English: Identifier: viewsofmostremar00pool

Title: Views of the most remarkable public buildings, monuments and other edifices in the city of Dublin Year: 1780 (1780s) Authors: Pool, Robert, artist Cash, John Lodge, John, d. 1796 Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807 Subjects: Architecture Publisher: Dublin : Printed for J. Williams, no. 21, Skinner-row Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book

Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image: towalk, and in which, are fires during the winterfeafon. Q^ Upon 58 DESCRIPTION OF, G?f. Upon the whole, the deiign of this gaol is fupe-rior to thofe hitherto ere&ed in this kingdom. Par-ticular care appears to have been taken to preventthe gaol diftemper, by afligning each prifoner a fe-parate cell, of which there are ninety feven, ex-clufive of tranfport-rooms, 8tc. and thofe apart-ments which the Gaoler has for the accommodationof his wealthy tenants. Among the errors of thisftructure, the narrownefs of the ftairs is confpicu-ous, as it prevents the free circulation of air; theChapel, from its fituation in the upper floor,is very difficult of accefs to the prifoners, who arein irons; had it been fituated on the ground floor,and the Hofpital in the upper apartments, theywould both anfwer their intention much better.Mr. Cooley appears to have profited by the re-marks contained in that ufeful and ingenious Trea-tife on the Gaols of England, wrote by J. Howard,Efq; F. R. S. MARINE

Text Appearing After Image: MARINE SCHOOL. X H E Hibernian Marine Nurfery, was infti-tuted in the year 1766, by a number of gentle-men, who formed a fcheme in the late war, forpromoting the fervice of his Majeftys fleet, bycloathing a number of men and boys, then ufe-lefs and rather burthenfome to the public, withencouragement for.them to enter into the fea fer-vice. By this means they were enabled to fupplythe Royal Navy with 564 men and boys. The commencement of peace having renderedthat meafure no longer neceffary, thofe gentlementurned their thoughts to fomething more perma-nent for the advantage of the fea fervice, bothwith refpeft to his Majeftys navy, and the com-mercial intereft ; conceiving that nothing couldmore effectually contribute to that end than thetaking care of the orphans of fea-faring men,who had lojft their lives, or were worn out in Q^ 2 fuch 6o DESCRIPTION OF fuch fervices; and who rauft feel dreadful anxietyin thofe tremendous hours of tryal (to whichthey are fo often expofed) when reflec

Note About Images

Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.