At Newgate Prison, Pip and Mr Wemmick visit the 'Colonel' a former client of Mr Jaggers's lawfirm who is imprisoned for counterfeit coining, and will soon be executed.
In the center, Mr Wemmick is shaking hands with the 'Colonel'. Pip is standing to the left and overlooks the whole scenario with distaste. On the far left, a potman is giving out beer to a desperate prisoner clad in a Sack of the 'East India Company'. On the far right, a mad preacher is harangueing a convict with a wooden leg and a convict in a smock-frock with a visor on his head.
The visitors and prisoners met in a yard and, according to 'A visit to Newgate' (1836) by Dickens, were separated by iron bars of about 5'10'' in height, which were roofed at the top. The description in GE mentions a 'yard' and an area behind 'bars' in which prisoners and visitors could meet. Dickens also writes that at that time, the 1820s-1830s, prisoners were not better lodged than ordinary soldiers.
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