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A fettered Samson sits blind and distraught in a gloomy clearing. Stipple engraving by T. Kirk after R. Westall.
Westall, Richard, 1765-1836.Reference: 18362i
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Sick of it! Special edition / a Disability Inside/Outside project.
Date: [2023]
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A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.
Dadd, Frank, 1851-1929.Date: [1896]Reference: 586391i
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A woman standing manacled to the walls and floor of a gabled cell against a dark and tumultuous background. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: 31.3.58 [31 March 1958]Reference: 2901316i
Part of: Adamson Collection
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China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 663451i
Part of: China: execution by strangulation of a woman convicted of murdering her husband
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A prison chaplain (Henry Labouchère) is visiting the journalist Edmund Yates in prison. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 3 May 1884.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 3 May 1884Reference: 564622i
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Outbreak of cholera among convicts : an etiological study of the influence of dwelling, food, drinking-water, occupation, age, state of health, and intercourse upon the course of cholera in a community living in precisely the same circumstances / by Max von Petternkofer.
Pettenkofer Max von, 1818-1901.Date: 1876
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Jacob Johan Anckarström. Stipple with etching by J. Condé, 1792.
Date: 1792Reference: 559351i
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A convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26040i
Part of: The drunkard's children
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Frank van Borselen, husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, countess of Holland. Engraving by J. Folkema, 1753, after T. Jelgersma after a painting attributed to J. Mostaert.
Mostaert, Jan Jansz., active approximately 1475-1555 or 1556.Date: [1753?]Reference: 47334i
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Mortality and morbidity after excessive stress : a follow-up investigation of Norwegian concentration camp survivors / by Leo Eitinger and Axel Strøm.
Eitinger, Leo, 1912-1996.Date: [1973]
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A man in prison praying to the devil to have him released. Etching by D. Stoop.
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.Date: [1665]Reference: 29679i
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Second United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : London, 8-19 August 1960 report / prepared by the Secretariat.
United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders 1960 : London, England)Date: 1960
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Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Etching by T. Patch, 1770, after Filippino Lippi.
Lippi, Filippino, -1504.Date: 1770Reference: 10877i
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Wormwood Scrubs Prison: a convict sitting in a bare room on a stool with some work in his hands. Process print after Paul Renouard.
Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924.Date: [1889]Reference: 37728i
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A prison ship in the River Thames at Deptford: rowing boats convey prisoners between land and the ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout.
Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852.Date: 1826Reference: 37730i
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Thirteen male prisoners in India or Burma ("dacoits", bandits) wearing chains around their necks and ankles. Process print.
Reference: 37771i
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The Prison Medical Service and the deviant 1895-1948 / Joe Sim.
Sim, Joe.Date: 1995
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Bitch Planet. Book one, Extraordinary machine / Kelly Sue DeConnick, script/co-creator ; Valentine De Landro, art & covers/co-creator ; Robert Wilson IV, art (issue #3) ; Cris Peter, colours ; Clayton Cowles, letters.
DeConnick, Kelly SueDate: [2015]
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Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Reference: 18149i
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Report of the Departmental Committee on the Employment of Prisoners. Pt. I, Employment of prisoners.
Great Britain. Home Office. Committee on the Employment of Prisoners.Date: 1933
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An angel releases the apostle Peter from prison. Engraving by P. Frasmondi after M. Orsi after F. Zucchero.
Zucchero, F.Reference: 24875i
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A Chinese woman carrying a baby on her back is feeding her husband who is imprisoned in a circular pillory. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 579741i
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Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
Coypel, Noël-Nicolas, 1690-1734.Date: [1735?]Reference: 18150i
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The guards in charge of a prisoner chained to the wall are talking to him. Engraving by A.L. Romanet after P.J. Loutherbourg.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.Reference: 37838i

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

Sick of it! Special edition / a Disability Inside/Outside project.

A prisoner's feet are tied to a pole as a man with a long stick beats the soles of his feet, Persia. Process print by C. Hentschel, 1896, after F. Dadd.

A woman standing manacled to the walls and floor of a gabled cell against a dark and tumultuous background. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.

China: a woman sentenced to execution by strangulation for murdering her husband, being attached to the execution post. Photograph, 19--.

A prison chaplain (Henry Labouchère) is visiting the journalist Edmund Yates in prison. Colour lithograph by Judd & Co. after Tom Merry, 3 May 1884.

Outbreak of cholera among convicts : an etiological study of the influence of dwelling, food, drinking-water, occupation, age, state of health, and intercourse upon the course of cholera in a community living in precisely the same circumstances / by Max von Petternkofer.

Jacob Johan Anckarström. Stipple with etching by J. Condé, 1792.

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

Frank van Borselen, husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, countess of Holland. Engraving by J. Folkema, 1753, after T. Jelgersma after a painting attributed to J. Mostaert.

Mortality and morbidity after excessive stress : a follow-up investigation of Norwegian concentration camp survivors / by Leo Eitinger and Axel Strøm.

A man in prison praying to the devil to have him released. Etching by D. Stoop.

Second United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders : London, 8-19 August 1960 report / prepared by the Secretariat.

Saint Peter in prison visited by Saint Paul. Etching by T. Patch, 1770, after Filippino Lippi.

Wormwood Scrubs Prison: a convict sitting in a bare room on a stool with some work in his hands. Process print after Paul Renouard.

A prison ship in the River Thames at Deptford: rowing boats convey prisoners between land and the ship. Engraving by George Cooke after Samuel Prout.

Thirteen male prisoners in India or Burma ("dacoits", bandits) wearing chains around their necks and ankles. Process print.

The Prison Medical Service and the deviant 1895-1948 / Joe Sim.

Bitch Planet. Book one, Extraordinary machine / Kelly Sue DeConnick, script/co-creator ; Valentine De Landro, art & covers/co-creator ; Robert Wilson IV, art (issue #3) ; Cris Peter, colours ; Clayton Cowles, letters.

Pero breast-feeding her imprisoned father Cimon. Line engraving by C. van Caukercken after P.P. Rubens.

Report of the Departmental Committee on the Employment of Prisoners. Pt. I, Employment of prisoners.

An angel releases the apostle Peter from prison. Engraving by P. Frasmondi after M. Orsi after F. Zucchero.

A Chinese woman carrying a baby on her back is feeding her husband who is imprisoned in a circular pillory. Wood engraving, ca. 1850.

Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.

The guards in charge of a prisoner chained to the wall are talking to him. Engraving by A.L. Romanet after P.J. Loutherbourg.