Penitentiary Collection (page 11)

Cold Bath Fields, Finsbury, London, 1819. Artist: Thomas Ranson
Cold Bath Fields, Finsbury, London, 1819; an interior view of Cold Bath Fields Prison, in which Thomas Ranson was unlawfully confined by the Bank of England for holding an alleged forged one pound

The Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, 1843. Two interior views of the refuge for the destitute at Whitecross Street Prison, showing the male and female wards

Depiction of the protestant martyrs, West Smithfield, London, c1750
Depiction of the Protestant martyrs, West Smithfield, London, c1750. T Loseby, H Ramsey, T Thirtell, Margaret Hide and Agnes Stanley being burnt at the stake in West Smithfield

Newgate, London, c1760
View of Newgate, London, c1760, with Dr Hales machine for the ventilation of prison apartments above the battlements

Newgate, London, c1750
The London rairey shows or who ll step into Ketchs Theatre, c1750; view of Newgate, London, with a menagerie on the right

Old Bailey, Newgate Prison, London, c1760
View of a line of chained convicts from Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London, being taken to Blackfriars for transportation, c1760

Old Bailey, Newgate Prison, London, 1780
View of rioters setting fire to Newgate Prison, London in 1780 during the Gordon Riots. Various banners can be seen with anti-Papist statements on them

Newgate-Exercise Yard, 1872. Artist: Heliodore Joseph Pisan
Newgate-Exercise Yard, 1872. View of prisoners excercising at Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London. Taken from London: A Pilgrimage by Blanchard Jerrold and Gustave Dore

Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison, London, 1780. Artist: Thornton
View of rioters setting fire to Newgate Prison, London, 1780 and burning Mr Akermans furniture. In the crowd on the right a flag is held with the writing No Popery on it

Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London, c1815. Artist: George Shepherd
West view of Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, London, c1815 with horse drawn carriages in the front

London Bridge (old), London, c1830. Artist: R Martin
Aerial view of London Bridge, London, c1830 showing the bridge, the River Thames and the surrounding area in 1616 from the southbank

Gateway of Bridewell Prison, Tothill Fields, Westminster, London, c1850. View of the gateway bearing a carved key in the stone gable. The prison was also known as Tothill Fields Prison

Bridewell Prison in Tothill Fields, Westminster, London, c1850
Bridewell Prison in Tothill Fields (also known as Tothill Fields Prison), Westminster, London, c1850

View of Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1832. Artist
View of Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1832

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

View of Kings Bench Prison in St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1820. Artist
View of Kings Bench Prison in St Georges Fields, Southwark, London, c1820

Campaign at Fleet Prison, London, c1770
Distribution of pamphlets supporting John Wilkes outside the Fleet Prison, London, c1770. In the centre a woman is holding up a leaflet

No Popery or Newgate Reformer... 1780. A villainous looking man, believed to be Ned Dennis, wearing a No Popery favour in his hat, holds a cudgel raised to his left

Pass-Room Bridewell, 1808. Artist: Hill
Pass-Room Bridewell, 1808. Interior of a dormitory at Bridewell hospital and prison, London, showing women and children. The women are possibly homeless

Interior view of Lollards Prison in Lambeth Palace, London, 1791. According to legend this was where the Lollards were imprisoned. With a descriptive text below

Sir Francis Burdetts imprisonment in the Tower of London, 1810. Interior view of the Tower of London, with Sir Francis Burdett behind bars clutching a copy of the Magna Carta

Charles duc d Orleans imprisoned in the Tower of London with London Bridge in the background, 1803. Boats on the River Thames can also be seen in the foreground

View of London, 1804. Artist: William Daniell
View looking west from St Katherines Way with the Tower of London on the right and boats on the River Thames, 1804

Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
View of the yard at Kings Bench Prison, Southwark, London, c1825; showing figures playing with rackets and balls, whilst spectators watch from the windows above

In a high saliuation [sic] at the point of death, plate V of The Harlots Progress, 1732; the harlot is now dying from venereal disease and has been transferred to the sick room (of Bridewell Prison)

Fleet Prison, London, c1800
View of Fleet Prison, London, c1800; with people gathered around a barred window, out of which prisoners stare

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

Fleet Prison, London, c1820
Interior view of poor debtors room in Fleet Prison, London, c1820; back view of a man looking out through bars

A whistling shop : Tom & Jerry visiting Logic, on board the Fleet, Fleet Prison
A whistling shop : Tom & Jerry visiting Logic, on board the Fleet. A scene at the Fleet Prison, London, 1821 showing characters smoking, drinking and playing cards

Fleet Prison, London, 1691
Figures inspecting debtors boils and carbuncles at Fleet Prison, London, 1691. From Moses Pitts The cry of the oppressed

Fleet Prison, London, 1805. Artist: Valentine Davis
View of Fleet Prison, London, 1805

Gerards Hall, London, 1855. Artist: Percy William Justyne
View of the staircase to Gerards Hall crypt, Basing Lane, London, 1855. Also showing a medieval prisoner tied to a column and a warder descending the stairs

A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate VII of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate VII of VIII. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife

The Bubblers Medley, or a Sketch of the Times, 1720. Satire on the South Sea Bubble of 1711-1720. A bankrupt man behind bars praying, with mock brokers receipt

Suffragette being force fed with the nasal tube in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. In response to their hunger strikes several suffragettes were subjected to being force fed

Hunger strikers waving to Christabel Pankhurst from their cells in Holloway Prison, London, 1909. The fourteen suffragettes went on hunger in protest at the governments refusal to treat them as

Hanging of the Lincoln assassination conspirators, Washington DC, USA, 7th July, 1865. The assassinination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was part of a wider conspiracy

Prison ships, 1805. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Prison ships, 1805. Prison ships, or hulks, were a common form of prison accommodation in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. From Costume of Great Britain, published by William Miller, 1805

Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. Artist
Tread-Wheel and Oakum-Shed at the City Prison, Holloway, London, 1862. From The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life by Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) and John Binny, 1862

Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth, London, 1862. Adult school in the chapel, on the separate system at the Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth

The prisoners listening to Emily singing in the garden, 1340-1341. From Teseida delle nozze di Emilia by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). From the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, Austria

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri d Invenzione). Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Tasso in the Prison, 1853. Found in the collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Salome at the Prison. Artist: Moreau, Gustave (1826-1898)
Salome at the Prison. Found in the collection of National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Saint Hermenegild in Prision. Artist: Goya, Francisco, de (1746-1828)
Saint Hermenegild in Prision. Found in the collection of Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Prisoner of Chillon. Artist: Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863)
The Prisoner of Chillon. Found in the collection of Louvre, Paris

The Drawbridge. From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri d Invenzione). Private Collection

Before the Confession, 1879-1885. Artist: Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930)
Before the Confession, 1879-1885. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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