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Political Prisoner Collection

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Le Nouveau Regime; Catherine Brechkovsky, la

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: AI IMAGE - Portrait of Nelson Mandela, 2000s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: The release of politicial prisoners from the Castellamare, Palermo, on June 19... 1860

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Pickets, 1917

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Woman Suffrage - Banners, 1917

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Mr. Nicolle, political prisoner of 1848. Creator: JF Durrant

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: 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. 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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated... between 1880 and 1886

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)

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886

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)

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886

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]

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Deportation of Political Exiles to Siberia in a Prison Wagon. Composed from Memory, 1904

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Student (Political Prisoner) in a Prison Cell. Self-Portrait, 1904

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Three-quarter length portrait of woman, seated in chair, facing left, between 1880 and 1886

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: 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. 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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Tokhashanski, half-length portrait, facing right, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Alexandra Ivanova Uspenskaia, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, between 1870 and 1875

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Kulikovsky and Shinkman, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Unexpected Return, 1884, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: What is Truth?, 1890, (1965). Creator: Nikolay Ge

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Katherina Breshkov-Breshuskay, Russian revolutionary activist, early 20th century

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)

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Unexpected Return, c1884-c1888. Artist: Il ya Repin

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Illustration from the book Lenins Life, 1936. Artist: Piotr Nicholaevich Staronosov

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

Background imagePolitical Prisoner Collection: Caricature against the Constituent Assembly 1921. Artist: Vladimir Mayakovsky

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


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