L Aw Collection (#28)

Wife and Mother-In-Law
An early example of the classic trick image depicting both a pretty young woman and a less attractive older lady in one picture

Speech House
The " Speech House", Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, built during the reign of Charles II of the Forest Courts, held here ten times a year. One of the countrys strangest inns

Mounted Policeman
A mounted policeman on his horse, controlling the crowds with other policemen on foot, probably in a central London park perhaps Hyde Park

Police Profile
Two young British policemen, photographed in profile whilst on duty at a May Day rally

Friendly Policeman
A friendly London Bobby, standing around a hole in the road with a group of children and Working Class men in flat caps

Valletta Prison / Malta
The interior of a prison cell at the Inquisitors Palace, St Lawrence, Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta

Guatemozin Surrenders
After three months of heroically defending Tenochtitlan, GUATEMOZIN, son- in-law and successor of Montezuma, surrenders to CORTEZ

Russian Polit. Prisoners
Political prisoners in Schlisselburg Fortress

Comment on Divorce / Fun
LADIES! LADIES! (The Mystery of Modern Modesty) Antiquity: " And these persons say we were indelicate!" Comment on the Divorce Courts

Anti-Corn Law / Drury Lane
A meeting of the Anti-Corn Law League in Drury Lane Theatre, London

Interrogating Witness
A Chinese official questions a witness, held on her knees by an assistant, while a scribe records her testimony

Roman Consuls
Two Roman consuls on their thrones

Woodrow Wilson in 1883
WOODROW WILSON American president, at the outset of his career when he practised law

Police & Men about Town
Some young men-about-town are apprehended by a policeman. One of the men foolishly holds up his fists ready to fight, but the policeman is armed with a truncheon

Indian Village Court
The headman of an Indian village holding his court

Bagne De Brest - 1
LE BAGNE DE BREST Convicts leave the notorious prison in the morning to go to work in the harbour or in naval establishments

Bagne De Brest - 2
LE BAGNE DE BREST A dormitory at night

Olimpia Panfili
Principessa OLIMPIA MAIDALCHINI PANFILI, Italian noblewoman, known as La Papessa because, as sister-in-law of Innocentius X, she had great influence. Date: 1594 - ?

Galton Composite Photo
Composite photograph by Francis Galton, made from portraits of violent criminals

Wagner / Beckmann / Home
RICHARD WAGNER German composer at home with his wife, Cosima, and his father-in-law, Franz Liszt

Trial of Earl Strafford

Cold-Bath Fields Prison
The Water-Engine Court, where prisoners at hard labour work for an hour at a stretch

Sir Samuel Romilly
SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY English lawyer and law reformer

New Scotland Yard 1930S
Part of New Scotland Yard, Westminster, which was designed by Norman Shaw, and opened 1891

Watchmen and Wild Boys
Three young London men-about- town get into trouble with the law, and defend themselves against two watchmen (seven years later they will be replaced by peelers )

Punishment / N. Africa
In North Africa, Barbary arabs strip prisoners and suspend them from a beam by one hand and one foot

Visiting Prison Morocco
European tourists visit a prison in Tangier, Morocco

Whitecross Prison / Egan
The Whitecross Debtors prison was run by the justices of London and Middlesex

Devils Island / Guyana
A view of Devils Island, French Guyana, where Alfred Dreyfus was sent on 13 April 1895 and placed in solitary confinement

Holloway Prison / Mayhew
The treadmill (treadwheel) and oakum shed with a detachment of prisoners at work at the wheel, and those who have been relieved, are employed to pick oakum

Andaman Island Convicts
Prisoners take their meals on the beach in the Andaman Islands

Debtors Certificate / 1735
A certificate permitting a debtor in prison to go out and settle his affairs, signed by Townsend, the celebrated Bow Street Runner

New inmates arrive

Art / Classic Cartoons
Irish juryman - - Ah, then, eleven more obstinate men I never met in all me life !

Victorias Garden Party
Victoria and her daughter-in- law Alexandra drive among the guests at a garden party given at Buckingham Palace Date: 1900

Cat Benefits from Will
Mlle. Dupuy, noted harpist who believed that her skill came from her cat, leaves most of her property to him in her will

Law / Prisons / Britain
KINGs BENCH PRISON London Principal entrance Mainly a prison for debtors

Duchesse D orleans / Frois
Accused of practising magic against her brother-in-law, the imbecile king Charles VI le Fou, the duchesse d Orleans has to leave Paris for Asnieres

Prison Hulk / Portsmouth
Prison Hulk, Portsmouth

Andrew Bonar Law, British statesman
Cartoon of Andrew Bonar Law, British statesman

Parliament of King Edward I
The parliament of Edward I, King of Britain, consisting of clergy, aristocracy, and other representatives

Page from the Edict of the Lombard King Rothair
A page from the Edict (Edictum Rothari) of the Lombard King Rothar (Rothair, Rothari, reigned 636-652). Written in Latin, it is a compilation of Lombard law

Rite of Simcha Tora in Judaism
The Jewish rite of Simcha Tora or rejoicing the law (opening and closing of the lessons of the law) on the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles

Policeman discovering sleeping waif on a doorstep
A policeman discovering a sleeping waif on a doorstep

Law / Court Scenes
IN A FRENCH COURT Acquitted !

London policeman directing tourists
A London policeman directing tourists to their destination

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor
Charles Alfred Cripps, first Baron Parmoor lawyer and politician

Caxton / Bishops
THE BISHOPS - represented as Judges Date: 1474

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