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Background imageImprisoned Collection: Scotland / Craigmillar

Scotland / Craigmillar
The imposing 14th century keep of Caigmillar Castle. In 1477 James III imprisoned his brother John, Earl of Mar, in one of its cellars

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Albert Kesselring

Albert Kesselring
ALBERT KESSELRING Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe : condemned at Nuremberg for action in Italy but imprisoned, and eventually pardoned

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U

Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U
Mary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Mary Qoss Messenger

Mary Qoss Messenger
A pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Visiting Day at Richmond Barracks, Dublin Uprising, 1916

Visiting Day at Richmond Barracks, Dublin Uprising, 1916
Relatives of prisoners taken during the Irish Rebellion were allowed to visit the barracks three times a week. They are shown here handing through the barbed wire presents they have brought with

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Lorenzo Ricci

Lorenzo Ricci
LORENZO RICCI - Italian general of the Jesuits when it was being widely attacked, despite his personal qualities imprisoned by the Pope in the Castels Angelo where he died. Date: 1703 - 1775

Background imageImprisoned Collection: John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist

John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist
John Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist. He was imprisoned for his opposition to the First World War, and lost his teaching post

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Rosamund Massy Suffragette

Rosamund Massy Suffragette. Mrs. Massy (1870-1947) portrait. Member of the W.S.P.U, imprisoned, went on hunger strike. Took part in the Black Friday demonstration of November 1910. Date: circa 1909

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Mildred Mansel Suffragette

Mildred Mansel Suffragette. Mrs. Mansel (1868-1942) portrait. Member of the W.S.P.U, arrested and imprisoned. Visited Christabel Pankhurst in Paris

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Tutbury Castle

Tutbury Castle
Queen Marys Tower, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1569. Built by Henry de Ferrers (1070s), later owned by Wulfric Spot

Background imageImprisoned Collection: BEBEL (1840 - 1913)

BEBEL (1840 - 1913)
AUGUST BEBEL German socialist politician, imprisoned for treason and lese-majesty against the Kaiser

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Arthur Tooth, Ritualist

Arthur Tooth, Ritualist
ARTHUR TOOTH Ritualist clergyman, imprisoned at Horsemonger Lane in 1877 because of his Anglo- Catholic leanings Date: -

Background imageImprisoned Collection: John Bunyan imprisoned

John Bunyan imprisoned
During his imprisonment Bunyan wrote the " Pilgrims Progress". John Bunyan, English Christian writer and preacher

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko

Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko, Russian politician and financier, seen here in August 1917. In this year he was appointed Finance Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, then Foreign Minister

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Lilburne / John / Gucht

Lilburne / John / Gucht
JOHN LILBURNE Political agitator, English leader of the Levellers, imprisoned for importing Puritan publications

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Duc D orleans Imprisoned

Duc D orleans Imprisoned
The Tower during the captivity of the duc d Orleans, taken prisoner after Agincourt

Background imageImprisoned Collection: The Lady of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott is a lyricalballadby the English poetAlfred Tennyson that tells the story ofElaine of Astolat a young noblewoman imprisoned in a tower on an island nearCamelot

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Cupid Imprisoned

Cupid Imprisoned
This illustration depicts an old crone with a predatory owl upon her head, pulling along a cart decorated with poppy flowers, upon which sits a cage containing an imprisoned Cupid, the god of love

Background imageImprisoned 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 imageImprisoned 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 imageImprisoned Collection: Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala

Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Members of the Gunpowder Treason plot. Date: 5th November 1605

Members of the Gunpowder Treason plot. Date: 5th November 1605

Background imageImprisoned Collection: ANTI=VIETNAM DEMO

ANTI=VIETNAM DEMO
Anti-Vietnam Demo, calling for an end to the war and for the release of Lieutenant William Calley, imprisoned in 1971 for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village. Date: early 1970s

Background imageImprisoned Collection: ART & DELVCAEM

ART & DELVCAEM
The mother of Delvcaem will die when her daughter weds & so she keeps Delvcaem imprisoned & slays her suitors. Here she sends poisonous toads to hinder Art

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Lancelot and Tarquin

Lancelot and Tarquin
Sir Lancelot challenges Sir Tarquin (Tarquine) who has imprisoned 64 of King Arthur's knights. Sir Tarquin is slain

Background imageImprisoned Collection: A crafty Norwegian lad outwits a simple-minded devil by tricking him into jumping into a nutshell

A crafty Norwegian lad outwits a simple-minded devil by tricking him into jumping into a nutshell, in which he is at once imprisoned. Date: 1879

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Louis XVII, titular King of France, son of Louis XVI

Louis XVII, titular King of France, son of Louis XVI
Louis XVII (1785 - 1795), titular King of France (1793 - 1795), son of Louis XVI. Imprisoned during the French Revolution from August 1792 until his death in 1795, he never ruled

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Prince Arthur leaping from the tower

Prince Arthur leaping from the tower. Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany, was imprisoned and then disappeared - the story of his fall from a tower probably originates in Shakespeares play, King John

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned

Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by G. Petrini from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Marguerite de Comminges, wife of Mathieu de Foix, 1363-1443

Marguerite de Comminges, wife of Mathieu de Foix, 1363-1443
Marguerite de Comminges, wife of Mathieu de Foix who had her locked up in a castle for 15 years, 1363-1443. Handcoloured lithograph by Leopold Massard after a miniature in Bernard de Montfaucons

Background imageImprisoned Collection: The Death of Sachem Wamsutta

The Death of Sachem Wamsutta
The funeral of Pokanoket Sachem Wamsutta, known as Alexander to the English colonists; he had died of an illness considered suspicious by his people

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Ten Years War - Spanish Prisoners

Ten Years War - Spanish Prisoners
The Cuban commander stands in front of Spanish prisoners, haranguing them. A group of Spanish prisoners stand, surrounded by Cuban soldiers at ease, as the commander talks to the prisoners. Date: 1869

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Colonel F. Carneiro de Campos: Prisoner of War

Colonel F. Carneiro de Campos: Prisoner of War
Colonel Frederico Carneiro de Campos, was imprisoned by Paraguayan soldiers shortly before the initial act and declaration of war by Paraguay

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Sir Walter Raleigh in Tower of London

Sir Walter Raleigh in Tower of London
Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 - 1618), English gentleman, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer. Raleigh imprisoned in the Tower of London

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Laud imprisoned in the tower of London

Laud imprisoned in the tower of London
Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645) imprisoned in the Tower of London, having been found guilty of treason. 1641

Background imageImprisoned Collection: The Princes in the Tower - Edward V & Duke of York

The Princes in the Tower - Edward V & Duke of York
The Princes in the Tower - Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the only sons of Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville alive at the time of their fathers death

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London

Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London
The escape of Bishop Ranulf Flambard (circa 1060-1128) from The Tower of London (he had been imprisoned by William Rufus successor Henry I of England)

Background imageImprisoned Collection: The young Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany, imprisoned at the Chateau de Falaise

The young Prince Arthur, Duke of Brittany, imprisoned at the Chateau de Falaise, is guarded by Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent. Arthur had at one time been Richard Is preferred successor

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box

Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box
Jill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925

Background imageImprisoned Collection: American P. O. W. Date: 1944

American P. O. W. Date: 1944
American P.O.W. Date: 1944

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Concentration Camp

Concentration Camp
Russian soldiers in a concentration camp 21st July 1941. Date: 21st July 1941

Background imageImprisoned Collection: GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE

GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE English reformer. A Chartist, and Owenite and a turned rationalist. Imprisoned on blasphemy charge in 1842. Date: 1817 - 1906

Background imageImprisoned Collection: GARDES FRANCAISES FREED

GARDES FRANCAISES FREED
Those Gardes Francaises who refuse to fire on the crowd are arrested and imprisoned in the Abbaye St Germain: they are rescued by a mob of ten thousand Date: 30 June 1789

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Richard Lovelace in prison

Richard Lovelace in prison
(1617-1657). An English Royalist and poet. This is an artists impression of Lovelace imagining his poem To Althea, from Prison which was written by him in 1642 to encourage the Clergy Act 1640 to be

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Burrs Mill, Bury - Italian internees, WWII - Matania

Burrs Mill, Bury - Italian internees, WWII - Matania
Interior view of Burrs Mill, Bury, Lancashire, a former mill and bleaching factory, which was used to intern Italian prisoners during the Second World War

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Edith Hudson - Suffragette

Edith Hudson - Suffragette
Edith Hudson - a Edinburgh nurse and active member of the WSPU (Womens Social and Political Union). Date: 1905

Background imageImprisoned Collection: Sack of Rome or Sacco di Roma (1527). Charles

Sack of Rome or Sacco di Roma (1527). Charles
" Sack of Rome or " Sacco di Roma" (1527). Charles Vs mutinous troops watch over Castel Samt Angelo, where Pope Clement VII was imprisoned. Xylography. FRANCE. Paris



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