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Title	Newgate Prison, (Granby)
Creator	Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885
Place	East Granby (Conn.)
Topic	Copper mines and mining Copper industry and trade Industrial buildings Prisons
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Newgate Prison (East Granby, Conn.) Phoenix Mining Company (East Granby, Conn.)
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	The buildings of Newgate Prison occupy a hill in the center of the composition. The land slopes to the left and distant hills are visible in the background. To the right, another building appears behind a low wall surrounded by pine trees. A figure sketching, probably a self-portrait of the artist, is seated on a rock in the foreground. At the time Barber made his drawing the cavern beneath the prison was being worked as a copper mine by the Phoenix Mining Company, incorporated in 1830.<br>
Notes	Preliminary drawing for Connecticut Historical Collections, John Warner Barber, New Haven, 1836. <br>
Date created	1834
Physical format	1 drawing ; 16 x 20 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1953.5.107<br>File name 2798 img0009.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Collection	John Warner Barber Collection.<br>
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Drawings

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