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1.
A design for building a commodious prison for the reception of debtors & felons, in the room of the

Creator:
Dance, George, the Elder, approximately 1694-1768
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 61+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text above images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A design for building a commodious prison for the reception of debtors & felons, in the room of the present goal [sic] of Newgate [graphic]

2.
A harlot's progress. In Bridewell beating hemp = Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre

Published / Created:
[not before 25 March 1768]
Call Number:
Hogarth 768.03.25.12+ Box 210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A copy in reverse of William Hogarth's Plate 4 of A harlot's progress: A scene in Bridewell prison with Moll Hackabout and the other inmates beating hemp under the supervision of a stern warder holding a cane. Moll is still dressed in her finery, but ...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 4, In Bridewell beating hemp, and Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre
Description:
Title in English and French engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Prison.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Hemp industry, Criminals, Gamblers, Hemp, Prisons, Prostitutes, Syphilis, Rake's progress, and Stocks (Punishment)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A harlot's progress. In Bridewell beating hemp = Dans la maison de correction a battre le chanvre / [graphic] : Plate IV

3.
A harlots progress. [graphic] / Fourth

Creator:
King, Giles, active 18th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 April 1732]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 98. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Copy of 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 fingers the lace lappet hanging from h...
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 4, In Bridewel beating of hemp amidst many others in the like circumstances, and In Bridewell beating of hemp amidst many others in the like circumstances
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
G. King
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Prison.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Hemp industry, Criminals, Gamblers, Hemp, Prisons, Prostitutes, Syphilis, Rakes progress, and Stocks (Punishment)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A harlots progress. [graphic] / Fourth

4.
A toast and sentiment, up standing and uncover'd the lawyers, and may the Devil fetch em. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
833.00.00.19+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A well dressed man in a uniform, holding a hat in his left hand and raising a jug in his right, stands with a water pump just behind him and a prison wall and door in the background
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Water pumps, Toasting, Doors & doorways, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A toast and sentiment, up standing and uncover'd the lawyers, and may the Devil fetch em. [graphic]

5.
An Irish hug alias a fraternal embrace the dearest friends must part. [graphic]

Creator:
Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 October 1798]
Call Number:
798.10.04.02+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 4th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852
Subject (Topic):
Crying, Hugging, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An Irish hug alias a fraternal embrace the dearest friends must part. [graphic]

6.
An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in

Published / Created:
[1720?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse -- "When as the King of England dy'd,".
Publisher:
printed by William Dicey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Edward, IV, King of England, 1442-1483
Subject (Topic):
Regicide, Kings and rulers, Succession, Prisons, Homicides, Torches, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > An excellent song, made of the successors of King Edward the IVth. To the tune of, O man in desparation [sic]. Note, as the use of these old songs is very great, ...

7.
Bridewel [graphic]

Creator:
Nicholls, Sutton, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1720]
Call Number:
720.00.00.105++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Bird's eye view of the inner courts towards the south; elegantly dressed figures stroll around courtyards, with the burial grounds in the distance
Alternative Title:
Bridewell
Description:
Title engraved within banner at top of image.
Publisher:
Sold by John Bowles, prints and map seller over against Stocks Market
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Hospital,
Subject (Topic):
Almshouses, Cemeteries, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bridewel [graphic]

8.
Ceceders in limbo, i.e., vagabond's made usefull [graphic].

Creator:
Ansell, Charles, 1752- printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 November 1798]
Call Number:
798.11.20.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Seceders in limbo and Vagabonds made useful
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815
Subject (Topic):
Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Ceceders in limbo, i.e., vagabond's made usefull [graphic].

9.
Charles thrown into prison [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 10 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The tenth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune...
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Debt, Graffiti, Prison guards, Prisoners, Prisons, Parables, and Political elections
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Charles thrown into prison [art original]

10.
Confined in prison he reflects on his ill conduct and misfortunes [graphic].

Published / Created:
[not before 1735]
Call Number:
Hogarth 735.00.00.17+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A loose plagiary (reversed) after Hogarth's plate 7 in the Rake's Progress series; a room in the Fleet Prison; Tom sits at a table to left, on which is a rejection letter from John Rich to whom he has submitted a play; his old wife brandishing her fis...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Prisons, and Rake's progress
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Confined in prison he reflects on his ill conduct and misfortunes [graphic].

11.
Edward dies and leaves a handsome fortune for his family [art original]

Creator:
Dodd, Daniel, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1752 and 1793]
Call Number:
Drawings D639 no. 11 Box D117
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fort...
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Cabinets (Case furniture), Canopy beds, Deathbeds, Families, Grief, Lawyers, Prisoners, Prisons, and Parables
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Edward dies and leaves a handsome fortune for his family [art original]

12.
Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary

Published / Created:
[1836?]
Call Number:
File 523 Ex96 836++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed by Taylor, 14 Waterloo-Road, near the Victoria Theatre, Lambeth
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Chipstead.
Subject (Name):
Harley, William, -1836.
Subject (Topic):
Executions and executioners, Burglary, Prisons, and Hangings (Executions)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary

13.
Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary

Published / Created:
[1836?]
Call Number:
File 523 Ex96 836++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Printed by Taylor, 14 Waterloo-Road, near the Victoria Theatre, Lambeth
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Chipstead.
Subject (Name):
Harley, William, -1836.
Subject (Topic):
Executions and executioners, Burglary, Prisons, and Hangings (Executions)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Execution at Horsemonger-lane Jail, Monday, April 11, 1836. Wm. Harley for the Chipstead burglary

15.
Fleet Prison [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the inner court of the prison, with the prisoners playing rackets on the left, others standing watching, a number of men smoking pipes, others lounging across benches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Septr. 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Prisons and Courtyards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fleet Prison [graphic]

16.
Fleet Prison [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 September 1808]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 26+
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the inner court of the prison, with the prisoners playing rackets on the left, others standing watching, a number of men smoking pipes, others lounging across benches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Septr. 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Prisons and Courtyards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fleet Prison [graphic]

17.
Harm watch, harm catch, or, The commissioners become hostages, or, The French vermin in the German

Published / Created:
[approximately 1793]
Call Number:
793.00.00.180+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In this anti-Jacobin, pro-Girondist print, seven prisoners, in various postures of distress and exclamation are seated on stools in a prison cell. Each one wears a feathered Liberty cap and each is tied to the cell wall by a rope around his neck. The ...
Alternative Title:
Commissioners become hostages and French vermin in the German trap
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Aitken, No. 14 Castle Street, Leicester Fields, London
Subject (Geographic):
France and Austria
Subject (Name):
Dumouriez, Charles François Du Périer, 1739-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Girondists, Prisons, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Prisoners, Liberty cap, History, Campaigns, Foreign public opinion, British, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Harm watch, harm catch, or, The commissioners become hostages, or, The French vermin in the German trap [graphic].

18.
Here Samuel sings with merry glee, 'come buy, gude folks, bird-seed frae me' [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
647 803C
Collection Title:
Leaf 15r. Cries of Edinburgh characteristically represented.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man stands in the foreground, in profile to the right, a sack slung over his shoulder. Behind him on the opposite side of the street are two buildings, Conongate Kirk and Canongate Tolbooth
Alternative Title:
Canongate Church & Prison
Description:
Title from verses etched below image.
Publisher:
L. Scott
Subject (Geographic):
Canongate (Edinburgh, Scotland), Scotland, and Edinburgh.
Subject (Name):
Canongate Kirk (Edinburgh, Scotland),
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Peddlers, Bags, Churches, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Here Samuel sings with merry glee, 'come buy, gude folks, bird-seed frae me' [graphic].

19.
Jack Shepherd drawn from [the] life An exact representation of [the] holes Shepherd made in [the

Published / Created:
[1724?]
Call Number:
724.00.00.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
View of the interior of the cell on the left: Portrait of John ('Jack') Sheppard, whole length, seated on a chair in prison cell at Newgate, with hands and feet in chains, shackled to the floor, leaning to left, looking up at sunlight streaming throug...
Alternative Title:
Jack Sheppard drawn from the life
Description:
Titles from item.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by T. Bowles, print seller next the Chapter House in St. Pauls Ch. Yard & J. Bowles, print seller over against Stocks Market
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, London., England., and City of London (England)
Subject (Name):
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724, and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, Prisons, Prison escapes, Cells (Rooms & spaces), Prisoners, and Criminals
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jack Shepherd drawn from [the] life An exact representation of [the] holes Shepherd made in [the] chimney and of [the] locks bolts & doors he broke open in makeing his wonderfull escape out of Newgate, Oct. [the] 15th, 1724, between 4 in [the] afternoon & 1 in [the] morng. [graphic]

20.
Jack Sheppard [graphic]

Creator:
Maddocks, W., printmaker
Published / Created:
[1819?]
Call Number:
819.00.00.13
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of John ('Jack') Sheppard, three-quarter length in prison cell, seated to left with hands in chains and head turned to right; wearing plain coat and necktie, his hair cut short; after Thornhill. Sheppard was a notorious thief who was famous ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Jack Sheppard [graphic]

21.
John Kirby, late Keeper of Newgate [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 August 1809]
Call Number:
File 75 M45 809
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portrait of John Kirby in oval, decorated above with angling equipment. The oval rests above an image of Newgate prison which in turn is draped with a garland comprised of shackles and chains
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published August 1, 1809, by Nuttall, Fisher & Dixon, Liverpool
Subject (Topic):
Prisons and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Kirby, late Keeper of Newgate [graphic].

22.
John Sheppard [graphic]

Creator:
White, George, approximately 1684-1732, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[approximately 1724]
Call Number:
724.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of John Sheppard, highwayman and thief, seated three-quarter length in prison cell with hands in chains, head turned to right, towards window; wearing plain coat and necktie, his hair cut short; lettered state with Latin verses
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, J. Bowles against Stocks Market, & Geo. White in Hart Street between [the] Church & Bloomsbury Markt
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724,
Subject (Topic):
Cells (Rooms & spaces), Criminals, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > John Sheppard [graphic]

24.
Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

Published / Created:
[17--?]
Call Number:
Print00455
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Conduct of life, Ethics, Money, Compasses (Drawing instruments), Dogs, Farms, Punishment & torture, Vice, Eating & drinking, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Keep within compass Prudence produceth esteem. [graphic]

25.
Kings Bench Prison [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.2
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View looking across the prison yard, in St George's Fields; men and women sitting and strolling across right side of yard, the left side only partly in view showing men playing with rackets; wells surrounded by iron railings in centre of yard separat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Prisons and Courtyards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Kings Bench Prison [graphic]

26.
Kings Bench Prison [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 December 1808]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 44+
Collection Title:
V. 2 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View looking across the prison yard, in St George's Fields; men and women sitting and strolling across right side of yard, the left side only partly in view showing men playing with rackets; wells surrounded by iron railings in centre of yard separat...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Decr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Prisons and Courtyards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Kings Bench Prison [graphic]

27.
Law of libel [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1814]
Call Number:
814.01.01.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. for the Meteor No. 3
Subject (Topic):
Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Law of libel [graphic]

28.
Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 May 1800]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias), and Fleet Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Breast feeding, Children, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

29.
Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 May 1800]
Call Number:
800.05.12.08+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias), and Fleet Prison (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Breast feeding, Children, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet [graphic]

30.
Newgate [graphic].

Creator:
Malton, Thomas, 1748-1804, printmaker
Published / Created:
[30 November 1799]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 60+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the front of Newgate, as it appeared after being rebuilt for the second time by George Dance in 1780; elegantly dressed figures and carriages waiting outside prison"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 30, 1799, by T. Malton
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Newgate [graphic].

31.
Out of place and unpension'd [graphic]

Published / Created:
[9 November 1769]
Call Number:
769.11.09.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gentleman, shown threee-quarters length, stands in a disconsolate manner looking left and pressing a walking stick to his chin; he stands before a table on which are a plate of radishes, a piece of bread, and a beer pot on which is engraved the owne...
Alternative Title:
Out of place and unpensioned
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Novr. 9th, 1769, by Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797,
Subject (Topic):
Debt, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), Prisons, Staffs (Sticks), and Wigs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Out of place and unpension'd [graphic]

32.
Ouverture et continuitè CHU Necker ferm[e]. [graphic]

Creator:
Atelier populaire, artist
Published / Created:
[1968]
Call Number:
Poster0539
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hôpital Necker enfants-malades (Paris, France).
Subject (Topic):
General Strike, France, 1968, Protest movements, Medical personnel, and Prisons
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Ouverture et continuitè CHU Necker ferm[e]. [graphic]

33.
Pamphlet of photographs of escaped convicts

Creator:
Nebraska State Penitentiary (Lancaster, Nebraska)
Published / Created:
ca. 1906.
Call Number:
WA Photos 309
Image Count:
8
Abstract:
Pamphlet of identification photographs depicting escaped convicts and parole violators from the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Lancaster, Nebraska, ca. 1906. Details of each individual appear below their portrait, including their name, height, weight, ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Nebraska.
Subject (Topic):
Crime, Criminals, Escapes, Identification photographs, Prisons, and Prisoners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Pamphlet of photographs of escaped convicts

34.
Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 March 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title:
V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene inside the pass-room of Bridewell Prison, the room used for miserable women; beds constructed from piles of hay with wooden planks lining room, many women poorly clothed lie in beds, some with young children."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prisons, Workhouses, Poverty, Interiors, Charitable organizations, Poor persons, and Children
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

35.
Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 March 1808]
Call Number:
Print00172
Collection Title:
V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene inside the pass-room of Bridewell Prison, the room used for miserable women; beds constructed from piles of hay with wooden planks lining room, many women poorly clothed lie in beds, some with young children."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Royal Hospital.
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Prisons, Workhouses, Poverty, Interiors, Charitable organizations, Poor persons, and Children
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Pass-room, Bridewell [graphic]

36.
Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
16th July 1786.
Call Number:
786.07.16.01+
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

37.
Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
16th July 1786.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 782 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

38.
Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

Creator:
Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:
16th July 1786.
Call Number:
Folio 75 Sa85 810
Collection Title:
Verso of leaf 32. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two actresses in a prison scene from Gay's 'Beggar's Opera'. At their feet is a tombstone inscribed 'The Beggars Opera Captn Macheath by Mrs E . . . [erased]', 'Lucy by Mrs W . . . [erased]'; other erasures are followed by '"Here lies Gay"'. They are...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Cornell
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Edwards, Mrs., and Wilmot, Mrs., active 1788-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Actors and actresses, English, Clothing & dress, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Prisons, and Cells (Rooms & spaces)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Performed at a little theatre with great applause [graphic]

39.
The Ordinary of Newgate's account of the behaviour, confession and dying words of Theodore Gardelle

Published / Created:
[1761]
Call Number:
File 523 G211 761+
Image Count:
1
Description:
Includes Gardelle's account of his murder of Anne King and a description of his attempts at suicide after he was apprehended.
Publisher:
s.n.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
King, Anne, -1761., Gardelle, Théodore, 1722-1761., and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Executions and executioners, Murder, Criminals, Juries, Prisons, and Trials, litigation, etc
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Ordinary of Newgate's account of the behaviour, confession and dying words of Theodore Gardelle, who was executed in the Haymarket, London, on Saturday the fourth of April, 1761 for the barbarous and bloody murder of Mrs. Anne King

40.
The effects of Sir J. Campbell's punishment for debt bill [graphic].

Creator:
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Sir Campbell whipping the King, the Queen and politicians; other politicians in jail or condemned to hard labour."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Effects of Sir John Campbell's punishment for debt bill
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Campbell, John Campbell, Baron, 1779-1861, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Whipping, Forced labor, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The effects of Sir J. Campbell's punishment for debt bill [graphic].

41.
The ghost's, or, The taylor befrited a German story. [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
790.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A tailor on his raised shop-board (right) kneels in terror at the apparition of an emaciated corpse-like man and a fat pig with its throat cut standing on its hind-legs. Beneath the shop-board the head and shoulders of the Devil emerge from the flame...
Alternative Title:
Tailor befrited and Ghosts
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by Tom Stitch, Thames Street, Windsor
Subject (Topic):
Demons, Devil, Gallows, Ghosts, Interiors, Prisons, Sewing equipment & supplies, Starvation, Swine, Tailor shops, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost's, or, The taylor befrited a German story. [graphic]

42.
The humours of the fleet [graphic].

Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, [not before 1764]
Call Number:
764.00.00.73+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, next Chapter House in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Fleet Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Courtyards, Prisoners, Crows, and Snakes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The humours of the fleet [graphic].

43.
The last dying speech and confession, birth, parentage, and behaviour, of the unfortunate

Published / Created:
[1792]
Call Number:
File 52 L349 792
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Title from page [1], with a woodcut of the scene of the hanging of four men.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Randall, William, -1792., Baker, James Leman, -1792., Cropper, William, -1792., Smith, George, -1792., Gortley, Thomas, -1792., and Newgate (Prison : London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Executions and executioners, Hangings (Executions), and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The last dying speech and confession, birth, parentage, and behaviour, of the unfortunate malefactors, executed this day before the debtors door, Newgate

44.
The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges

Published / Created:
[1 August 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 75 L847 750
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The mob active in the foreground throwing stones, beating sticks and setting fire to the surrounding buildings of the prison; men run to the left holding a flag with "No Popery"; a woman in ragged clothes in central foreground holding up large rocks,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd the 1st of Augst. 1780, by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gordon Riots, 1780, Prisons, Fires, Vandalism, Riots, Arson, Crowds, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].

45.
The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges

Published / Created:
[1 August 1780]
Call Number:
780.08.01.04
Collection Title:
Leaf 54. London and its environs about 1750.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The mob active in the foreground throwing stones, beating sticks and setting fire to the surrounding buildings of the prison; men run to the left holding a flag with "No Popery"; a woman in ragged clothes in central foreground holding up large rocks,...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd the 1st of Augst. 1780, by Fielding & Walker, Pater Noster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
King's Bench Prison (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gordon Riots, 1780, Prisons, Fires, Vandalism, Riots, Arson, Crowds, and Flags
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The mob destroying & setting fire to the Kings Bench Prison & House of Correction in St. Georges Fields [graphic].

46.
The prospect of Bridewell [graphic]

Creator:
Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1720]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 95. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Bird's eye view of the inner courts towards the south, a few elegantly dressed figures dotted around courtyards."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within banner at top of image.
Publisher:
A. Churchill, etc.
Subject (Name):
Bridewell Hospital,
Subject (Topic):
Almshouses, Prisons, and Courtyards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The prospect of Bridewell [graphic]

47.
The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G

Published / Created:
[April 1728]
Call Number:
728.04.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the popularity of the Beggar's Opera in the form of a medley print. At top left a print shows two oval portraits, Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum on the left and Thomas Walker as Macheath on the right, two short columns of verse beneath. In...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732, Gay, John, 1685-1732., Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760, Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744, Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726, Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Heraclitus, of Ephesus., Democritus, approximately 460 B.C.-approximately 370 B.C., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc, Pegasus (Greek mythology), Apollo, Muses (Greek deities), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Prints, Prisons, and Theaters
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]

48.
Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[9 November 1807]
Call Number:
807.11.09.02
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]

49.
Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[9 November 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]

50.
Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 65. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Prisoners, and Prisons
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]

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