£500
Thomas Miles Richardson Snr. (1784-1848), The Old Newgate, Newcastle, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, with hand written attribution and note verso: 'Sketch by T M Richardson of the Old Newgate, Newcastle which was used as a prison. This sketch was taken at a time when a crowd is watching at the gate to see a condemned man about to be brought out to be taken in a cart up Gallow Gate to the place of execution. The cart containing a coffin, the Sherriff and the Javelin Men, the Chaplain in a three cornered hat, and some of the buys from the Green Coat School are all to be seen in this sketch. Lent by the Rt Hon Sir Gainsford Bruce', also bears label 'The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon Tyne, J Bruce Esq.', 11in x 14½in (28cm by 37cm), reframed in its original giltwood and gesso frame, dimensions including frame and mount 25in x 28in (63.5cm x 71cm), some foxing.
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