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Background imageCell Collection: PRIESTLEYS BATTERY

PRIESTLEYS BATTERY 64-cell electro-chemical battery, invented by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), English clergyman and chemist. Date: 1810

Background imageCell Collection: PRISON / MAT-MAKING / 1873

PRISON / MAT-MAKING / 1873
A convict in his cell, making mats. Date: 1873

Background imageCell Collection: VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
The Primrose family join their father when he is thrown into a debtors prison by the evil Squire Thornhill. Date: First published: 1766

Background imageCell Collection: FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISON

FRENCH ROYALS IN PRISON
Louis 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

Background imageCell Collection: Curtiss-Wright 16ft 8ins, four-blade, hollow steel propeller

Curtiss-Wright 16ft 8ins, four-blade, hollow steel propeller in a propeller test cell at its Caldwell, New Jersey, plant, July 1944. Date: 1944

Background imageCell Collection: Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engraving

Voltaic pile by alessandro Volta. Colored engraving
Voltaic pile invented by the italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827). Colored engraving

Background imageCell Collection: SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 - 1882). German physiologist

SCHWANN, Theodor (1810 - 1882). German physiologist, anatomist and naturalist. He developed the cell theory. Oil

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette, Force Feeding Milk

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

Background imageCell Collection: Force feeding a suffragette (cartoon)

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)

Background imageCell Collection: Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire

Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, Cuba

Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, Cuba
General view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)

Background imageCell Collection: Shakespeare, The Tempest, Prosperos Cell

Shakespeare, The Tempest, Prosperos Cell on the enchanted island. With Prospero, Miranda and Ariel. 19th century

Background imageCell Collection: Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Ita

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy

Background imageCell Collection: Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Cell

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight - Cell
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: Stone-breaking cell in a workhouse

Stone-breaking cell in a workhouse
Illustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909

Background imageCell Collection: SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist

SCHLEIDEN, Matthias Jakob (1804-1881). German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory. Oil

Background imageCell Collection: Elsie Howey Womens Exhibition Prison Cell

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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette Votes for Sheep Martyr

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

Background imageCell Collection: Police Station at Cherat - NWFP

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

Background imageCell Collection: Female convict in cell, Millbank Prison

Female convict in cell, Millbank Prison
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, Dorset

Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, Dorset
Interior 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

Background imageCell Collection: Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire

Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire
The 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

Background imageCell Collection: Madman in Mad House

Madman in Mad House
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette in prison Votes for Women

Suffragette in prison Votes for Women
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: Kaempferia roscoeana, Germinating pollen cells

Kaempferia roscoeana, Germinating pollen cells - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library, Drawings of Francis Bauer of epidermis, hairs, pollen grains, monstrosities

Background imageCell Collection: X-Ray - Internal structire of a plant cell

X-Ray - Internal structire of a plant cell. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900

Background imageCell Collection: Spain. Barcelona. Convent of the Capuchins. Entrance to the

Spain. Barcelona. Convent of the Capuchins. Entrance to the
Barcelona. Convent of the Capuchins. Entrance to the Priors cell. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain

Background imageCell Collection: Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. 3rd century B. C

Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. 3rd century B. C
Roman Art. Italy. Roman Mosaic of polychrome geometric motifs. Dated to 211 BC. It comes from Lucus Feroniae. Lazio

Background imageCell Collection: The Treasuries at Olympia. Greece

The Treasuries at Olympia. Greece
The 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

Background imageCell Collection: Reconstruction of the cell of Francisco Quevedo. Saint Domin

Reconstruction of the cell of Francisco Quevedo. Saint Domin
Francisco 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

Background imageCell Collection: Electricity / Daniell Cell

Electricity / Daniell Cell
DANIELL CELL Invented in 1836 by John- Frederic Daniell, English chemist and physicist, using zinc and copper

Background imageCell Collection: Christian Hermit

Christian Hermit
A hermit kneels outside his cell, to read the Holy Word and contemplate Jesus on the Cross

Background imageCell Collection: Gay Beggars Benefit

Gay Beggars Benefit
Macheath, Lockit, Peachum, Lucy and Polly in Macheaths prison cell: a Covent Garden performance for the benefit of Mr Walker

Background imageCell Collection: St Teresa of Avila writing

St Teresa of Avila writing
Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) writing in her cell with divine inspiration from the Holy Ghost

Background imageCell Collection: Borstal New Cell Corridor

Borstal New Cell Corridor
A new-style cell corridor at an unidentified Borstal - the inmates have rooms not cells. Date: circa 1926

Background imageCell Collection: Borstal Cell Corridor

Borstal Cell Corridor
Cell Corridor at an unidentified Borstal. Date: circa 1926

Background imageCell Collection: Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmate in Cell

Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmate in Cell
Uniformed inmate of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory seated in her cell. Date: 1908

Background imageCell Collection: Man visited in gaol, c. 1800

Man visited in gaol, c. 1800
A man is visited in gaol by a friend, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Background imageCell Collection: Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight

Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight
A 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

Background imageCell Collection: LEEUWENHOEK, Antony van (1632-1723). Dutch naturalist

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

Background imageCell Collection: VIRCHOW, Rudolf (1821-1902). German doctor, anthropologist

VIRCHOW, Rudolf (1821-1902). German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician, known for his advancement of public health. Engraving

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette in Holloway Prison Mrs. Pankhurst

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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette Mrs. Martel in Prison Cartoon

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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette in Prison Dress Cleaning Kettle

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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette Martyrs in 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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette Valentine Prison Warder

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

Background imageCell Collection: Suffragette in Cell

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

Background imageCell Collection: Pentonville prison cell interior

Pentonville prison cell interior
Pentonville prison in London: interior of cell with a hammock for sleeping. Date: 1843



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