Title: Reading Town Prison Artist: Hieronymous Grimm External website: here Date of Work: About 1787 Medium: drawing : pen and ink Dimensions: h222mm x w 300mm   Caption: Grimm, a Swiss artist, toured England making detailed drawings of historical curiosities including, here, Reading Town Prison. At the time the prison was housed in the remains of Reading`s medieval Franciscan Friary and Grimm records the bricked-up windows and broken glass suggesting the conditions inside.   Object Number: 2017.110.1 Acknowledgements: Reading Foundation for Art Collection Copyright: Image: Reading Borough Council/ Intellectual: na   Back