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The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y CostaPostcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain
H. M. Prison, Peterhead, AberdeenshireA view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison
Pentonville Prison, Islington, North LondonAn aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system
Wandsworth Prison, south west LondonA galleried wing of Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Two warders inspect the cells
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonAerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890
His Broadcast Masters Voice by George StuddyA spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy
State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USAInterior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham
Officers at Shepton Mallet Prison, SomersetThree uniformed prison officers stand in front of Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset. The prison was originally established as a House of Correction in 1625
General view of Exeter Prison, DevonA general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages
Interior of the Prison Chapel at Bodmin Gaol, CornwallInterior of the prison chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779
Shame Flute - German punishment for being a poor musicianA Shame Flute ( Schand Flote ) - German punishment for being a poor musician - you had to face the public wearing (around the neck) a heavy iron flute
Winson Green Prison, BirminghamThe castle-like entrance to Winson Green Prison, Birmingham, built in 1849 as a local gaol for adult male offenders
Inkerman Barracks, Woking, SurreyA view of the entrance to Inkerman Barracks, Woking, Surrey. The buildings were originally opened in 1860 as an invalid prison for convicts not fit enough to be sent to Dartmoor
Cell Block Interior, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe interior of a cell block at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling
Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry visits women at NewgateElizabeth Fry (1780-1845) on a visit to Newgate Prison, London. In 1817, Fry and a group of like-minded, mostly Quaker, women formed the Ladies Association for the Reformation of the Female Prisoners
Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonA general view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The prison was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890
Girls room, Aylesbury Borstal, BuckinghamshireA typical inmates room at the Aylesbury girls borstal, Buckinghamshire, established in 1909 as a youth prison for those aged 16 to 21
Flogging Coolie 1886An asian man is being flogged by two men aboard a ship while the other crew members peacefully watch the scene
Ducking a Scold - or Duckynge a Scolde. Cartoon showing the medieval practice of ducking women to punish them for a nagging tongue. Date: 1913
Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA general view of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, originally built as a House of Correction in 1594
Convict Hulk GalleryView of the convict hulk, " The Warrior", docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men
Main gateway, Bodmin Gaol, CornwallThe imposing main gateway at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779
Corridor and cell doors, Bodmin Gaol, CornwallThe main corridor and cell doors at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
Convict ShipThe Convict Ship success in Melbourne, Australia
In Disgrace by Muriel DawsonA small blonde child is made to stand facing the wall in disgrace after some apparent misdemeanour in the nursery or school room
Bermuda Ireland IslandIreland Island fortifications and dockyards in Bermuda, showing transported convicts arriving to serve their penance
Millbank Prison / AckermanMillbank prison was conceived by Jeremy Bentham whose goal was that prisoners would receive just punishment while developing an appreciation of labour. It was completed in 1821
Nicholas Nickleby as an assistant to Wackford SqueersNicholas Nickelby (left) gets a low-paying job as an assistant to Wackford Squeers, who runs the school Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire
Punishment of female debtors in Abyssinia (Ethiopia), East Africa - tied up with a chain until they pay their debts! Date: circa 1930s
Elmira, NY State, USA - State Reformatory (now the Elmira Correctional Facility). Date: 1908
Syria - Punishment of a servant (2 / 3)A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and her upper-body clothes are removed. Date: circa 1910s
The punishment for adultery in Guinea (Slave Coast). A man is roasted alive in front of his lover, who is tied in a pit and scalded with boiling water
Titus Oates (1649 - 1705), convicted of fabricated the Popish Plot, a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II
Titus Oates (1649 - 1705), English perjurer, seen here in the pillory, a punishment for fabricating the Popish Plot
Unkempt girls receiving punishment from another older pupil at Field Lane Ragged School, London
Drunkards cloakMan wearing a barrel with openings for head, arms and feet, covering his body, walked up and down the streets to punishment. Date: 15th century
BASKET SACRIFICE, DAHOMEYIn the Basket Sacrifice of Dahomey, captives from other tribes are tied in a basket and thrown down from a tower to the eager crowd below... Date: circa 1860
Suffragette woman in the stocks, unsympathetic cartoonUnsympathetic comment on Votes or Women Date: 1913
Eyam Hall and the Stocks - DerbyshireEyam Hall and the 18th century Stocks - Derbyshire - a Jacobean-style manor house. Date: circa 1910s
The Stocks - Southwold, Suffolk. Date: 1920s
Gossips Bridle - The Brank - Lancaster Castle - Iron mask used to punish scolds (last used in 1826) - seen here mounted on Adrians Tower. Date: 1911
PrintAn untitled mezzotint on paper, hand coloured with watercolour and gouache, showing a scene in which a woman is stealing a stocking purse and pocket watch from a sleeping man, dated c.1790
The Lion and the Mouse: Sweet Mercy is Nobilitys True Badge, oil on canvas by Rebecca Solomon, monogrammed, 1865, in a gilt frame with ridged edges, thought to be original. Date: 1865
Syria - Punishment of a servant (3 / 3)A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid - she is tied up and flogged across her bare back. Date: circa 1910s
Syria - Punishment of a servant (1 / 3)A domestic situation unfolds in Syria - the Mistress of the house punishes her serving maid. Date: circa 1910s
Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Spanker!"Yachting Terms Illustrated - " A Spanker!" A housewife reacts with furious anger to the indiscretions of her younger son, who has spilt black ink all over her pressed white tablecloth
The punishment of Adoni-Bezek, a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of Judah and Simeon and suffered the same fate
Flogging of a Persian criminal Date: circa 1910s
Ducking Stool, River Stour, Canterbury, Kent, England circa 2008
Jakarta, Indonesia - A public Flogging. The unlucky recipent of this punishment (a chained prisoner) has been tied to a tall frame
Padded cell, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireA 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
Presidio Modelo Prison, Isla de Pinos, CubaGeneral view of the Presidio Modelo Prison on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), Cuba, now renamed Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth)
H. M. Prison, Stafford, StaffordshireA view of Stafford prison in Staffordshire. A group of uniformed prison officers stand in front of the building
Prisoner on roof at Armley Gaol, Leeds, West YorkshireA 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
Reformatory School for Boys, Thorndon, SuffolkThe reformatory school for boys at Thorndon, near Eye in Suffolk, originally established in 1856. It was usually known as the Kerrison Reformatory, after one of its initiators, Sir Edward C Kerrison
Hamburg workhouse - punishment of inmatesAn illustration of the punishment meted out to idle paupers at the Hamburg workhouse in 1777. Offenders were placed in a large basket suspended by a rope over the dining hall table while the more
Australian ConvictsTasmanian convicts sentenced to hard labour are made to carry a hundredweight of shingles - 50 kilos - for up to 50 kilometres, but this will be abolished by the 1850s
The Stocks at Havering-atte-Bower, Romford, London, England Date: circa 1904
UK Prisoner in a Straitjacket Date: 1920s
Matthew Hopkins - The Witchfinder GeneralMatthew Hopkins (circa 16201647) - The Witchfinder General - an English witchhunter whose career flourished during the time of the English Civil War. Date: circa 1646
Swimming a WitchThe art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but
Wormwood Scrubs 1895Wormwood Scrubs prison, whipping post, 1895 Date: 1895
Young boy punished - Russia - Elizabeth BemPunished for Lying A young Russian boy with a mischievous glint in his eye thinks up some more daring do whilst writing out some lines as punishment for crying wolf.... Date: 1915
Highwaymen punishedA new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century
Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, DorsetInterior of a new wing at Portland, Dorset showing cell doors, iron stairways and corridors. Wire netting was placed between balconies to prevent inmates falling to the ground
Bleasdale Reformatory, Garstang, LancashireA view of the North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys at Bleasdale, near Garstang, Lancashire which opened in 1857. Reformatories could house convicted juvenile offenders aged under 16 for a period of
Convicts being searched, Portland Prison, DorsetPortland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows prison officers searching convicts on their return from work
Quarries, Portland Prison, DorsetPortland Prison, Dorset, opened in 1848 as a public works prison for convicts who were employed in quarries in the area. This view shows small groups of men cutting stone by hand while prison
Prison reformer John Howard visiting a prisonAn engraving of Francis Wheatleys 1787 painting of John Howard Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison. Howard (third from right) (1726-1790)
Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North YorkshireInmates 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
Old Prison, Southampton, HampshireA view of the old town prison at Southampton, Hampshire
Chaplains visit, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe prison chaplain, jocularly referred to as the sky pilot, visits a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The prison was originally built as a House of Correction in 1594
Midday mealtime, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West LondonPrisoners at Wormwood Scrubs prison, west London, return to their individual cells for their midday dinner. Uniformed prison warders watch as prisoners climb the metal staircases to the galleries
The Old Gaol, Buckingham, BuckinghamshireBuckinghams castle-like town prison was erected in 1748. It was closed following the nationalisation of the prison system in 1877
Prison officers, Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, DevonUniformed prison officers stand at the main gate of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown, Devon. The prison was originally constructed in 1806-9 to hold French prisoners taken during the Napoleonic wars
Courthouse and prison, Knutsford, CheshireA view of the courthouse and prison at Knutsford, Cheshire
Armley Gaol, Leeds, West YorkshireA general view of Armley Gaol, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The prison was opened in 1847
Teacher scolding pupil for defacing the classroom wallsA stern Master scolding a small schoolboy for defacing the classroom walls with a humorous set of scribbles including the OXO Bull in a cup of tea and a little stickman. Date: circa 1920s
Annoying teenager booted out of the front door for his own good after one minor indiscretion too many....!! Date: 1909
Men of Merry England - Two loons in the stocks Date: circa 1903
Lancashire - Poulton, The Stocks and crossPoulton-le-Fylde (also known as Poulton) - a market town in Lancashire, England. The Stocks and market cross. Date: circa 1905
Sessions House and Gaol, Bermuda. (Splendid typographical spelling error on this card - can you spot it?) Date: circa 1903
Depictions of the Inquisition. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741
