Newgate Prison.
ArtistDrawn by
Asaph Willard
(1786 - 1880)
Dateabout 1830
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 6 11/16 x 9 13/16in. (17 x 25cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of the buildings of Newgate Prison in East Granby seen across and open field. The sign of Luther Viets's tavern is on the far right. In the 1830s, the cavern was being worked as a copper mine by the Phoenix Mining Company
Object number1953.5.105
NotesConstituent Note: Asaph Willard was active in Hartford from 1817 until his death in 1880.On View
Not on viewca. 1950