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Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a large area in a park set up for gymnastics and other sports to take place. Lithograph by Sauvé & Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the refectory. Lithograph by Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the dormitory for pupils at the school. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Istituto di St. Michele (home for delinquent children), Rome, Italy. Etching by I. Noval after G. Vasi, 1747.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a classrom for inmates of the penal colony, with a man sweeping the floor. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a general view. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a swimming school. Lithograph by Tirpenne & Faivre after A. Thierry.

A masonic tribute to the duchess of Leinster, a governess of Lock Penitentiary, Dublin: she is attended by Virtue and Fame. Etching by H. Brocas, 1794.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a dormitory for inmates of the penal colony, who operate the system for setting up their hammocks and putting them away. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the infirmary. Tinted lithograph by Sauvé & Faivre after A. Thierry.

Le droit de l'enfant abandonné et le système hongrois de protection de l'enfance / par Zoltan de Bosnyak et cte L. Edelsheim-Gyulai ; avec une préf. de M. le comte Jules Andrássy.

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Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the infirmary. Tinted lithograph by Sauvé & Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a classrom for inmates of the penal colony, with a man sweeping the floor. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: the dormitory for pupils at the school. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

Le droit de l'enfant abandonné et le système hongrois de protection de l'enfance / par Zoltan de Bosnyak et cte L. Edelsheim-Gyulai ; avec une préf. de M. le comte Jules Andrássy.

Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a dormitory for inmates of the penal colony, who operate the system for setting up their hammocks and putting them away. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.