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Prison visits

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  • Men and women are gathered outside a prison in Cairo as prisoners look out from behind the bars, and a child stands on ledge to look through the window. Wood engraving after J.C. Horsley, 1876.
  • Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.
  • Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.
  • Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Etching by T. Patch, 1770, after Filippino Lippi.
  • A parson accompanied by two constables on his way to visit prisoners in a parish lockup. Etching, 1778.
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    Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Etching by T. Patch, 1770, after Filippino Lippi.

    Lippi, Filippino, -1504. | Date: 1770 | Reference: 10877i
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    Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

    Lippi, Filippino, -1504. | Date: [1862] | Reference: 6801i
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    Prisoners behind bars opening on to a yard in Moscow being visited by men and women at Easter. Wood engraving, 1890.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 37773i
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    A parson accompanied by two constables on his way to visit prisoners in a parish lockup. Etching, 1778.

    | Date: Octr. 18 1778 | Reference: 36264i
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    Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.

    Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1871-1891. | Date: [1873] | Reference: 37724i
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