Prisoner Collection (page 2)

Senegal - Thies Rebellion, Dieye & Fall complain about food
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

Senegal - Rebellion at Thies - Sarithia Dieye captured
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

Senegal - The rebellion at Thies - Courtier Coumba Arehn
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

Zanzibar, Tanzania - Convicts
Zanzibar, Tanzania - Shackled convicts Date: circa 1910s

Effects of Scurvy
Barrosa convict ship, illustrations of the effects of scurvy, by Dr Mahon, 1841-1842 p1 of 3 Date: 1841-1842

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1
German prisoners of war at a clearing depot in Abbeville, northern France, after the Battle of the St Quentin Canal (29 September to 10 October 1918) during the First World War. Date: October 1918

Jakarta, Indonesia - A public Flogging. The unlucky recipent of this punishment (a chained prisoner) has been tied to a tall frame

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)

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

Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire
A prisoner can be seen on the roof of Armley Gaol in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The event has attracted spectators from the neighbourhood. Boys in caps sit on a wall beside the prison

The fairies bound me with their silken chains
A little girl in a red dress and with a huge bow in her hair is bound up with ribbons by a group of mischievous looking pixies, elves and fairies

UK Prisoner in a Straitjacket Date: 1920s

The French Revolution. Legislative Assembly (1791-1792). Louis XVI is notified that he will be imprisoned at the Temples tower. August 1792. Drawing

Preston Prison 1905
Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905

Wormwood Scrubs 1895
Wormwood Scrubs prison, whipping post, 1895 Date: 1895

Schneidemuhl Prisoner of War Camp
Pila - a town in northwestern Poland (known as Schneidemuhl in German). During the First World War, Schneidemuhl had a prisoner of war camp

Bulgarian soldiers captured, Monastir, WW1
Bulgarian soldiers captured at Monastir (now Bitola), Macedonia, during the First World War. circa 1916

German prisoners at St Eloi, Flanders, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the Northumberland Fusiliers and the Royal Fusiliers on 27 March 1916 at St Eloi crater, near Ypres, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

German prisoners captured at Messines, Flanders, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Battle of Messines Ridge (June 1917), Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Captured Serbian troops, Ibar Valley, Serbia, WW1
Captured Serbian troops in the Ibar Valley, Serbia, on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, India
Prisoners spinning yarn - Yerwada Jail, Pune, India (Gandhi was imprisoned here for a time, spinning thread whilst imprisoned). Date: circa 1908

Derek Kinne
Fusilier Derek Godfrey Kinne, of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, who was awarded the George Cross in recognition of his gallant and distinguished services while a prisoner of war in Korea

Industrial Farm Colony, Duxhurst, Surrey
Inmates at the Industrial Farm Colony for Female Inebriates, Duxhurst, Surrey. Founded in 1895 by Lady Henry Somerset, the colony provided care for women alcoholics

Pages from the Ruhleben magazine, WW1
Some examples of pages from Ruhleben Camp magazine, produced by the British prisoners-of-war who were imprisoned there during the First World War

Native Policemen, Natal, South Africa and their prisoner Date: circa 1901

Senegal - Rebellion at Thies - Sarithia Dieye and Canar Fall
The circumstances surrounding the outbreak of the Thies rebellion remain obscure. An article at the time said that the rebellion began after the sentencing to 15 days in jail of Diery Fall

WW1 - Austrian, German and Turkish Prisoners put to work on Italian streets. Postcard issued by the Y.M.C.A. Hut Fund Date: circa 1917

Bolshevik prisoner at Izmit, Turkey Date: circa 1920s

The Prison Group - possibly 17th century Spain.. Date: 1846

Tower of Joan of Arc - Rouen, France. Built by Philippe-Auguste in 1204, restored in 1869. Joan of Arc was held prisoner here in 1431. Date: circa 1909

Political Prisoners in Jail on Con Son Island
Con Son Island, the largest island of the Con Dao archipelago, off the coast of southern Vietnam. In 1861, the French colonial government established a prison on the island to house political

Prisoners of the Germans during WWI
Prisoners captured by German forces during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Bringing in a prisoner illustration (p.84) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890

Great Chronicles of France (14th c. ). Battle
Great Chronicles of France (14th c.). Battle in which Count Ferran was taken prisoner. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Castres. Goya Museum

America (16th c. ). Batlle of Zempoala (24th May
" America (16th c.). Batlle of Zempoala (24th May 1520). Hernan Cortes taking Pᮦ ilo de Narv᥺ as a prisoner. Painting of the series " History of Mexico". Painting. SPAIN

Prisoner mug shot 1872-1873
Prisoner, 3954, Wandsworth, 1872-1873, 28 year old man Date: 1872-1873

Prisoner mug shot
Prisoner Lucy Freeman, Cambridge, 1875-1877 Date: 1875-1877

Prisoner mug shot 1873
Prison record for Catherine Reardon, prisoner 2573, aged 48, arrested and convicted by jury for larceny 26th April 1873

Convicts at work, 1836 Date: 1836

Convict railway, Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830

Convicts in Tasmania
Convicts rafting pine logs, Grummet Island, Macquarie Harbor, Tasmania, 1830 Date: 1830

Pentonville Prison 1895

Repatriation of Allied Prisoners of War
Allied prisoners of war, following their liberation by the Russian Red Army, await repatriation in Odessa. The ex-prisoners had marched or hitch-hiked across Europe to Odessa

Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - WWI
Chateau d Oex internment camp, Switzerland - British Prisoner of War Camp - card sent by Private C. Cusworth (8662) of the 2nd Manchester Regiment - interned Prisoner of War

A British prisoner-of-war writing home about his conditions
" The Language of Diplomacy" Caption: Tommy (writing home from a prison camp): " Dear Maria, everythink ere is luvvly: cumfurtable quarters; fine clothes; a ome from ome

The Padres room, Posen, 1941
Padres room in a British prisoner of war camp during World War Two. The sketch was made in Stalag XXI D in Posen, Poland, by Lieutenant J F Watton of the 4th Border Regiment who was captured near

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

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