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Concept

Imprisonment

Images

  • A mentally ill patient with mask and hand restraints. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
  • Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.
  • A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

    Westall, Richard, 1765-1836. | Reference: 18362i
    • E-books
    • Online

    Beyond walls and cages : prisons, borders, and global crisis / edited by Jenna M. Loyd, Matt Mitchelson, Andrew Burridge.

    | Date: c2012
    • Books

    The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.

    Babington, Anthony. | Date: 1971
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26040i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
    • Archives and manuscripts

    A woman crying with a barred window behind her on a black ground

    Bishop, Mary (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990 | Date: 29 September 1959 | Reference: 2870116i
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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