A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by early frivolity. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Saint Peter: an angel releases him from prison. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

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

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

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 22 x 33.7 cm.

1 print : etching, with white heightening ; image 22 x 33.7 cm.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 22 x 33 cm.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 34 x ca. 26.8 cm

Napoleon in prison in Nice. Engraving by J. Outrim after E.M. Ward.

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

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

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Napoleon in prison in Nice. Engraving by J. Outrim after E.M. Ward.

Saint Peter: an angel releases him from prison. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

Prison wardens

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

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

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

Napoleon in prison in Nice. Engraving by J. Outrim after E.M. Ward.

Saint Peter: an angel releases him from prison. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

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