Sujet

'Giltspur Street Compter, 1840', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Giltspur Street Compter, 1840', (c1872). Giltspur Street Compter in London was 'a debtors' prison and house of correction...it was used as a place of imprisonment for debtors...The Compter was a dirty and appropriately convictlooking edifice. It was pulled down in 1855.' From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1872

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19D50_237

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,9Mo (6,0Mo) / 46,6cm x 33,8cm / 5506 x 3996 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transport extérieur dehors route bâtiment bâtiments personnes gens le travail architecture rue pays loi crime métier Britannique Anglais ruelle avenue prison endroit siècle cheval dessiné architectural ville de Londres La Grande-Bretagne profession chariot dehors loi et ordre B&W MONOCHROME métaphore publication penitentiary transports routiers 19e siècle noir et blanc noir et blanc B W éditeur dix-neuvie siècle The Print Collector compter debtors prison Giltspur Street Compter landscape Old and New London Unknown Thornbury Cassell & Company Ltd George Walter Thornbury George Walter Petter Galpin & Co Galpin & Company landscape