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Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man with long moustaches, prisoner number 13821, his eyes are closed and he is held in a restraint-chair by his wrists and neck; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

Wakefield Prison, Yorkshire: an elderly man, struggling against the restraint-chair in which he is held by his wrists and neck. Photograph, ca. 1869.

Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a man, prisoner number 2517, his eyes are closed and a warder stands behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

Open for a few days only : Two grand exhibitions. Madame Hojos has the honour of announcing to the ladies and gentlemen of Wakefield, and its vicinity, she has just arrived from Spain, with a  splendid cabinet of ancient & modern wax figures, ... the first and principal group represents the history of Samson ... in addition to the collection of wax figures, the exhibition of the rare Portuguese Dwarf alive, Joseph Cardoso Pereira.

Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire: a young man, prisoner number 9743, struggling against two warders, one in front of and one behind him; head and shoulders. Photograph, c. 1869.

The thirty-fifth report of the superintendent of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

Medicine and society in Wakefield and Huddersfield, 1780-1870 / Hilary Marland.

The thirtieth [i.e. 32nd] report of the director of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

The thirteenth report of the director of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

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The thirty-fifth report of the superintendent of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

Medicine and society in Wakefield and Huddersfield, 1780-1870 / Hilary Marland.

The thirtieth [i.e. 32nd] report of the director of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

The thirteenth report of the director of the West-Riding of York Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.