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Policeman Uses TelephoneA policeman using a telephone pillar
Policeman (Petherick)London characters: the POLICEMAN, friend to the well- behaved, foe to the miscreant, protector of the peaceful, upholder of law and order
Loitering Boy / PolicemanA policeman approaches a young man in the street and asks him why he is loitering. He claims he is waiting for " the young gal wot I pays my attention to"
Zealous Policeman / C1830A zealous policeman physically apprehends a suspect right outside the police station
Loitering Woman / PoliceA policeman approaches a loitering woman in a pink dress and green bonnet, who declares she is waiting for her fiance
Police / Friendly CopperA kindly policeman takes care of two young street children. He carries the youngest in his arms
Mother in Law / MolochA French bell-mere (mother-in- law) depicted as a knife- wielding old misery surrounded by cactuses
Guides / Guide Law C1918A demure girl guide sits reading a book
Oakum Shed / Prison / 1874Inmates are supervised as they pick oakum
Policemen W / SuitcasesA large group of uniformed policemen walk along an unidentified street carrying suitcases, perhaps before a training session
Parrot Lays down LawThe parrot lays down the law to a mixed group of animals
Chaucer, Man of LawThe Man of Law gesturing
Policewomen 1940SA woman asks two policewomen for assistance
Edward VII and FamilyEDWARD VII with his wife, Alexandra, his son George (later George V) and his daughter-in-law Mary. All wear their very best clothes for some state occasion
French Agent De PoliceA French agent de police politely encourages a member of the public to move along, there !
Stray Taken in CustodyA stray mongrel is taken into custody by a policeman
Stray Dog on CourseA policeman rescues a dog running loose on a race-course during a racing meeting
French MuzzlesYou have a chien whos liable to bite ? eh bien, a museliere is what he must wear by day and by night
Sawing a TreeA pair of fellers saw into the base of a tree. The law states they must cut not more than 6 inches from the ground so as to get as much timber as possible from each tree
Phrenology / SpurzheimDr J C Spurzheim, depicted with a diversity of human types (Bruyeres was Spurzheims son-in-law)
Nightingale & VerneyFLORENCE NIGHTINGALE - in later years with her brother-in-law, Lord Verney
Law / Judges / Assize JudgesAssize Judges in Procession in Lincoln Cathedral on Assize Sunday
Charity / Workhouse / ShoesShoemaking instruction at a Poor Law Institution
Naval Court MartialA COURT MARTIAL Captain Thrupp and his officers of the Megaera are exonerated from blame after a court martial on board the Duke of Wellington
Comic Policeman / 6 AmTill six o clock in the morning - a popular song featuring late-night revellers and a tolerant guardian of the law
Roman CensorA Roman CENSOR - a public magistrate - adjudicates in a dispute
Roman LictorA Roman LICTOR : the fasces - an axe within a bundle of sticks - is the symbol of his authority
Law / Trial by Ordeal / EmmaEmma ( - 1052) aka Aelfgifu, widow of Cnut, proves her innocence by walking over red-hot plow- shares. Tried by Ordeal at Winchester
Samaritans, Book of LawSamaritans of Nablouse reading the Book of the Law
Prisons / FleetDebtors grate
Night WatchmanDER NACHTWACHTER A German night-watch patrols the streets, armed with a pike and carrying a horn with which to summon help if required (his dog is already helping)
Wandsworth Prison / MayhewPrisoners turning out after dinner in the Surrey house of correction, part of Wandsworth Prison. Note that the prisoners are wearing masks
Fleet Prison CourtyardPrisoners in the courtyard exercising and playing racquets
Moses and TabletsHe returns from Mount Sinai, carrying the tables of the law which God has just given him, to find the Israelites worshipping a golden calf
A Debtors PrisonThe Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill
No Match for a GunAn unequal match The truncheon is no match for the gun. A brave policeman attempts to disarm a burgler who threatens him with a gun
Policeman in AmbushA policeman waits behind a wall ready to ambush with his truncheon
London Policeman / TrafficA London policeman directs traffic
Police / Watchmen / CriesThe night watchman on his rounds. At the time, the night watchmen were the only public policing body in London
Norman Curfew CheckThe Curfew law traditionally thought to have been initiated by William I; after the curfew bell is rung at 8 o clock, guards make sure that all fires have been put out
Arrested while PawningA man is grabbed by a policeman while pawning
Prison Hulk, WoolwichConvicts from the hulks anchored in the Thames off Woolwich, at work on the river-bank handling timber with the aid of a huge lifting device
Kings Bench (Microcosm)Located in St Georges Fields, south of the Thames : a debtors prison notorious for the laxness of its rules - it housed 30 gin shops, as well as facilities for dining
Vigilantes / San FranciscoA meeting of the Vigilance Committee on Portsmouth Square, 1856
Dresden Prison 1930SThe interior of a prison in Dresden, Germany, which in its day was one of the most up-to- date in Europe. The central tower was built so that one person could watch 800 inmates
Newgate Chapel 1809The Chapel of Newgate Prison, where prisoners were exhorted to repent of their evil ways
Bridewell, LondonWomen prisoners, many with children, doss down in the Pass-Room at Bridewell, for the reception of short-term female offenders. It is located near Blackfriars
Holding up the LawThe Jewish manner of HOLDING UP the LAW in the Sight of the People, before it is read to them