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Images about Wakefield Prison

8 images from works
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire: an elderly man, struggling against the restraint-chair in which he is held by his wrists and neck. Photograph, ca. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire: an elderly man, struggling against the restraint-chair in which he is held by his wrists and neck. Photograph, ca. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man, prisoner number 9743, struggling against two warders, one in front of and one behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.
  • Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man, prisoner number 9743, struggling against two warders, one in front of and one behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

Works from the collections

4 works

    • Pictures

    Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

    | Date: 1869 | Reference: 35108i
    • Pictures

    Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

    | Date: 1869 | Reference: 35113i
    • Pictures

    Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire: an elderly man, struggling against the restraint-chair in which he is held by his wrists and neck. Photograph, ca. 1869.

    | Date: 1869 | Reference: 35111i
    • Pictures

    Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man, prisoner number 9743, struggling against two warders, one in front of and one behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

    | Date: 1869 | Reference: 35112i

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