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Background imagePrison Collection: Saint John of the Cross

Saint John of the Cross
SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS, Spanish Carmelite who worked with Teresa of Avila to reform the order : he wrote The dark night of the soul while in prison in Toledo

Background imagePrison Collection: Peter & Paul Fortress

Peter & Paul Fortress
A view of the town and habour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka. Probably the Peter & Paul Fortress in the Neva delta which was used as a political prison

Background imagePrison Collection: Birds Eye / Wandsworth

Birds Eye / Wandsworth
A bird s-eye view of the Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth, now known as Wandsworth Prison, London

Background imagePrison Collection: Elizabeth Fry (Drummond)

Elizabeth Fry (Drummond)
ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist

Background imagePrison Collection: Elizabeth Fry (Quiver)

Elizabeth Fry (Quiver)
ELIZABETH FRY - Prison reformer, quaker and philanthropist. Here she visits inmates of Newgate Prison

Background imagePrison Collection: Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir

Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir
Captured Greek General Trikoupis being taken to Prison at Ala Chehir (Alasehir). Nikolaos Trikoupis (18681956) was a Greek general and politician

Background imagePrison Collection: Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

Background imagePrison Collection: Colonel Barker - Valerie Smith

Colonel Barker - Valerie Smith
Page from The Graphic reporting on the case of Colonel Barker (aka John Hill and Geoffrey Norton), who was born Lilias Irma Valerie Barker in 1895

Background imagePrison Collection: Antonia de Cordova in prison

Antonia de Cordova in prison
Antonia de Cordova in chains in a prison dungeon

Background imagePrison Collection: Elmira, NY State, USA - State Reformatory

Elmira, NY State, USA - State Reformatory (now the Elmira Correctional Facility). Date: 1908

Background imagePrison Collection: Sailing boat passing the Chateau D If - Marseille, France

Sailing boat passing the Chateau D If - Marseille, France Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePrison Collection: Mamertine Prison, Rome, Italy

Mamertine Prison, Rome, Italy

Background imagePrison Collection: Mamertine Prison, Rome, Victorian period

Mamertine Prison, Rome, Victorian period

Background imagePrison Collection: Port Arthur Prison, Tasmania

Port Arthur Prison, Tasmania

Background imagePrison Collection: Tasmania Port Arthur Prison Buildings pre 1900

Tasmania Port Arthur Prison Buildings pre 1900

Background imagePrison Collection: Princetown Prison Dartmoor Victorian period

Princetown Prison Dartmoor Victorian period

Background imagePrison Collection: Princetown Prison Dartmoor

Princetown Prison Dartmoor

Background imagePrison Collection: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Swing Bridge Victorian period

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Swing Bridge Victorian period

Background imagePrison Collection: Prison of Socrates, Athens, Greece, early 1900s

Prison of Socrates, Athens, Greece, early 1900s

Background imagePrison Collection: Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte

Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte
Children's prison (centre) and workshops (right), (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imagePrison Collection: Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Refectory, built 1774, converted in 1813 to a chapel for prisoners (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), restored 2013-15, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux

Background imagePrison Collection: Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube

Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Group cells in the men's prison, (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Background imagePrison Collection: Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France

Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Main Gallery of the Cloister, built 18th century and used after 1804 as the men's prison, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard

Background imagePrison Collection: French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris

French Revolution, Attack on the Bastille, Paris Date: 1789

Background imagePrison Collection: Constantinople. Yedikule Fortress

Constantinople. Yedikule Fortress
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Yedikule Fortress or Fortress of the Seven Towers. Its construction was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1458

Background imagePrison Collection: The Castle of the Counts

The Castle of the Counts
An etching showing a scene in the shadows cast by the Castle of the Counts, or The Gravensteen, at Ghent, East Flanders in Belgium

Background imagePrison Collection: Siberia, performed at the Hippodrome

Siberia, performed at the Hippodrome
Scenes of Asiatic- Russia life play, called Siberia performed at the London Hippodrome. Written by Mr Henglers. The scene of the plunging horses as prisoners escape from a prison with officers

Background imagePrison Collection: Evening School, Burmese prison, illustration of prisoners

Evening School, Burmese prison, illustration of prisoners
Evening School in a Burmese prison, illustration showing prisoners seated on the floor, reading from books, with two teachers. From an article, The Burman in Durance'. Date: 1895

Background imagePrison Collection: Turkey. Constantinople. Yedikule Fortress

Turkey. Constantinople. Yedikule Fortress
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Yedikule Fortress or Fortress of the Seven Towers. Its construction was commissioned by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1458

Background imagePrison Collection: The Temple Prison, Paris, France

The Temple Prison, Paris, France
The Temple, a medieval fortress in Paris, used as a prison during the French Revolution, and later demolished. Date: 1793

Background imagePrison Collection: Old Prison, Lingfield

Old Prison, Lingfield
The Old Prison, a local lock-up also known as The Cage at Lingfield, Surrey. Date: Date unknown

Background imagePrison Collection: Elizabeth Fry Reading Scriptures at Newgate Prison

Elizabeth Fry Reading Scriptures at Newgate Prison
Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry gives a Bible reading to female inmates at London's Newgate Prison. Date: Date unknown

Background imagePrison Collection: H. M. Prison, Stafford

H. M. Prison, Stafford
A view of Stafford prison. A group of uniformed prison officers stands in front of the building. Date: Date unknown

Background imagePrison Collection: Napoleon in the Prison of Nice

Napoleon in the Prison of Nice, France. Date: 1794

Background imagePrison Collection: Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, Tower of London

Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, Tower of London
Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Stafford receives blessing of Archbishop William Laud in the Bloody Tower, Tower of London, 1641. Date: 1641

Background imagePrison Collection: Bodmin Prison

Bodmin Prison

Background imagePrison Collection: Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe

Socrates (c 469399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosophe
Socrates (c.469-399 BC). Classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Socrates in prison before being sentenced to death. Colored engraving

Background imagePrison Collection: Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I British

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I British
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, british, soldiers, troops, army, move, moving, movement, german, germans, prisoners, captives, captive, prison, ruins, horse, dead, destroyed, land

Background imagePrison Collection: Suffragette in Prison Cell

Suffragette in Prison Cell. Cover illustration for Die Suffragettes by Kaethe Schirmacher (Alexander Duncker Verlag Weimar 1912) Based on a sketch made in Holloway Prison by Sylvia Pankhurst

Background imagePrison Collection: Spanish Civil War Interior Of The Modelo Prison

Spanish Civil War Interior Of The Modelo Prison
spanish, civil, war, interior, of, the, modelo, prison, in, barcelona, spain, salamanca, archivo, historico, nacional, vertical, upright, black, and, white, b, w, interiors, inner, inside, insides

Background imagePrison Collection: Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). Checa (Stalinist)

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). Checa (Stalinist)
Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). Checa (Stalinist prison)

Background imagePrison Collection: Celebration of Mandela's release

Celebration of Mandela's release
A young black woman raises a bottle of champagne in the air in front of a large image of Nelson Mandela as the whole crowd celebrates his release after twenty-seven years in prison

Background imagePrison Collection: Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela

Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela
A crowd of demonstrators calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A large banner reads Mandela the world is with you'. Date: 1980s

Background imagePrison Collection: Suffragette Movement Social Political Union Wspu

Suffragette Movement Social Political Union Wspu
suffragette, movement, social, political, union, wspu, arrested, suffragettes, prison, hunger, strike, pankhurst, charlotte, marsh, charlie, women, woman, female, suffrage, voting, rights, force

Background imagePrison Collection: Charlotte Marsh (1887 - 1961)

Charlotte Marsh (1887 - 1961)
Charlotte Marsh, one of the leading figures in the suffragette movement. A promininent member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she was arrested several times

Background imagePrison Collection: Charlotte Despard, political activist and writer

Charlotte Despard, political activist and writer
Charlotte Despard, nee French (1844-1939), suffragette, novelist and Sinn Fein activist. She was an active member of the Labour Party, and joined, in turn

Background imagePrison Collection: The Island of the Dead

The Island of the Dead was the destination for all who died inside the prison camps at former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia

Background imagePrison Collection: Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII

Bridewell Palace in London was built as a residence of King Henry VIII and was one of his homes early in his reign for eight years



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