Penitentiary Collection (page 10)

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

View of Ludgate Prison in ruins, Bishopsgate, City of London, 1817

Looby Lumps life in London, a new song... 1822. Artist
Looby Lumps life in London, a new song... 1822. An image above song lyrics showing a scene at the watch-house. Four watchmen hustle a rustic into a cell while their officer sits behind his desk with

Ceceders in Limbo - ie - vagabonds made usefull... 1798. Artist
Ceceders in Limbo - ie - vagabonds made usefull... 1798. The interior of a prison with three prisoners beating hemp.This is a satire on the secession of the leaders of the Whig Opposition in

View of the Tower of London from the River Thames, 1742. Artist
View of the Tower of London from the River Thames, 1742

Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, c1810. View of the Cold Bath Fields Prison from the north-west with the River Fleet in the foreground and the dome of St Pauls Cathedral in the distance

Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, 1814. Exterior view of the prison with sheep grazing in the foreground

Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, 1830. Artist: W Watkins
Cold Bath Fields Prison, Finsbury, London, 1830. View with figures and horse-drawn carriages on the street. Also showing a figure begging on the left

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 Wood Street Compter, City of London, 1793. Artist: John Thomas Smith
View of Wood Street Compter, City of London, 1793

View of the Poultry Compter, City of London, 1813. Artist: John Thomas Smith
View of the Poultry Compter, City of London, 1813

Newgate Pump, Old Bailey with Newgate Prison in the background, City of London, 1815

The platform and gallows at Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1783. Artist
The platform and gallows at Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1783

Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1724. Eleven views with descriptions charting how Jack Sheppard escaped from Newgate Prison in 1724

Inside Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1828. Artist: WT
Inside Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1828. Prisoners kneeling to receive the sacrament from a priest

Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1799. View with figures and horse-drawn vehicles in front of the prison

Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1800. Artist: Thomas Medland
Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1800. View with figures and horse-drawn vehicles in front of the prison

The chapel yard in Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1840

Interior view of the chapel in Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1840. Artist
Interior view of the chapel in Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1840

Interior of the condemned room in Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1810. View with a lone figure sitting at a bench

Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1831. Artist: R Acon
Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, City of London, 1831

Giltspur Street Compter, City of London, 1805. Artist: H Owen
Giltspur Street Compter, City of London, 1805. Compters were small prisons controlled by a sheriff, usually for civil prisoners such as debtors

Inner courtyard of Fleet Prison, City of London, 1805. Artist: Valentine Davis
Inner courtyard of Fleet Prison, City of London, 1805

Humours of the Fleet Prison, 1749. Showing the Keeper of the Prison and new prisoners in the vicinity of the tennis ground while a game is in progress

The Sailors Fleet Wedding Entertainment, 1747

Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet, 1800. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet, 1800

The remains of Fleet Prison, City of London, 1868. The remains of Fleet Prison showing advertisements on boards, figures and a horse-drawn cart

Fleet Prison, City of London, 1829. Artist: J Henshall
Fleet Prison, City of London, 1829. View outside Fleet Prison with figures and horse-drawn vehicles on Farringdon Street

The evening after a mock election in the Fleet Prison, June 1835

View of Fleet Prison from the tennis ground, City of London, 1845

llustration of a scene at the Fleet Prison, from Pierce Egans Life in London, 1820. Logic visiting his old acquaintances on board the Fleet, accompanied by Tom and Jerry

Bird s-eye view of Bridewell with figures walking in the quadrangle, City of London, 1750

Bridewell, City of London, 1822. Artist: Thomas Dale
Bridewell, City of London, 1822. Partial view of Bridewell quadrangle, comprising the male prison, part of the female prison and the Great Hall. Also showing coats of arms in the lower margin

Bridewell, City of London, 1821. Artist: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
Bridewell, City of London, 1821. Partial view of Bridewell quadrangle, comprising the male prison, part of the female prison and the Great Hall. Also showing coats of arms in the lower margin

View of the quadrangle at Bridewell, City of London, 1810. Artist: George Shepherd
View of the quadrangle at Bridewell, City of London, 1810. Showing children bowling a hoop

Ludgate Prison with a plan of the London Workhouse, Bishopsgate, beneath, City of London, 1818

View of Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London, 1794. The prison was demolished in 1902 to make way for the construction of the Central Criminal Court

View of Cold Bath Fields Prison. Finsbury, Islington, London, 1820. The front of the prison with its imposing entrance is shown filling the entire composition

The remains of Fleet Prison, London, 1868; showing advertisements on boards, figures and a horse drawn cart. Above this the dome of St Pauls Cathedral can be seen through the steam of a passing train

Tower of London, London, 1883. Artist: John Crowther
View of Devereux Tower, Tower of London, London, 1883; with figures in military clothing

Siege at the Tower of London, 1830
Tower of London under siege during the riots of November 1830. A mob of men, women and children armed with pea shooters, bad eggs, rotten fruit and kitchen and bedroom slops are attacking the Tower

Clerkenwell Close, London, 1883. Artist: John Crowther
View of Clerkenwell Close, London, 1883; with the House of Detention in the distance

The Discipline Mill at Brixton Prison, Lambeth, London, 1821
View of the discipline-mill, erected at the house of correction at Brixton, Lambeth, London, 1821. Brixton Prison was opened in 1820; the treadmill was installed the following year

Pentonville, Islington, London, 1815. Artist: George Hollis
Pentonville, Islington, London, 1815; view of Cold Bath Fields House of Correction, with the City of London in the background

Holloway Prison, Islington, London, 1852
View of Holloway Prison, Islington, London, 1852; with prisoners working in the foreground overseen by prison officers

Corporation Row, Finsbury, London, c1867; view of police standing amongst debris after a Fenian bomb explosion in Corporation Row, 1867 aimed at blowing up the House of Detention

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