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  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • "Behind barbed wire : a photographic record of life in enemy prison camps". Printed booklet, 1942.
  • Sarah Malcolm in Newgate Prison shortly before her execution. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • A man in prison praying to the devil to have him released. Etching by D. Stoop.
  • Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Etching by T. Patch, 1770, after Filippino Lippi.
  • Tom Rakewell in a cell in the Fleet Prison. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.
  • Newgate Prison, London: visitors talking to prisoners through a grill. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1873, after M. Fitzgerald.
  • Saint Peter: an angel releases him from prison. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.
  • Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Colour lithograph by C. Mariannecci, 1862, after Filippino Lippi.
  • Cimon in prison sucks at the breast of his daughter Pero. Woodcut and letterpress, ca. 1850 (?).
  • José Maria Martinez in prison praying to the Virgin of Remedies of Mexico, 1798. Oil painting, 1798.
  • José Maria Martinez in prison praying to the Virgin of Remedies of Mexico, 1798. Oil painting, 1798.
  • José Maria Martinez in prison praying to the Virgin of Remedies of Mexico, 1798. Oil painting, 1798.
  • José Maria Martinez in prison praying to the Virgin of Remedies of Mexico, 1798. Oil painting, 1798.
  • Wormwood Scrubs Prison: a prisoner standing in a dock before the governor, in the presence of guards. Process print after Paul Renouard, 1889.
  • Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London: a prisoner in the chain-room where manacles are stored: he is cleaning them. Process print after Paul Renouard.
  • Elizabeth Fry is seated at a table in Newgate Prison, London, surrounded by women prisoners listening to her. Etching and aquatint.
  • Elizabeth Fry is seated at a table in Newgate Prison, London, surrounded by women prisoners listening to her. Etching and aquatint.
  • A man of Simla, standing in a prison with manacles around his ankles. Watercolour by R. Clint, 1866.
  • A man of Simla, squatting in a prison with manacles around his ankles. Watercolour by R. Clint, 1866.
  • Saint Roch: he is thrown into prison. Colour etching by V. Vangelisti after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
  • World War One: three French prisoners of war slouching in a prison yard. Colour halftone after a crayon drawing by L. Raemaekers.
  • Dartmoor Prison seen from above: troops firing on American prisoners of war during an insurrection in April 1815. Coloured lithograph after Clover Broughton.