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![[Abingdon Old Gaol] View of the New County Prison, at Abingdon, Berks.](jpegs/56769.jpg)
[Abingdon Old Gaol] View of the New County Prison, at Abingdon, Berks.
Drawn by W. Waite. Engraved by H. Meyer.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Rare aquatint. 420 x 485mm (16½ x 19"). Narrow bottom margin, small tear entering inscription area.
A view of Abingdon Old Gaol, probably published before the prison opened in 1812. Taken from the banks of the Thames (with an angler), it also shows Abingdon Bridge. On the opposite side is a wharf, with a barge, scale beam and crane. The gaol was built by Daniel Harris (c. 1761-1840), the Surveyor and Gaoler of Oxford Prison, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville RA (1766-1840), architect who worked on alterations for both Chatsworth House and Windsor Castle. It was largely superseded by the larger prison at Reading (1844) and closed in 1868. After being used as a grain store, slum dwellings and a leisure centre, it has now been converted into flats.
[Ref: 56769] £420.00
Drawn by W. Waite. Engraved by H. Meyer.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Rare aquatint. 420 x 485mm (16½ x 19"). Narrow bottom margin, small tear entering inscription area.
A view of Abingdon Old Gaol, probably published before the prison opened in 1812. Taken from the banks of the Thames (with an angler), it also shows Abingdon Bridge. On the opposite side is a wharf, with a barge, scale beam and crane. The gaol was built by Daniel Harris (c. 1761-1840), the Surveyor and Gaoler of Oxford Prison, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville RA (1766-1840), architect who worked on alterations for both Chatsworth House and Windsor Castle. It was largely superseded by the larger prison at Reading (1844) and closed in 1868. After being used as a grain store, slum dwellings and a leisure centre, it has now been converted into flats.
[Ref: 56769] £420.00