Building

Signed and dated

1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen and light red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper, two sheets joined (830 x 965)

Hand

curly office hand

Watermark

J Whatman (twice)

Notes

This drawing is similar to [SM D4/3/37] except that the men and women's night charges building are omitted and there are some pencil amendments.

Level

Drawing

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