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Interior view of Chapel at Horsemonger Lane Gaol
Interior view of Chapel at Horsemonger Lane Gaol
Interior view of Chapel at Horsemonger Lane Gaol

Interior view of Chapel at Horsemonger Lane Gaol

Date1821
MediumPencil and watercolour on paper
DimensionsObject/Work: 292.1 x 387.35 mm
ClassificationsArtworks/Commemorations/Photographs
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    Object numberGA1367
    DescriptionInterior view of the Chapel at Horsemonger Lane Gaol, also known as Surrey County Gaol. Construction of the gaol was between 1791 and 1799 and it was demolished in 1881. The site today is the public park, Newington Gardens.

    Signed lower right corner: G. Yates

    The text reads:
    The to Revd. WILLIAM MANN. A.M.
    Chaplain to His Majesty’s Gaol for the County of Surrey of Newington …..
    This View of the Interior of the CHAPEL of that Prison is Presented by ... [ …Most Cherished …?]
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