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Image Not Available for South view of Newgate Prison buildings.
South view of Newgate Prison buildings.
Image Not Available for South view of Newgate Prison buildings.

South view of Newgate Prison buildings.

ArtistDrawn by John Warner Barber American, 1798 - 1885
Dateprobably 1836
MediumDrawing; ink on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 1/8 x 4 3/4in. (8 x 12cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Houghton Bulkeley
DescriptionView of Newgate Prison in Granby. The cluster of buildings sit upon Copper Hill. In the 1830s, the cavern was being worked as a copper mine by the Phoenix Mining Company. Mountains are in the distance. In the foreground a man in a top hat is sketching, probably a self-portrait of the artist.
Object number1953.5.106
NotesSubject Note: Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Image Not Available for Newgate Prison, (Granby)
    Newgate Prison, (Granby)
    John Warner Barber
    1834
    Image Not Available for Newgate Prison.
    Newgate Prison.
    Asaph Willard
    about 1830
    Image Not Available for Newgate, (Simsbury) 2d.
    Newgate, (Simsbury) 2d.
    John Warner Barber
    1834
    Image Not Available for Plan of the Pheonix Copper Mine
    Plan of the Pheonix Copper Mine
    Westgarth Forster
    1830
    Image Not Available for A Prospective View of Old Newgate, Connecticut's State Prison
    A Prospective View of Old Newgate, Connecticut's State Prison
    Richard Brunton
    c. 1800
    Image Not Available for Postcards of Newgate Prison
    Postcards of Newgate Prison
    ca. 1950
    Image Not Available for Courtyard, Old Newgate Prison, East Granby
    Courtyard, Old Newgate Prison, East Granby
    Unknown
    1889
    Image Not Available for Newgate, The Old State Prison of Connecticut
    Newgate, The Old State Prison of Connecticut
    Unknown
    1888
    Image Not Available for A Correct Map of the Underground Excavation at the Phoenix Mine
    A Correct Map of the Underground Excavation at the Phoenix Mine
    Amasa Holcomb
    1831
    Image Not Available for Western view of the Buckley Tavern, Fairfield.
    Western view of the Buckley Tavern, Fairfield.
    John Warner Barber
    probably 1836
    Image Not Available for Yard at Newgate Prison, East Granby, Connecticut
    Yard at Newgate Prison, East Granby, Connecticut
    Unknown
    about 1885
    Image Not Available for Photographic postcard of Newgate Prison
    Photographic postcard of Newgate Prison
    Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
    20th century
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