Debtors Prison Collection

Chap. XIII: Ste. Pelagie! charmant sejour! (Sainte-Pelagie Prison, a charming stay!), 1824

Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtors Prison (?), n. d
Study for a Title-Page: Allegory of Commerce and a Debtors Prison (?), n.d.. Attributed to Romeyn de Hooghe

The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century, (c1878). Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London. Marshalsea was particularly known as a debtors prison

The Kings Bench, Southwark, in 1830, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Kings Bench, Southwark, in 1830, (c1878). The Kings Bench Prison in south London dated back to medieval times. It was used as a debtors prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s

Giltspur Street Compter, 1840, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Giltspur Street Compter, 1840, (c1872). Giltspur Street Compter in London was a debtors prison and house of correction...it was used as a place of imprisonment for debtors...The Compter was a dirty

Ah! Mr Bilk em how d ye do?... c1825. Two men meet outside Fleet Prison. One is old, thin, poor and respectable the other obese and flashily dressed

Scene at Whitecross Street Prison showing a release of prisoners, London, 1870. Artist
Scene at Whitecross Street Prison showing a release of prisoners, London, 1870. From The Graphic

Proteus taking a benefit according to law, 1825
Proteus Taking a Benefit According to Law, 1825. Interior view of Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London

View of Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, c1840

View of Borough Compter, a debtors prison in Mill Lane, Bermondsey, London, 1826

The Kings Bench Prison as it appeared in 1823, c1827, (1912). The Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, took its name from the Kings Bench court of law in which cases of defamation

The reception of a debtor in Fleet Prison in the days of George II, 18th century (19th century). Artist: Beech
The reception of a debtor in Fleet Prison in the days of George II, 18th century (19th century)

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