• Title
  Plan of the New Gaol for Sydney, ca. 1840
• Call number
  SSV1/Gao/Darh/1
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1840, Sydney : J. G. Austin & Co., lithog.
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  446183
• Physical Description
  Prints - 1 lithograph - 28.5 x 22.3 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Shows floor-plan of cells for various categories of prisoners: Misdemeanours before and after trial, Capital felonies, Condemned, Debtors, Females before and after trial, and Boys.
• General note
  
  Title continues: ... [gaol] to contain 400 prisoners in solitary cells.
  Printed by J. G. Austin & Co., Zincographers & Lithographers, 12 Bridge Street, Sydney.
  Pencil sketch of a male figure (possibly soldier?) on reverse.
  Digital order no:a928156
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signatures of George Barney and Mortimer Lewis, Colonial Architect -- printed at lower edge
  Date in pencil at upper left
• Name
  Barney, George (Lieut.-Colonel)
  Lewis, Mortimer William, 1796-1879
  
• Topic
  elevations
  plans
  prisons
  
• Place
  Darlinghurst Gaol (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3324622

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