Re: 1st Panopticon Date???

In addition to the work by Robin Evans, John Bender's _Imagining
the Penitentiary: Fiction and the Architecture of Mind in
Eighteenth Century England_ includes relevant material; you
might also look at Robert Rosenblum's _Transformations in
Late 18th Century Art_ for comments on visionary architectural
designs. I don't remember if he mentions the panopticon
specifically, but related projects are mentioned.
Tom Dillingham

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