Political Prisoner Collection

The Communist Trials at Versailles: interrogating the prisoners in the Orangery, 1871. Creator: Unknown
The Communist Trials at Versailles: interrogating the prisoners in the Orangery, 1871. 'There are in action four councils of war in France

Leonora Kristina and Dina Vijnhofvers, 1910. Creator: Kristian Zahrtmann
Leonora Kristina and Dina Vijnhofvers, 1910. In 1650, Danish silk worker Dina Vinhofvers claimed to have overheard a conversation between Count Corfitz Ulfeldt and his wife Leonora Christina

The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

Le Nouveau Regime; Catherine Brechkovsky, la rentree de Siberie a la faveur du changement de regime, 1917. First World War: the New Regime - Catherine Breshkovsky

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

The release of politicial prisoners from the Castellamare, Palermo, on June 19... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The release of politicial prisoners from the Castellamare, Palermo, on June 19 - from a sketch by our special artist, Frank Vizetelly, 1860

Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917

Mr. Nicolle, political prisoner of 1848. Creator: JF Durrant
Mr. Nicolle, political prisoner of 1848

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

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]

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

Deportation of Political Exiles to Siberia in a Prison Wagon. Composed from Memory, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Student (Political Prisoner) in a Prison Cell. Self-Portrait, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Student (Political Prisoner) in a Prison Cell. Self-Portrait, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across

Three-quarter length portrait of woman, seated in chair, facing left, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Three-quarter length portrait of woman, seated in chair, facing left, between 1880 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Helene Machtet - wife of the novelist Gregori Machtet in exile with him

Shchedrin, one of four men chained to wheelbarrows at Kara, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Shchedrin, one of four men chained to wheelbarrows at Kara, between 1880 and 1886. A police photo of Shchedrin, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, dressed in convict clothing

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: Scheffer. At mines of Kara. Tried in Kiev with Molafski

Tokhashanski, half-length portrait, facing right, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Tokhashanski, half-length portrait, facing right, between 1870 and 1886. Tokhashanski was involved in the Mezzentsef Affair, a plot to assassinate General Mezzentsef, the St

Alexandra Ivanova Uspenskaia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, between 1870 and 1875. Creator: Unknown
Alexandra Ivanova Uspenskaia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, between 1870 and 1875. While discussing Count Leo Tolstoy's unsympathetic attitude toward Russia's political exiles

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

Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Political prisoners, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Unexpected Return, 1884, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin
Unexpected Return, 1884, (1965). The home-coming of a Russian political prisoner - the room portrayed is the artists living room and the models included members of his family

What is Truth?, 1890, (1965). Creator: Nikolay Ge
What is Truth?, 1890, (1965). Biblical scene: Jesus Christ is questioned by Pontius Pilate, prefect of the Roman province of Judaea

Katherina Breshkov-Breshuskay, Russian revolutionary activist, early 20th century
Catherine Breshkovsky, Russian revolutionary activist, early 20th century. Known as the Grandmother of the Russian Revolution Catherine Breshkovsky (1844-1934)

Unexpected Return, c1884-c1888. Artist: Il ya Repin
Unexpected Return, c1884-c1888. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Artist: Piotr Nicholaevich Staronosov
Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Found in the colletion of the State Museum of Revolution, Moscow

Caricature against the Constituent Assembly 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky
Caricature against the Constituent Assembly 1921

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