After the Civil War, Oxford Castle served primarily as the local prison.[47] As with other prisons at the time, the owners, in this case Christ Church College, leased the castle to wardens who would profit by charging prisoners for their board and lodging.[47] The prison also had a gallows to execute prisoners, such as Mary Blandy in 1752.[48] For most of the 18th century, the castle prison was run by the local Etty and Wisdom families and was in increasing disrepair.[49] A view of the castle published in 1769 in the work "England Displayed" by P. Russell and Owen Price is of interest in that it shows the appearance of the chapel attached to St George's tower prior to its demolition in 1794, as well as the motte and some then-surviving portions of the curtain wall including an arch or gateway in the wall immediately to the north of the tower.[50] The chapel and/or associated buildings are also shown, from a range of angles, in views by other artists including Samuel and Nathaniel Buck's Antiquities (drawing dated 1729),[51] a 1773 engraving included in Francis Grose's Antiquities of England and Wales, 1786,[52] a painting by Michael Angelo Rooker dating from 1779,[53] and a view by the artist John Baptist Malchair dating from 1784.[54] In the 1770s the prison reformer John Howard visited the castle several times, and criticised its size and quality, including the extent to which vermin infested the prison.[55] Partly as a result of this criticism, it was decided by the County authorities to rebuild the Oxford Prison.[56]