Prisoners Collection (page 11)

Franco-Prussian War. First German Prisoners brought into Met
Bare headed Prussian soldiers are brought into Metz under guard of French soldiers dressed in bearskins and frogged and braided uniforms

Andersonville Prisoners
Federal prisoners undergo awful hardships at Andersonville, where they have to endure the cold and the rain with scarcely enough clothing or shelter

French Womens Prison
Women prisoners at St Lazare, Paris, France, where young and old prisoners live in close proximity

French Prisoners at Orleans Railway Station; Franco-Prussian
Illustration showing French prisoners at the railway station of Orleans, during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1. Orleans was of great strategic importance to the French

The Surrender of Metz; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1
Illustration showing Marshal Francois Bazaines Army marching out as prisoners of war at the surrender of Metz during the Franco-Prussian War

The Civil war in America. gallant charge of Federal (Unionis
Federal (Unionist) troops charge into Fairfax to release two Federal prisoners about to be hanged by the Confederates, on 31st May 1861

Broadmoor - view of the terrace where male prisoners were ab
Broadmoor opened as an asylum in 1863 to female patients and to male patients the following year. The building was designed by military engineer, Major General Joshua Jebb

Native Allies
The Allies native allies - from India and Africa - are none too pleased to be taken prisoners by the Germans in the first winter of the war

Communard Prisoners
Communard prisoners on the vessel Marne, in Brest harbour

Red Cross food parcels
Voluntary workers packing some of the 70, 000 parcels of food dispatched each week by the Red Cross to the British prisoners of war

Preparing Red Cross food parcels
Packing and despatching; the duties of volunteers at the Red Cross headquarters. Acres of cardboard and miles of string were used each week in the distribution of 70

Prisoners Deported
Political prisoners leave the Abbaye prison, Paris, for deportation to Algeria

Distributing money to the French prisoners of war at Portsmo
A scene during the celebrations of George IIIs Diamond Jubilee in 1810 showing threepence being distributed by Burridge and Sons of Portsmouth to 6715 French prisoners being held on board prison

Pilgrims Progress 15
Christian and Hopeful are prisoners in the dungeon of Giant Despair

Prisoners Summoned
Each day, an official comes into the prisons with a list of those scheduled for guillotining : the pathetic scenes are a favourite subject for artists

Vendee Noyades
Carrier is the most ruthless of revolutionary commanders : at Nantes he orders royalist prisoners to be thrown into the river - les noyades (drownings) de la Loire

Loiserolles Heroism
Loiserolles takes the place of his friend on the guillotine, one of many acts of heroism among the prisoners during the Reign of Terror

PRISONERS
Activists against the new regime are arrested and imprisoned; with the nation divided on the best form of government, there is no lack of dissidents

Neufchatel Dispute 3
Prussias claim to the canton of Neufchatel is supported by royalists who are overcome by the federal forces and prisoners temporarily housed in the chateaus chapel

Russian Polit. Prisoners
Political prisoners in Schlisselburg Fortress

Political Prisoners
Political prisoners of the tsarist regime are released by the February revolutionaries

Siberian Prisoners
Political prisoners exiled to Siberia by the tsarist regime await release : the central figure is Yakov Svevdlov

Bastille Prisoners
The prisoners of the Bastille are released by the mob

Howard Visits Prison
JOHN HOWARD sheriff of Bedfordshire, visits county jails and is appalled at conditions, leading him to propose reforms in the treatment of prisoners

Rurik and Prisoners
Rurik receives a deputation of Slav prisoners

Venice Prisoners
Political prisoners are transferred from the prison of San-Severo to that of Gradisca

Battle of Mentano - 1
The battle of Mentana : the papal forces with French assistance defeat Garibaldi, and he himself is one of the prisoners, though he is soon released

Naples Prisoners
Neapolitan prisoners after the collapse of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Palermo Prisoners
Political prisoners of the Neapolitan regime are set free by Garibaldis men

Austrians V Turks - 2
After successfully besieging a Turkish stronghold, Austrian officers watch as prisoners are led out of the battered fortress

Vittoria Prisoners
BATTLE OF VITORIA (VITTORIA) Wellingtons men rout Jourdain s, with heavy losses - here, some of the 2000 captured Frenchmen are brought in

British Wwi Ration Chart
A diagram showing the ample weekly rations for various classes of the population, including civilians, army, navy, hospital patients and prisoners

Amnesty at Milano
Faced with so much disaffection, the emperor of Austria, which still rules Milano, grants a general amnesty to political prisoners

Patriot Prisoners
Patriot prisoners baron Poerio and Pirouti are incarcerated under severe conditions in the infirmary of the bagno (prison) of Ischia by the Neapolitan authorities

Dairos of French Africa2
Dairos (native cavalry of the French Armee d Afrique) carry out police duties in Algeria; here they are rounding up prisoners who have defied the French occupation

Little Dorrit / Dickens
The Marshalsea becomes an orphan

Silver Mining / Mexico
Apache prisoners condemned to the Mines of Chihuahua, Mexico

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

Romanovs in Captivity
The Romanovs in the Crimea - the Russian royals as prisoners

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

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

Mary Brown, words and music
Here 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

Political Prisoners 1933
Political prisoners with raised arms are lined up against a wall at gunpoint and held by the SA

Albigensian War 1300
The release of prisoners at Carcassonne during the Albigensian War

Spanish Prisoners
SPANISH PRISONERS The first group of Spanish prisoners are taken from Cuba to Key West, Florida

Italians Released / 1896
Italian prisoners are released after the Ethiopian war, the greatest defeat of a European army by an african force since Hannibal

Smith O brien / Meagher
William Smith O Brien and Thomas Francis Meagher under armed guard in gaol

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