Convict Collection

Brixton purgatory, 1822. Prisoners Theodore Hook, William Cobbett, Henry Hunt and Thomas Wooler on the treadmill at Brixton Prison

American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - outdoor work, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Sketches: Prison Life in Blackwell's Island, New York - outdoor work, 1876. The outdoor employments assigned to most of the male convicts, who number above five hundred

American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876. Convicts complying with a...regulation to be observed after the dismissal of the guests from that monotonous repast

American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Sketches: Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York - Dining-Room, 1876. Blackwell's Island is the locality of several different institutions, besides the House of Correction

American Sketches: Prison Life on Blackwell's Island - No. 1. returning from work, 1876. In the penitentiary...where the sketch was taken by our correspondent, the late M

The Refuge for Female Convicts at Fulham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Refuge for Female Convicts at Fulham, [London], 1858. The inmates, ... though apparently left very much at liberty...are still under that degree of superintendence which

American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876. Creator: Unknown
American Prison Life, Blackwell's Island, New York: Dinner-Time, 1876....the inmates, who are here treated with compulsory hospitality

'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 5, 1891, 1891. Creator: Unknown
'The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday, December 5, 1891, 1891. The Channel Squadron at Portland: a Sham Fight. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Les forcats (The Convicts). Creator: Emile Jean-Horace Vernet
Les forcats (The Convicts)

'Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; Carpenters Shop, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

'Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; Prison Gate Kharsakov, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

'Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; Principal Street, Kharsakov, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

'Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; A Prisoner Driving, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41

'Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; The Womens Ward in the Convict Prison, 1890. From "The Graphic

Russia's Traetment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; Labour withou Creator: Unknown
Russia's Treatment of her Prisoners; Notes at Kharsakov, Saghalien, Eastern Siberia; Labour without Honour, convicts returning from work, 1890. From "The Graphic

Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882. Creator: Unknown
Convicts returning from work, Richmond penitentiary, 1882

"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. Creator: Mats Landin
"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. As well as in the same album

Runaway Siberian convicts (common criminals), between 1885 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Runaway Siberian convicts (common criminals), between 1885 and 1886. Three escaped convicts standing in field

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing... between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Name "Klenof" hand-written on verso

Party of exiles and convicts embarking on river barge at Tumen [ie, Tiumen]... between 1885 and 86. Creator: Unknown
Party of exiles and convicts embarking on river barge at Tumen [ie, Tiumen], western Siberia, between 1885 and 1886. Male convicts and exiles wait to board barge for Tomsk

Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Kennan describes Cherniavski and his wife as two of the most interesting political exiles that he met in Irkutsk in

Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Kardashof was one of three political exiles living in the Buriat village of Selenginsk whom Kennan visited in

Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated... between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Inscription on verso: Sukhomlin in convict dress (a police photograph)

Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Inscription on verso: Mikhailof (Mezzentsef Affair)

Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Yonof - tried in [illegible]

Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Glyanzo Osip - exiled convict, 1899. Creator: AK Keppel
Glyanzo Osip - exiled convict, 1899. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Evdokia Zotina - an exiled convict, 1893. Creator: AK Keppel
Evdokia Zotina - an exiled convict, 1893. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890.. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890 This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890
Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Convicts Learning How to Bind Books, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Convicts Learning How to Bind Books, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

A Group Picture of Convicts in Front of the Kitchen, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
A Group Picture of Convicts in Front of the Kitchen, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Convicts During a Geography Lesson, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Convicts During a Geography Lesson, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Group of Convicts, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Group of Convicts, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol... 1904
Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Exiled Captives Carting Manure at Korsakov Post in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term...1880-1899 Creator
The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term, Seven Miles from the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

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