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Northleach Prison, GloucestershireThe Gloucestershire County gaol at Northleach. Unusually, its cells were arranged around the circumference of a polygon with the cell doors opening onto an unenclosed walkway
Newgate Prison - the condemned cellA prisoner, watched over by a warder, reads as he spends his final few hours in the condemned cell at Newgate Prison Date: 1873
The Hermitage, Chester, Cheshire, England. This is an 18th century building, on the site of an Anchorite, or Hermits Cell, mentioned in records of 1363. Date: 18th century
Dick Turpins Cell in the Debtors Prison (now a museum), York, Yorkshire, England. Known as Pompeys Parlour, this was the cell of Turpin, Eugene Aram &c Date: 1950s
Prisoner making shoes, Millbank PrisonPrisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Punishment cell, Millbank PrisonPrisoner in refractory (punishment) cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Cell at Brixton PrisonA separate cell at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862
Washing cell at Holloway PrisonWashing cell at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862
Underwater LaboratoryPhysicist Brian Ray, testing the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere in Sealab II, Britains first permanent underwater laboratory, 30 feet beneath the waves off Plymouth Date: 1960s
Toad in Disguise / GrahameToad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908
Newgate / Oakum-PickingA convict, in his cell, oakum- picking. Date: 1873
Oastler in PrisonRichard Oastler, reformer, in his cell, number 12 Coffee Gallery, at the Fleet, London, where he is imprisoned for four years, occupying himself by writing The Fleet Papers Date: 1840-1844
The Night-in-Gale (Gaol) by George RansteadHumorous cartoon depicting a well-dressed reveller sitting resignedly in a prison cell following some sort of misdemeanour the previous evening
A Suffragettes Appeal to John BullAn illustrated postcard from around 1910 depicts a suffragette, shackled and in a prison cell. She is making an appeal to John Bull - a personification of England - with some lines from The Princess
Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress
Inmate at cell window, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireAn inmate of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, stands on a stool to catch a glimpse of the outside world through the high window of his cell
Cell Interior, Portland Prison, DorsetThe interior and meagre contents of a cell at Portland Prison, Dorset. The inmates bedding is rolled up on the left. The prison opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed
War Office at Wormwood ScrubsA War Office filing clerk in his temporary office, a cell at the Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London. The prison was requisitioned by the War Office at the outbreak of war in 1939
Against Orders: A gaoler bars a woman from the cellA woman carrying a platter of food is barred from entering the jail cell where, we presume, her partner is incarcerated. The gaoler however, decked out in a jester-style costume
The suffrage debate: two extreme portraitsThe anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer
Marie Antoinette on her way to the scaffold, Paris, 1793Engraving showing Marie Antoinette (1755-1793), the wife of King Louis XVI of France, being taken from her prison cell to the guillotine, October 1793
Bolshevik CellBolshevik cells (small local committees) are formed through out Russia to ensure everyone toes the party line, however distant from Moscow. This one is in Penzensky province
Prison babiesWeighing a baby on its admission to Holloway prison. Holloway was a women-only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed
Prison babies in chairs and cots in the day nurseryPrison babies at play in the day nursery. Holloway Prison, a women only prison where babies who are either born there or being under three months when their mothers were jailed are cared for in
Babys cot by the side of its mothers bedPrison babies at play in the day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months old when their mothers were jailed were cared for in
Holloway Castles prison crecheHolloway Castle womens prison introduced the first creche for prison babies. Babies were admitted if they were born in prison or were under three months when their mothers were jailed
Day nursery in Holloway prisonA day nursery in Holloway, a women only prison where babies who were either born there or were under three months when their mothers were jailed were cared for in prison
Ravachol in PrisonThe anarchist Francois- Claudius Koeningstein, known as Ravachol, in his prison cell after his arrest for terrorist bombings
Leclanche Electric CellLECLANCHE CELL An early version of the battery invented by Georges Leclanche, made up of zinc in an ammonium chloride solution
H. M. Bateman all by himself by H. M. BatemanSelf-portrait caricature by H. M. Bateman showing the artist sitting in a prison cell drawing. Several false noses and eyeballs hang from the walls
Philopoemen PoisonedPhilopoemen, Greek hero and patriot, who did all he could to prevent Greece from becoming another Roman province, accepts poison from a servant in prison in Messene
Joke Over by John GordonA glum looking jester sits in a prison cell attached to a ball and chain
Bunsens BatteryBUNSENs CELL A carbon-zinc electric cell invented by Robert Bunsen in 1841
Valletta Prison / MaltaThe interior of a prison cell at the Inquisitors Palace, St Lawrence, Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta
Ghost Detection KitGhost detection equipment designed and built by John Cutten : wind vane - Solenoid - Cameras - Thermostat - Tape recorder - Photo-electric cell - microphone
Ivanhoe / Rebecca in CellRebecca, inprisoned by the Normans, meets Urfried
Pauls Last ImprisonmentSt Pauls Last imprisonment. Depicted in chains he looks towards the window of his cell. (2 Timothy: IV 6-22)
Saint Jerome, theologian, writing in his cell, shared with a lion and a skull. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (known as the Vulgate)
Saint Jerome, theologian, with crucifix and skullSaint Jerome, theologian, with a crucifix and a skull. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (known as the Vulgate)
Mary Brown, words and musicHere we all stand around the ring, And now we shut poor Mary in. Rise up, rise up, poor Mary Brown, And see your poor mother go through the town
Trembley in his StudyAbraham Trembley (1700 - 1784), Swiss naturalist, depicted in his study. He was the first to witness multiplication of protozoans by cell division in algae
Discipline at NewgateGeneral indiscipline amongst male inmates (young and old) in a dormitory cell at Newgate
Newgate Prison / CellOriginally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The condemned cell waiting for an occupant
Richard I Fights LionWhile travelling through Germany on his return from the Crusades, Richard I is captured by Heinrich VI; a lion, put in the dungeon to kill him, is killed by Richard
Chemistry Students 1930SFemale students at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London studying Chemistry and Biochemistry, learning the secrets of cell structure and minute organisms
George in PrisonMrs Bagnet returns from her Expedition Mrs Bagnet takes Mrs Rouncewell to see her long- lost son George in prison
JOHN STONE Highwayman, shown fettered in his cell, waiting to be hanged