Prison Collection (page 15)

Exterior view of Holloway Prison
Exterior view of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Winch-operated dinner lift at Holloway Prison
Winch-operated dinner lift at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Steam heating at Holloway Prison
Steam heating at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Kitchens at Holloway Prison
Kitchens at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Inner gate of Holloway Prison
Inner gate of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Outer gate at Holloway Prison
Outer gate at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts burial ground
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the convicts burial ground. Date: 1862

Washing cell at Holloway Prison
Washing cell at London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts chapel onboard Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the convicts chapel onboard Defence.. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts scraping shot
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - convicts scraping shot. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - deck plan of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - plans of decks of Defence. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - interior view of Defence
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - interior sectional view of the Defence. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts ward set for dinner
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - a convicts ward set for dinner. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - guards give escape signal
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - guards give the escape signal. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - convicts form mortar battery
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - convicts forming a mortar battery. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - hospital ship Unit
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - top deck of hospital ship Unit. Date: 1862

Pierre Francois Lacenaire
The French poet and assassin, Pierre Francois Lancenaire, who spent much of his life in prison, eventually receiving the death penalty for a double-murder

Aerial view of Alcatraz Island Prison, known in common parlance as The Rock - San Francisco Bay, USA Date: circa 1933

Paris, France - Flower Market and the Conciergerie
Flower Market and the Conciergerie, a former royal palace and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Ile de la Cite, near the Cathedral of Notre Dame

Hadrians Mausoleum 18Th
Hadrians mausoleum also known as the CASTEL SANT ANGELO built in the 2nd century AD. It has used as a funerary monument, a prison, fortifications and a museum. Date: 2nd century

Vision of Jeanne D arc
Jeanne d Arc, in prison, receives a comforting vision of Saint Denis. (This incident from Voltaires La Pucelle may not have occurred in real life...) Date: 1431

Ballad / Young Bekie 2
YOUNG BEKIE Young Bekie, thrown into prison for daring to love the kings daughter, Burd Isbel, shares it with mice and rats, but she will rescue him. Date: traditional

Clerkenwell Prison / 1862
Prisoners are taken from Clerkenwell House of Detention to the courts in a horse-drawn coach. 1862

Newgate Prison / Photo
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The exercise yard for condemned men. Date: circa 1900

Gentlemen Debtors
Gentlemen debtors in the Queens Bench prison, London Date: 1842

James Neild - 1
JAMES NEILD Justice of the Peace, prison visitor responsible for prison reforms notably of persons imprisoned for small debts. Date: 1744 - 1814

Oastler in Prison
Richard 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

Richard Lovelace, Cavalier poet and soldier
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657), English Cavalier poet and soldier. He got involved in politics as a pro-royalist and spent time in prison. His most famous poem is To Althea, From Prison. circa 1650

Suffragette inmates, Holloway Prison
A group of suffragettes, wearing prison uniform of quaint Dutch style caps and aprons at Holloway Prison, sort through a basket of old shoes, trying to find a pair to fit

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Middlesex House of Correction, Clerkenwell, London
The Middlesex House of Correction, opened in 1794, was later known as Cold Bath Prison, then Clerkenwell Gaol. It became a debtors prison before closing in 1885

Calton Hill, Prison, Railway, Royal High School, Edinburgh
A general view of central Edinburgh showing Calton Hill (upper centre), Edinburgh Prison (centre), rail tracks (lower centre) and the Royal High School (centre left)

Convicts delivering meals to prison cells
Uniformed warders supervise convicts delivering food cans and bread to the cells at an unnamed London prison

The Night-in-Gale (Gaol) by George Ranstead
Humorous cartoon depicting a well-dressed reveller sitting resignedly in a prison cell following some sort of misdemeanour the previous evening

British Ballad, The Children (Babes) In The Woods
THE CHILDREN IN THE WOODS (BABES IN THE WOODS) First published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595, telling the traditional childrens tale of two children in the care of their uncle

RAF cadet in prison
Cartoon of an RAF trainee air cadet at Heaton Park, Manchester during World War Two in prison

Boatloads of joyous jackies leaving Vera Cruz
US army relieving the Navy. Boatloads of joyous jackies leaving Vera Cruz for their battleship, after the arrival of the Army who came to relieve them

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Prisoners wash at low basins while observed by officers, onboard the convict hulk ship, The Warrior. The practice of confining offenders on board such ships was first adopted in England in 1776; it

Camber Sands Holiday Park
An unusual, unflattering, and slightly humorous view of Camber Sands Holiday Park in East Sussex, England, photographed through the barbed wire fencing

A Suffragettes Appeal to John Bull
An 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

Women ironing bed linen
A room full of women ironing what appear to be bed sheets. The location may be an institution such as a workhouse or prison. A supervisor stands right of centre

Trial in progress at the Old Bailey, London
A trial in progress at the Central Criminal Court, better known as the Old Bailey, in the City of London. The present building, officially opened in 1907

Exercise Yard, Holloway Prison, North London
Male prisoners taking a turn around the exercise yard at Holloway Prison in north London. Their perambulations were apparently something of a spectator sport

Old Prison, Bodmin, Cornwall
A view of the Old Prison at Bodmin, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Men exercising, Wandsworth Prison, south west London
Inmates in the exercise yard at Wandsworth Prison, south west London

Oxford Prison, Oxfordshire
Inmates in the exercise yard at Oxford prison with St Georges Tower looming behind. The prison was originally established in around 1166 as a county gaol and located within the towns Norman castle

Lydford Castle, Devon
A view of Lydford Castle, Devon. In medieval times, the castle was home to the stannary courts which ruled over matters relating to tin mining. Part of the building was used as a prison

Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North Yorkshire
Inmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945

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