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  • A prisoner is sitting on straw in a cave with his feet chained to the wall, there are a few provisions on a small shelf in the rock. Etching by R. Blyth after J.H. Mortimer.
  • Turkish prisoners sitting in a cell with a barred window; two of them are racing cockroaches. Process print by Meisenbach after H. Lanos after W.T. Maud.
  • Old Bridewell, New York. Coloured lithograph by H.R. Robinson.
  • Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York: (left) prisoners are walking in a long file leaving spoons in a bowl as they go past; (right) prisoners stand in line to receive a loaf of bread. Wood engraving by W.J. Palmer, 1876, after F. Régamay.
  • A gaoler, wearing a Phrygian cap, reading out summons for executions to distressed prisoners of the French Revolution. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Johannot, 1881.
  • John Howard bringing water and fresh air into a prison in order to improve the conditions for the inmates. Watercolour.
  • Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.
  • The family of Jean Calas sit listening to Alexandre Lavaysse reading a letter from Calas after his execution. Engraving by J.B. Delafosse, 1765, after L.C. De Carmontelle.
  • Coldbath Fields Prison, London: view from the north west to the south east, with St Paul's Cathedral beyond. Engraving, 1798.
  • Construction work in front of Bridewell prison and the jail governors house, Edinburgh, Scotland. Steel engraving by W. Tombleson, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
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