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1035x1307, 1380x1742, 158x200, 582x735, 776x980 | Young BekieSome British Ballads (1919) The picture shows a young man lying on the floor of a prison cell or castle dungeon [donjon], his hands on his head, and with one ankle chained to the wall. There are a great number of rats or mice i [...] Keywords: interiors, prisons, animals, people, chains, colour, spooky Places shown: Paris; Ile-de-France; France Added: 2006-05-13 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1262x846, 1683x1128, 299x200, 710x476, 947x635 | Cells at town hall, Boston, England, where the Pilgrim Fathers were confinedAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915) A photograph of a prison, jail or gaol, showing the iron bars of open cell doors. According to the extract from the book that follows, the “Pilgrim Fathers” (a group of Puritans, a sort of fanatical [...] Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, spooky, pilgrim fathers, greyscale Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England Added: 2006-02-20 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | Prison Cells (wallpaper version)Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915) A version of Prison Cells... for use as a computer desktop background image (root wallpaper or whatever you call it on your system). I cropped the image and increased the contrast to make it more atm [...] Keywords: punishments, prisons, cages, interiors, corridors, wallpaper, backgrounds, pilgrim fathers, greyscale Places shown: Boston; Lincolnshire; England Added: 2006-02-20 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1046x1309, 1395x1745, 160x200, 588x736, 785x982 | Newgate – Exercise YardLondon (1872) Prisoners walk in a circle in a stone-walled prison courtyard that admits very little light. The guards look on, wearing smarter clothes and top hats. Newgate’s sombre walls suggest sad thoughts on t [...] Keywords: punishments, prisons, people, greyscale Places shown: London; England Added: 2008-09-06 + S K L R N |
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| 179x200, 1924x2150, 671x750 | John Bunyan at Bedford Gaol.The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 3) (1878) John Bunyan was born at Elstow, near Bedford, in 1628. His parents were poor, and he received the merest rudiments of education. As a youth he became notorious for his profanity, but his vigorous n [...] Keywords: john bunyan, people, writers, prisons, punishments, chains, leg irons, cats, animals, arches, children, men, women, hats, costume, misery, greyscale Places shown: Bedford; Bedfordshire; England Added: 2018-08-12 + S K L R N |
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1005x1246, 1341x1662, 161x200, 565x700, 754x935 | Sir Thomas MoreThe National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878) A beautiful engraving showing Sir Thomas More in his prison cell; the gaoler [jailer] approaches, carring a heavy bundle of keys. Sir Thomas More (also Saint Thomas More) was executed by beheading whe [...] Keywords: portraits, people, beards, prisons, punishments, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2008-06-24 + S K L |
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