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Images about Prisons

80 images from works
  • A prisoner is sitting on straw in a cave with his feet chained to the wall, there are a few provisions on a small shelf in the rock. Etching by R. Blyth after J.H. Mortimer.
  • État des prisons, des hôspital et des maisons de force / par John Howard ; Traduit de l'anglois [by Louise Félicité Guinement de Kéralio?].
  • Turkish prisoners sitting in a cell with a barred window; two of them are racing cockroaches. Process print by Meisenbach after H. Lanos after W.T. Maud.
  • Old Bridewell, New York. Coloured lithograph by H.R. Robinson.
  • The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / [John Howard].
  • Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer, 1876, after F. Régamay.
  • A gaoler, wearing a Phrygian cap, reading out summons for executions to distressed prisoners of the French Revolution. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Johannot, 1881.
  • John Howard bringing water and fresh air into a prison in order to improve the conditions for the inmates. Watercolour.
  • Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse, 1765, after L.C. De Carmontelle.
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Works from the collections

328 works

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    Supplementary rules and regulations for the government of the Penitentiary of Maryland.

    | Date: 1823
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Scenes representing parts of life shown in cells of an underground grotto.

    William Kurelek | Date: c.1953-1954 | Reference: PP/ADA/C/8/86
    Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
    • Books

    Civil War prisons : a study in war psychology / William Best Hesseltine ; foreword by William Blair.

    William B. Hesseltine | Date: [1998]
    • Books
    • Online

    Discourses and essays on subjects of public interest / by Stevenson Macgill.

    Stevenson Macgill | Date: 1819
    • Books

    Vermessung des Verbrechers : die kriminalbiologische Untersuchung in Bayern, 1923-1945 / Thomas Kailer.

    Kailer, Thomas | Date: 2011
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Related topics

Prisoners
United States
False imprisonment
United Kingdom
Women prisoners
Women
Prisons - United States
Hospitals
History, 19th Century
England

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