Newgate-Exercise Yard Size:M: 75 x 60cm View of St Bride's Avenue

View of St Bride's Avenue with figures and a horse drawn carriage

'The Polling'

In the middle distance is a group of men observing the work

seen from across the River Thames

Newgate-Exercise Yard Size:M: 75 x 60cm View of St Bride's Avenue'Newgate Exercise Yard', 1872. View of prisoners excercising at Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dor. A Pilgrimage was a comprehensive portrait of London, but although the book was a commercial success many of the critics disliked it. Several were upset that Jerrold and Dor had concentrated on the poverty that existed in London.