Item Info
Item No: facru00087
Title: Newgate Prison and the Gordon Riots
Media Type:
Engravings
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Image located in the Hampton L. Carson Collection.
Newgate prison is mentioned in numerous works by Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
Scene illustrates the attack on Newgate Prison during the Gordon Riots in 1780.
[ON REVERSE] London- Prisons and Reformatories. Newgate Prison. N-W #21 LC28 London- P(2)
Image Dimensions Width: 19 cm