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Prison Guard Collection

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Lawrence Saunders the Martyr

Lawrence Saunders the Martyr
Vintage engraving of Lawrence Saunders (1519 to 1555) an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in Foxes Book of Martyrs

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: La Fontaines Fables - Death and the Unhappy Man

La Fontaines Fables - Death and the Unhappy Man
Vintage engraving from La Fontaines Fables, Illustraed by Gustave Dore. Death and the Unhappy Man

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Victorian London - Newgate Prison Exercise Yard

Victorian London - Newgate Prison Exercise Yard
" Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Prisoners walk round the exercise yard at Newgate Prison, circa 1870."

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Weighing Prisoners

Weighing Prisoners
Prisoners being weighed at Coldbath Fields Prison (also known as Clerkenwell Gaol) in London, 1874. Published in the Illustrated London News - pub. 27th June 1874

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Clerkenwell Prisoners

Clerkenwell Prisoners
Prisoner in the oakum shed at Clerkenwell Prison, London, 1874. Oakum picking involves teasing out old tarred rope to be used for caulking ships

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Air Raid Damage

Air Raid Damage
1st October 1940: A warden inspecting the damage after German aircraft dropped bombs on the city. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Holloway Prison

Holloway Prison
Prisoners on a treadmill (far right) and picking oakum in the oakum shed at Holloway Prison, London, 1862. Oakum picking involves teasing out old tarred rope to be used for caulking ships

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Millbank Prison

Millbank Prison
Prisoners working in the garden at Millbank Prison in London, watched by an armed warden, circa 1850. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePrison Guard Collection: Dog Wardens Van

Dog Wardens Van
circa 1955: A cat walking across the roof of the dog wardens van which serves the township of Cheltenham. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)


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