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A mentally ill patient with mask and hand restraints. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.

Christ winnowing evil from the human heart; a penitent bathing in the blood and water from Christ's side; an angel locking a dragon in hell. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.

The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.

Krishna freeing his parents (Vasudeo and Devki) from prison. Chromolithograph by R. Varma, 1907.

A mental ill patient in a straight jacket and strapped into a chair. Photograph after a wood engraving by E. Tritschler, 1908.

Eight women representing the conditions of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotic mania and paralysis, in the gardens of the Salpêtrière hospital, Paris. Lithograph by A. Gautier, 1857.

A man smoking a cigarette, confined in a narrow space, referring to the constraints of dependence on the habit of smoking. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.

Jesus is exhibited to the people wearing a crown of thorns. Line engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1587, after A. Allegri, il Correggio.

A man trapped in the letters VD (venereal disease), representing untreated sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).

A prisoner lies dying in his bed, his life ruined by earlier frivolity. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Beyond walls and cages : prisons, borders, and global crisis / edited by Jenna M. Loyd, Matt Mitchelson, Andrew Burridge.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

An account of the rise, progress, and present state, of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Wales / By James Neild.

Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.

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A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.

Beyond walls and cages : prisons, borders, and global crisis / edited by Jenna M. Loyd, Matt Mitchelson, Andrew Burridge.

A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.

An account of the rise, progress, and present state, of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts throughout England and Wales / By James Neild.

Memorial of European events from the year 1710. Engraving, c. 1722.