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PRIESTLEYS BATTERY 64-cell electro-chemical battery, invented by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), English clergyman and chemist. Date: 1810
PRISON / MAT-MAKING / 1873A convict in his cell, making mats. Date: 1873
VICAR OF WAKEFIELDThe Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill. Date: First published: 1766
FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISONLouis Capet and his family, no longer treated as royals, dine in the Temple prison : their gaoler announces that it is 3pm and hiswife and sister and niece must leave his cell Date: August 1792
Curtiss-Wright 16ft 8ins, four-blade, hollow steel propeller in a propeller test cell at its Caldwell, New Jersey, plant, July 1944. Date: 1944
Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engravingVoltaic pile invented by the italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Colored engraving
SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 - 1882). German physiologist, anatomist and naturalist. He developed the cell theory. Oil
Suffragette, Force Feeding Milk. A doctor with a large syringe labelled Milk attempts feeding a suffragette by force. A Prison warder restrains her in the cell while she manages to pull out large
Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)A cartoon depicting a suffragette being force fed in a prison cell. Two men, a prison warder and a doctor, hold the woman down with the help of a large weight (one hundredweight)
Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA padded cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, used to hold mentally disturbed or violent prisoners. Some kind of calendar is scratched on the door. The inmate sits, head in hands
Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, CubaGeneral view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)
Shakespeare, The Tempest, Prosperos Cell on the enchanted island. With Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. 19th century
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - CellA cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847
Stone-breaking cell in a workhouseIllustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909
SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory. Oil
Elsie Howey Womens Exhibition Prison Cell. Elsie Howey (1884-1963) in a replica prison cell, dressed in mock prison uniform, at the Womens Exhibition, 13th-26th May 1909. Date: 1909
Suffragette Votes for Sheep Martyr. Little Bo Peep stands with her shepherds crook holding a picture of a sheep in a prison cell, with Votes for Women as the headline, and a martyr beneath
Police Station at Cherat - NWFP. Cherat is a hill station, immediately above the village Chapri and Saleh Khana in the Nowshera District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Female convict in cell, Millbank PrisonA female convict in a cell at Millbank Prison, London. She is wearing a canvas dress and is being punished for tearing her normal clothes. Date: 1862
Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, DorsetInterior of a new wing at Portland, Dorset showing cell doors, iron stairways and corridors. Wire netting was placed between balconies to prevent inmates falling to the ground
Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe prison chaplain, jocularly referred to as the sky pilot, visits a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The prison was originally built as a House of Correction in 1594
Madman in Mad HouseA mental patient, confined in a strait-jacket, is chained barefoot in a small bare cell - a warder opens the door for a visitor to see the wretch, perhaps a one-time friend
Suffragette in prison Votes for WomenA suffragette is seated inside a prison cell. Note the graffiti on the walls. The rhyme, addressed to the inmate reads, While you remain a suffragetteA velentine you ll never getWhat man would ever
Kaempferia roscoeana, Germinating pollen cells - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library, Drawings of Francis Bauer of epidermis, hairs, pollen grains, monstrosities
X-Ray - Internal structire of a plant cell. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900
Spain. Barcelona. Convent of the Capuchins. Entrance to theBarcelona. Convent of the Capuchins. Entrance to the Priors cell. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain
Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. 3rd century B. CRoman Art. Italy. Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. Dated to 211 BC. It comes from Lucus Feroniae. Lazio
The Treasuries at Olympia. GreeceThe Treasuries at Olympia. Small temple-shaped buildings located to the north side of the Altis. Were erected by Greek colonies to store valuable votive offerings. Greece
Reconstruction of the cell of Francisco Quevedo. Saint DominFrancisco Quevedo (1580-1645). Spanish writer. Reconstruction of the cell in which the writer died. Saint Dominic Monastery. Villanueva de los Infantes. Castile-La Mancha. Spain
Electricity / Daniell CellDANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper
Christian HermitA hermit kneels outside his cell, to read the Holy Word and contemplate Jesus on the Cross
Gay Beggars BenefitMacheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker
St Teresa of Avila writingSaint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) writing in her cell with divine inspiration from the Holy Ghost
Borstal New Cell CorridorA new-style cell corridor at an unidentified Borstal - the inmates have rooms not cells. Date: circa 1926
Borstal Cell CorridorCell Corridor at an unidentified Borstal. Date: circa 1926
Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmate in CellUniformed inmate of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory seated in her cell. Date: 1908
Man visited in gaol, c. 1800A man is visited in gaol by a friend, c. 1800 Date: C.1800
Parkhurst Prison, Isle of WightA cell at the juvenile penitentiary established in 1838 at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. The prison aimed to provide boys with discipline, education and training prior to transportation. Date: circa 1847
LEEUWENHOEK, Antony van (1632-1723). Dutch naturalist and optician. First to observe bacteriae. He is commonly known as the Father of Microbiology, and considered to be the first microbiologist. Oil
VIRCHOW, Rudolf (1821-1902). German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health. Engraving
Suffragette in Holloway Prison Mrs. Pankhurst. Captioned, Two sides of Holloway Prison. Shows woman in cell wearing prison uniform and Mrs. Pankhurst in own clothes with champagne, doctor and warder
Suffragette Mrs. Martel in Prison Cartoon. Portrays Mrs. Nellie Martel (?1885-1940) in a prison cell, captioned, Suffering Suffragettes not to mention other folk in a speech on Oct 27th
Suffragette in Prison Dress Cleaning Kettle. A suffragette in replica prison uniform, sits polishing a cooking pot. She wears a large prison badge, issued from Holloway Prison
Suffragette Martyrs in Prison. A group of suffragettes sit dejectedly in a bare prison cell. Captioned, I wonder what their old men are doing just now. Date: circa 1907
Suffragette Valentine Prison Warder. Addressed to a suffragette Oh my valentine my dear, How I wish that you were here!. Prison warder holding large bunch of keys indicates the sparse interior of
Suffragette in Cell. Suffragette in prison cell looks out as policeman winks broadly. What a sell, I ll never be a Fool again he vows. Date: circa 1908
Pentonville prison cell interiorPentonville prison in London: interior of cell with a hammock for sleeping. Date: 1843