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Prison wardens

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  • 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.
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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.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26040i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
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    A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26031i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
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    A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1848 | Reference: 26041i
    Part of: The drunkard's children
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    Napoleon in prison in Nice. Engraving by J. Outrim after E.M. Ward.

    Ward, Edward Matthew, 1816-1879. | Date: [1879] | Reference: 2975062i
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    Saint Peter: an angel releases him from prison. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.

    Lippi, Filippino, -1504. | Date: [1862] | Reference: 6802i
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