2-699-189 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Door of Newgate', c1872. Newgate Prison in London, established in 1188, was one of the earliest prisons. It was rebuilt several times, and finally demolished in 1904. 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]