Penitentiary Collection (page 12)

An Arrant Knave (Arrested person), 1873. Artist: Perov, Vasili Grigoryevich (1834-1882)
An Arrant Knave (Arrested person), 1873. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

A Resting Place of Prisoners, 1878-1879. Artist: Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)
A Resting Place of Prisoners, 1878-1879. Found in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York

Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence, 1867. Artist: Herbert Bourne
Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence, 1867. After a work by Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879). From the Imperial Edition of The Works of Shakespere, published by Virtue and Company, London, 1873-76

Three men and a woman hanged for the assassination of Lincoln, c1865, (1938). Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt hanged for the assassination of Lincoln

Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragettes, in prison dress, 1908. Emmeline Pankhurst (1857-1918) and her daughter Christabel (1880-1958)

Freiherr von der Trenck 1726-1794. - Stich von Mansfeld, 1934
Freiherr von der Trenck 1726-1794, 1934. Friedrich Freiherr von der Trenck (1726-1794), Prussian officer, adventurer, and author. From Die Groszen der Weltgelchichte. [Ecktein-Halpaus, Dresden, 1934]

Arabis Prison in the Abbassieh Barracks, c1882. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

The Bridge of Sighs, c1880, (1911). Artist: David Law
The Bridge of Sighs, c1880, (1911). The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy, is an enclosed bridge that passes over the Rio di Palazzo

Prisoners going to dinner, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London, c1903 (1903). HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B mens prison opened in 1891

Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, London, 6-7 June 1780. A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant

Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1886. Artist: CW Sharpe
Cranmer at the Traitors Gate, 1886. Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI

King Stephen in Prison, c1860, (c1860). Artist: John Leech
King Stephen in Prison, c1860, (c1860). Stephen (c1092-1154) known as Stephen of Blois, grandson of William the Conqueror and King of England from 1135 to 1154

Joan trying it on, . Artist: John Leech
Joan trying it on, c1860, (c1860). Joan of Arc (c1412-1431), also known as The Maid of OrlUans. From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A Beckett [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co. London, ]

Martha Corey and her prosecutors, Salem, Massachusetts, c1692 (c1880). Martha Corey (c1627-1692) was one of the accused at the notorious Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Execution of slave trader Nathaniel Gordon in the Tombs prison in New York, 1862, (1938). Sentimental enthusiasm for notions of brotherhood of man found frequent

Newgate - The Gallows, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Newgate - The Gallows, 1891. Newgate Prison was a prison in London, at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London

La Romaine - Au Nom Inconnu, 1403, (1939). Artist: Master of Berrys Cleres Femmes
La Romaine - Au Nom Inconnu, 1403, (1939). The illustration is part of the manuscript De Claris mulieribus, traduction anonyme en francais (Livre des femmes nobles et renommees)

The Prison Window, 1857, (1917). Artist: John Phillip
The Prison Window, 1857, (1917). Painting held at the Tate, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

William Tyndale, English translator, 1536 (late 19th century). English translator of the Bible on morning of his death, giving jailer packet for John Rogers (pseud)

Wazir Ali in Prison, c1799 (c1912). Wazir Ali Khan (1780-1817), assembled a rebellious army of several thousand men. A quickly assembled force commanded by General Erskine moved into Benares

Ludwig XVII, 1785-1795, 1934. Louis XVII (1785-1795), the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette

Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy, 1927. Designed by Antonio Contino and built in 1600, the Bridge of Sighs connects the old prison of Venice to the interrogation rooms in the Doges Palace

The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. Artist: Eugen Poppel
The Latomie, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy, 1927. The Latomie are stone quarries that were also used as prisons in ancient times. From Italien in Bildern, by Eugen Poppel [August Scherl, Berlin, 1927]

A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 7: Fleet Prison, 1733. Tom Rakewell is confined to Fleet Prison, London, for debt, and being harangued by his wife

In the kitchen of Holloway Prison, London, c1901 (1901). Holloway Prison opened as a mixed-sex prison in 1852 but became female only in 1903. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Exercise yard at Holloway Prison, London, c1901 (1901). Holloway Prison opened as a mixed-sex prison in 1852 but became female only in 1903. From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

First part of King Henry VI. Act 2 Scene 5. Mortimer;Plantagenet, & c, 1800. Artist: Andrew Gray
First part of King Henry VI. Act 2 Scene 5. Mortimer; Plantagenet, & c, 1800. James Northcote (1746-1831). From Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, 1795, by John Boydell. [J. & J. Boydell, London, 1795]

Chinese Criminals in Death Cages, c1900. [M. Sternberg, Hong Kong, c1900]

Prisoners making Hemp Rope at Billbid Prison, Manila, Philippines, c1900. The Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines known as Carcel y Presidio Correccional (Correctional Jail and Military Prison)

Inside view of the Poultry Compter, City of London, 1813 (1911). Artist: John Thomas Smith
Inside view of the Poultry Compter, City of London, 1813 (1911). Poultry Compter was a small prison, run by a Sheriff of the City of London from medieval times until 1815

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

Arthur speaks in King John: Act IV, Scene I, c1875. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Arthur speaks in King John: Act IV, Scene I. Or Hubert, if you will, cut out my tongue, So I may keep...King John, c1875. From The Illustrated Library Shakespeare

The Prisoners, c1900. Artist: Robert Anning Bell
The Prisoners, c1900. From Modern Pen Drawings: European and American, Edited by Charles Holme. [The Offices of the Studio, London, Paris, New York, 1900-01]

East End of the Bridewell, and Jail Governors House, Edinburgh, 1829. Artist: William Tombleson
East End of the Bridewell, and Jail Governors House, Edinburgh, 1829. After Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1792-1864). [Jones & Co. London, 1829]

Queens Bench Prison - The Prisoners Yard, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1879 (1926) Artist: John Crowther
Queens Bench Prison - The Prisoners Yard, Borough High Street, Southwark, London, 1879 (1926). The prison, formerly a debtors prison, closed in 1880. From Lost London described by E

Old cage and pond, Lingfield, Surrey, c1905. The cage was built in 1773 to hold a poacher. It was last used in 1882

The conquerors of the Bastille, 1789 (1905). From Cassells History of England, Vol. IV, [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1905]

Christian and Hopeful in the Dungeon, c1916. Artist: William Strang
Christian and Hopeful in the Dungeon, c1916. An illustration from John Bunyans The Pilgrims Progress. An English nonconformist preacher and writer

John Bunyan, c1916. Artist: William Strang
John Bunyan, c1916. An English nonconformist preacher and writer, Bunyan (1628-1688) was the author of the famous allegory The Pilgrims Progress

The Bastille in 1700, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

Prince Arthur and Hubert, 1882. Artist: William Frederick Yeames
Prince Arthur and Hubert, 1882. Painting housed in the Manchester Art Gallery. From The Worlds Greatest Paintings, edited by T. Leman Hare. [Odhams Press Ltd, London, 1934]

Raleigh in the Tower, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Raleigh in the Tower, 1902. Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) was twice imprisoned at the Tower of London. After a work by Patten Wilson (1869-1934)

Street Front of the Fleet Prison, 1878
Street Front of the Fleet Prison.Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury. Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

The Old House of Detention, 1878
The Old House of Detention, Clerkenwell. Engraving from Old and new London Volume 2 by Walter Thornbury.Published by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1878

Chinese criminals in the Viceroys Yamen, now used as a jail, Tientsin (Tianjin), China, 1901. Criminals wearing large wooden collars known as cangues. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Tower of London at night, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

The needle-room, Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Prisoners sewing mailbags, a common form of prison labour in British jails

The oakum-shed, Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Oakum is a tarred fibre used in shipbuilding. It used to be made from old tarry ropes and its preparation was a common form of prison labour

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