Giorgio Ghisi - The Prison, Anonymous, Italian Print
Public domain image of a 16th-17th-century print, mannerism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from Carceri d'invenzione (Imagina...
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William Hogarth - A rake's progress, plate 7
A room in the Fleet Prison. Tom sits at a table while his wife clenches her fists and the jailer asks for garnish money. To left, Sarah Young has fainted and is being administered smelling salts by one woman wh... More
William Hogarth - A rake's progress, plate 7
A room in the Fleet Prison. Tom sits at a table while his wife clenches her fists and the jailer asks for garnish money. To left, Sarah Young has fainted and is being administered smelling salts by one woman wh... More
William Hogarth - A harlot's progress, plate 4
Bridewell prison with inmates (including prostitutes and a card-player) beating hemp under the supervision of a warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but a one-eyed female attendant finger... More
A View of a Prison of the Composition of Mr. Blondel done at Rome
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Prisoners Presented to the Emperor - Louis Joseph Masquelier
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L'homme au masque de fer - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows a prisoner in chains and wearing an iron mask sitting on a bench in a prison cell, and another man with a lantern and a tray of food entering the cell in the Bastille. Possibly purchased by George ... More
Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the fleet : Hogarthian Novelist. ...
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
Thomas Simmons, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737
Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.
Newgate Chapel, Thomas Rowlandson, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and ear... More
The custody is as barbarous as the crime (Tan bárbara la seguridad com...
Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - Spanish painter and printmaker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Goya is know... More
She stoops to conquer, Thomas Rowlandson
The central room of a prison. Various strong doors and iron-grated windows open on the chamber. Bolts, padlocks, and strings of fetters indicate the nature of the security. Behind a grating is seen a prisoner, ... More
Marshalsea Prison, Thomas Rowlandson, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image of watercolor painting from British-related collections, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th cent... More
Litho. of prison yard and outline plan of ground, Pendleton's lithogra...
Litho. of prison yard and outline plan of ground. The first State prison buildings were completed in 1805 and occupied in December of that year when 32 convicts were received from Fort Independence on Castle Is... More
Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. G bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin
Print shows the letter "G" formed by a harlequin with left arm extended, holding his hat, and standing before a table with three cups for a shell game on it, with examples "Grossmutter" showing an elderly woman... More
Gov. Seward's letter or the triumph of liberality and justice
A dramatic prison scene, intended to contrast the clemency of New York's Whig governor William H. Seward with the vindictiveness of the Democrat-controlled New York City prison administration. In the interior o... More
The Roll Call of the Last Victims of the Terror
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Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite...
Unsigned primitive painting of Charlestown Prison Yard showing granite octagonal structure of 1850. Possibly painted by an inmate; certainly an example of folk art. For the first sixty years in the life of the ... More
Convicts exercising at Pentonville Prison
Picryl description: Public domain image of an 18th-19th century military conflict, armed forces, infantry, militia, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South end view of the stockade Showing ...
Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, masses of huts made of sticks and blankets, and a stockade with sentry boxes in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd ... More
Andersonville Prison, Georgia. South-east view, taken from the stockad...
Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground, a group involved in a court martial or trial of a prisoner on the left, a structure with four poles and a blanket roof used as a barber shop in the m... More
Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird's eye view - gathering roots to bo...
Photograph shows prisoners using latrines in the foreground and masses of huts made of sticks and blankets; the cluster of huts in the foreground was referred to as "Mud Island" (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warre... More
Andersonville Prison, Georgia. View from the main gate Issuing rations...
Photograph shows prisoners gathered for rations distribution in front of Confederate sutlers building and stockade in the distance (Source: Notes by Sergeant Warren L. Goss of Co. H, 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Art... More
Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...
Inscribed on back: Very Truly yours Dorence Atwater. Entered according to act of Congress by M.B. Brady & Co. in the year 1865 ... District of Columbia. Clara Barton Collection (Library of Congress).
In Clichy: wondering if the repeal of the sentence will be quickly rat...
Public domain reproduction of Honore Daumier artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Honoré Daumier - French artist, caricaturist, and sculptor who lived in the 19th century.... More
Young Communards in Prison (Les Fédérés à la Conciergerie)
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"Sic 'em!" / J. Keppler. - Drawing. Public domain image.
Print shows Charles Stewart Parnell, a prisoner in the "Kilmainham Kaboose", directing a pack of small dogs labeled "Healy, Kettle, Egan, O'Connor, Dillon, Davitt, Sexton, [and] Brennan" to attack the British L... More
Poster - "Next!" - Public domain lithograph
Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More
Caricature, "Next!" / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More
Andersonville Prison, Camp Sumter, Ga., as it appeared August 1st 1864...
20466 U.S. Copyright Office. Exhibited: "The Civil War in America" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012-2013.
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - Pièta de Mazas
Pièta de Mazas by J. Lorrain. Published in Gils Blas Illustré, 1892, fifth page (reproduced). Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Condemned to die / F. Opper. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows David B. Hill labeled "Hill-ism", Richard Croker as the Tammany Tiger labeled "Croker-ism", and Roswell P. Flower, wearing a tall stove-pipe hat, labeled "Flower-ism", standing on the right on "Cond... More
Caricature, Next!! / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image
Print shows a prisoner labeled "McKane" sitting on a bench labeled "Reserved for Bosses who Steal Elections" at Sing Sing prison; McKane is holding a large pair of scissors, a measuring tape, fabric and thread,... More
Florence military prison series - "Our orchestra"
Photograph of drawing by James E. Taylor shows orchestra of three violins, one flute, one guitar, and sticks playing for an audience of prisoners and soldiers at prison camp in Florence, S.C.
Cell from which Evangelica Cisneros escaped, Havana, Cuba
48724 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9959. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Photograph of Roy Tyler - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photogr...
This mugshot was taken when future professional baseball player Roy Tyler entered the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas for the first time. Tyler was one of several dozen African American troops incarce... More
The Sing Sing sanatorium / J.S. Pughe.
Illustration shows prisoners engaged in various recreations while incarcerated at Sing Sing for white collar crime. Caption: For the benefit of our grafting financiers whose health breaks down from exposure. I... More
"Fill that cell!" / Art Young. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...
Illustration shows a throng of petty criminals in a prison pointing to a small cell labeled "For the Incorporated Law Breaker", insisting that white-collar crime goes unpunished.
Christmas tree at the District Jail, Washington, D.C. and some of the ...
National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3456. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
El prisionero de San Juan de Ulúa
Broadside has a masthead illustration and a decorative border separating the text. The text consists of two songs: "The prisoner of San Juan of Ulúa" which conveys the longing of a prisoner who wants to be set ... More
Prison yard, Jackson, Michigan - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...
Title on jacket: Jackson, Mich. State Prison. "B.E. 154" and "Set V" on label. Detroit Publishing Co. no. K 2200 A. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Prison yard, Jackson, [Michigan]
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Formation for evening exercises, Bilibid Prison
Photograph shows prisoners in formation in courtyard, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.
Band, Bilibid Prison - A black and white photo of a tennis court
Photograph shows prisoner band in courtyard, Bilibid Prison, Manila, Philippines.
Suffrage Prisoners Leaving D.C. Prison
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of National Woman's Party members leaving a prison building. Warden Zinkham (left).
Taking suffrage prisoners from D.C. Court House to prison.
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of arrested National Woman's Party members being loaded into a vehicle just inside garage entrance to brick building, overseen by police and onlookers.
Van bringing suffrage prisoners to D.C. prison.
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of people and cars outside large stone building.
Vida Milholland [in jail cell]. National Woman Party
Title transcribed from item. Summary: Photograph of Vida Milholland behind bars in a jail cell (District Jail, Washington, D.C.). Cropped version of the photograph published in The Suffragist, 6, no. 5 (Feb. 9,... More
Murder of Edith Cavell - Drawing. Public domain image.
One of the war series. (Bellows) / Little material is available at present about the precise conditions of her execution. She was aroused at 2 a.m. with no time allowed for dressing. She appeared in her wrapper... More
People aren't meant for prisons
Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. F1. 1976
Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...
Photograph shows objects used by prisoners at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, arranged for display. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Museum Qu... More
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The Libby Prison George O. Ennis, photographer
Photograph shows men and a horse next to tents in front of Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Earl Sheck, Oxford, Maryland, ... More
Relics of Andersonville Prison from the collection brought from there ...
Photograph shows objects used by prisoners at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Georgia, arranged for display. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Museum Qu... More
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Convicts going to dinner. 19th cenrury stereoscope card.
Texas stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More
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