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The annals of Newgate; or, Malefactors register. Containing a particular and circumstantial account of the lives, transactions, and trials of the most notorious malefactors ... Calculated to expose the deformity of vice, the infamy and punishments naturally attending those who deviate from the paths of virtue ... / By the Rev. Mr. Villette.

Elizabeth Fry is seated at a table in Newgate Prison, London, surrounded by women prisoners listening to her. Etching and aquatint.

Newgate Prison, London: male prisoners taking exercise by walking around the prison yard. Wood engraving after M. Fitzgerald, 1873.

The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.

A rioter in the Gordon Riots has a cudgel in his hand and Newgate Prison is on fire in the background. Etching attributed to J. Gillray.

Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.

William Cox, burglar, in Newgate prison. Etching, ca. 1773.

Sarah Malcolm in Newgate Prison shortly before her execution. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

Newgate Prison, London: a man's shirt is being laid over his shoulders by a prison warder after he has been flogged by a man with a cat o'nine tails. Wood engraving, 1872.

The English Bastille : a history of Newgate Gaol and prison conditions in Britain, 1188-1902 / Anthony Babington ; foreword by James Callaghan.

Newgate calendar, October 17, 1750.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1787 to the 28th of Sept. 1788, being the sheriffalty of James Fenn and Mathew Bloxam, Esqrs.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of Sep. 1789, to the 28th of Sep. 1790, during the sheriffalty of William Newman & Thomas Baker, Esqrs.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1788 to the 28th of Sept. 1789, during the sheriffalty of William Curtis, Esq; and Sir Benjamin Hammet, Knt.

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Newgate calendar, October 17, 1750.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1787 to the 28th of Sept. 1788, being the sheriffalty of James Fenn and Mathew Bloxam, Esqrs.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of Sep. 1789, to the 28th of Sep. 1790, during the sheriffalty of William Newman & Thomas Baker, Esqrs.

State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1788 to the 28th of Sept. 1789, during the sheriffalty of William Curtis, Esq; and Sir Benjamin Hammet, Knt.