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The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1 July 1790Reference: 579429i- Books
The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.
Babington, Anthony.Date: 1971
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A rioter in the Gordon Riots has a cudgel in his hand and Newgate Prison is on fire in the background. Etching attributed to J. Gillray.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: June 9th 1780Reference: 36239i
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Elizabeth Fry is seated at a table in Newgate Prison, London, surrounded by women prisoners listening to her. Etching and aquatint.
Reference: 37722i
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Newgate Prison, London: a man's shirt is being laid over his shoulders by a prison warder after he has been flogged by a man with a cat o'nine tails. Wood engraving, 1872.
Date: [1872]Reference: 37723i