Inscription

NEAR THIS SITE STOOD MILLBANK PRISON, WHICH WAS OPENED IN 1816 AND CLOSED IN 1890. THIS BUTTRESS STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE RIVER STEPS FROM WHICH, UNTIL 1867, PRISONERS SENTENCED TO TRANSPORTATION EMBARKED ON THEIR JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIA.

Material

Bronze

Notes

The plaque is placed on a large cylindrical granite block on the Thames Embankment side of Milbank, nearly opposite the entrance to Tate Britain.