Release Collection

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. A barefoot Scottish woman with child in arms brings the official document releasing her wounded husband from prison after the failure of the Second Jacobite

'Precieux Auxiliaires; Un lacher de pigeons, 1915. Creator: Unknown
'Precieux Auxiliaires; Un lacher de pigeons, 1915. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Ambroise : Saint Ambroise, évêque de Milan, livre les vases... 1873
Esquisse pour l'eglise Saint-Ambroise : Saint Ambroise, eveque de Milan, livre les vases sacres de son eglise pour racheter ses prisonniers, 1873

Suffragette Martyrs Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Suffragette " Martyrs" Released from Prison, 1908, (1933). A triumphant procession with banners and a brass band

Thornton and MacDonald released after the Metro-Vickers Affair, 1933, (1935). Creator: Unknown
Thornton and MacDonald released after the Metro-Vickers Affair, 1933, (1935). L.C. Thornton and W.L. MacDonald arrive back in England after an international crisis

Parody of Minamoto no Yoritomo releasing cranes at Yuigahama, Japan, c. 1805

Scipio Restoring His Captive to Her Lover, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
Scipio Restoring His Captive to Her Lover, 17th century

Orestes Released from the Furies, probably 1520s, before 1540. Creator: Valerio Belli
Orestes Released from the Furies, probably 1520s, before 1540

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 4: Invidiosa Releases Fantasio, 1724

Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage, 19th century. Creator: Gakutei
Lady Murasaki Sets a Bird Free from a Cage, 19th century

British Prisoners Waiting for Release: The Camp at Nooitgedacht, 1901. Creator: Frank Dadd
British Prisoners Waiting for Release: The Camp at Nooitgedacht, 1901. When the Boers evacuated Pretoria they took prisoners to Nooitgedacht, in the Elands Valley

The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). Creator: Unknown
The Welcome to the Victims of Masculine Tyranny 1908, (1933). A group of British suffragettes, recently released from prison, with a Welcome banner

The Occupation of Pretoria: Release of British Officers, (1901). Creator: Melton Prior
The Occupation of Pretoria: Release of British Officers, (1901). Scene from the Second Boer War in South Africa, 1899-1900. From " The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV

The Released Woman, 1882, (1965). Creator: Vladimir Makovsky
The Released Woman, 1882, (1965). Scene in a Russian court building: a woman is greeted by her family after her acquittal. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Release, 1919. Artist: Francis Ernest Jackson
The Release, 1919. From Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs by British and French Artists, by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, Paris, New York, 1919]

An exact representation of the burning, plundering and destruction of Newgate by the rioters on the memorable 7th of June 1780, 1907. From The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II by James Boswell

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

Two suffragettes celebrating their release from Holloway Prison, London, on 22 August 1908. Mary Leigh (left) (1885-c1978) and Edith New (1877)

Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, British suffragettes, 18 September, 1908. Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence

Britsh suffragette Emmeline Pethick-Lawrences release from prison, 17 April 1909. The procession in her honour of her release marched from Marble Arch to the Aldwych Theatre

British suffragette Elsie Howey as Joan of Arc, London, 17 April 1909. Elsie Howey (1884-1963) dressed as Joan of Arc on the day of Joans beatification

Procession to welcome the early release of suffragettes from prison on 19 December 1908. Procession in Trafalgar Square to welcome Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

The Release of the Seven Bishops, 1688 (1878). Artist: Herbert Bourne
The Release of the Seven Bishops, 1688 (1878). The Seven Bishops of the Church of England were imprisoned and tried for seditious libel related to their opposition to the second Declaration of

The emancipation of slaves on a West Indian plantation, early 19th century (c1895). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, volume VII (c1895)

Worship in Russia, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 19th July 1903

St Paul in Prison, early 16th century. Artist: Raphael
St Paul in Prison, early 16th century. Behind an iron grille, an angel in a blaze of heavenly light touches St Paul who is chained to his sleeping guards. The angel releases him

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