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Newgate Prison

Former prison in London

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  • The annals of Newgate; or, Malefactors register. Containing a particular and circumstantial account of the lives, transactions, and trials of the most notorious malefactors ... Calculated to expose the deformity of vice, the infamy and punishments naturally attending those who deviate from the paths of virtue ... / By the Rev. Mr. Villette.
  • Newgate Prison, London: male prisoners taking exercise by walking around the prison yard. Wood engraving after M. Fitzgerald, 1873.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.
  • William Cox, burglar, in Newgate prison. Etching, ca. 1773.
  • Elizabeth Fry is seated at a table in Newgate Prison, London, surrounded by women prisoners listening to her. Etching and aquatint.
  • Sarah Malcolm in Newgate Prison shortly before her execution. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • 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.

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    Newgate calendar, October 17, 1750

    Newgate Prison | Date: 1750]
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    State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1788 to the 28th of Sept. 1789, during the sheriffalty of William Curtis, Esq; and Sir Benjamin Hammet, Knt

    Newgate Prison | Date: 1789]
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    State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1787 to the 28th of Sept. 1788, being the sheriffalty of James Fenn and Mathew Bloxam, Esqrs

    Newgate Prison | Date: 1788]
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    State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of Sep. 1789, to the 28th of Sep. 1790, during the sheriffalty of William Newman & Thomas Baker, Esqrs

    Newgate Prison | Date: 1790]

Related topics

Crime - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
Criminals - Great Britain - Biography - Early works to 1800
London
Debtor and creditor - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
Prisoners
Trials
Executions and executioners

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