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  • image SM D4/3/15

Reference number

SM D4/3/15

Purpose

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

Aspect

[30] Details of footings

Scale

1 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Gilt spur Street Compter (Dance), Extremeties of Footings in Front next Giltspur Street are to 64 FeetInches from the Center of the Building, labelled Sleeper, Cross Planking, Planking, Inverted Arch and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red, yellow and burnt umber washes, pencil on laid paper (230 x 655)

Hand

curly office hand, Dance

Notes

The 'curly office hand' here uses a vivid palette and draws the wood grain to the planking and sleepers

Level

Drawing

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