[Designs for prisons]
Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3181612
Summary
Bibliographic description
Plate 1: Elevation and section of a design for a penitentiary or gaol for 600 prisoners by James Bevans, Architect, London. Sepr. 20th 1819. - Plate 2: Plans. Designed by George Ainslie Esqr. May 22d 1819. -- Plate 3: Design for a penitentiary for 600 prisoners, by James Bevans. Plan of the ground floor. Sepr. 20th 1819. -- Plate 4: Design for a penitentiary for 600 prisoners, by James Bevans. Plan of the two pair floor. Sepr. 20th 1819. -- Plate 5: Design for a penitentiary for 600 prisoners, by James Bevans. Plan of the basement floor. Sepr. 20th 1819. -- Plate 6: Design for a county gaol. Designed by George Ainslie Esqr. May 22d 1819. 6 folded leaves of plates;. size varies, folded to 45x29cm. Binding: loose plates inside blue paper wrappers; as issued. Wrapper badly torn.
Makers and roles
Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders (London, England) , issuer George Ainslie (fl.1819), architect James Bevans, architect James Wyld the Elder (1790 - 1836), draughtsman B. King, draughtsman S. A. Perry, draughtsman George Ainslie (fl.1819), designer James Bevans, designer