Newgate Prison, (Granby)
ArtistDrawn by
John Warner Barber
American, 1798 - 1885
Date1834
MediumDrawing; pencil on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 6 5/16 x 7 7/8in. (16 x 20cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionThe buildings of Newgate Prison occupy a hill in the center of the composition. The land slopes to the left and distant hills are visible in the background. To the right, another building appears behind a low wall surrounded by pine trees. A figure sketching, probably a self-portrait of the artist, is seated on a rock in the foreground. At the time Barber made his drawing the cavern beneath the prison was being worked as a copper mine by the Phoenix Mining Company, incorporated in 1830
Object number1953.5.107
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.Subject Terms
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