Middlesex House of Correction: prisoners are sitting in a room sewing large pieces of cloth. Wood engraving by H.H. after M. Fitzgerald.

  • Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1871-1891.
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[1874]
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37708i
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Middlesex House of Correction: prisoners are sitting in a room sewing large pieces of cloth. Wood engraving by H.H. after M. Fitzgerald. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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"The work of picking oakum is rather painful to delicate fingers, but becomes easy after a few days. Our illustrations show this sort of work going on, and n another room the work of tailoring. The prisoners are constantly watched, and are forbidden to speak a word to each other when assembled for work or dinner; even a detected word or sign would be severely punished."--Illustrated London news, op. cit. p. 63

Moral maxims are pasted on the walls

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[London] : [Illustrated London news], [1874]

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1 print : wood engraving ; sheet 16.1 x 23.9 cm

Lettering

The needle room. M.F. ; H.H. sc.

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Wellcome Collection 37708i

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