Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a cloister with a young man sitting on a bench reading and a nun, in a place where stolen objects can be anonymously returned. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry.

  • Thierry, Alexandre (Jean Alexandre), 1810–1866.
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1844
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29031i
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Colonie de Mettray
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Mettray penal colony, Mettray, France: a cloister with a young man sitting on a bench reading and a nun, in a place where stolen objects can be anonymously returned. Lithograph by Sauvé and Faivre after A. Thierry. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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'"Tronc des objets perdus et trouvés" ["Un tronc est placé au milieu de la cour de la Colonie, où sont déposés les objets trouvés ; il a surtout pour but de faciliter le repentir, en permettant à l'enfant qui a chipé quelque chose à son camarade [...] d'obéir à la voix de sa conscience, sans avoir à subir la honte d'un aveu toujours pénible." Demetz, correspondance, 1856'—Archives d'Indre et Loire, 114J366 (Cote)

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[Paris] (Lemercier)

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1 print : lithograph, tinted ; image 19 x 13.5 cm.

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Tronc des objets perdus et trouvés. A. Thierry del. Sauvé & Faivre lith.

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Wellcome Collection 29031i

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