image © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London) | Licence: All Rights Reserved
image © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London) | Licence: All Rights Reserved

King's Bench Prison

Date

ca.1820

Artist

Smith

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Additional Information

From the Collection

Description

View of King's Bench Prison in St George's Fields, Southwark.

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Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

image © London Metropolitan Archives (City of London)

From the Watercolour World

Location

King's Bench Prison, Southwark, London, England

Country

England

Tww Comment

King's Bench Prison was closed in 1869, when people were no longer imprisoned for debt. The site of the prison was cleared out in 1879 and turned into a block of dwellings.