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Middlesex House of Correction: male prisoners treading on the boards of a treadmill: in the foreground others sit resting. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1874, after M. Fitzgerald.

Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.

People of Borneo. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after F. Regamey after a photograph by August Sachtler.

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Gardner, W. Biscombe, approximately 1849-1919

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People of Borneo. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after F. Regamey after a photograph by August Sachtler.

Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.

Middlesex House of Correction: male prisoners treading on the boards of a treadmill: in the foreground others sit resting. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1874, after M. Fitzgerald.