Prison Collection

Death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
Murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith by a mob in jail in Carthage, Illinois, 1844. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fall of the Bastille in the French Revolution
Capture of the Bastille, French Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Joan of Arc in prison
Joan of Arc imprisoned for heresy and witchcraft after driving the English from Orleans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Tower of London in the late 1500s
Tower of London in Elizabethan England. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 1597 chart

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Parisians liberating prisoners after storming the Bastille during the French Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century French illustration

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Death of Delaunay, governor of the Bastille, at the hands of a mob during the French Revolution, 1789. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756
English officers imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta, India, 1756. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Andersonville POW camp, US Civil War
Union prisoner shot by a guard at Andersonville, Confederate prison camp in Georgia. Printed color lithograph

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Suicide of Socrates by drinking poisonous hemlock, ancient Greece. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a painting by Jacques Louis David

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Young woman reading the Bible in a Puritan jail, New England, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Paul writing the Epistles
Paul in a Roman prison, writing the Epistles. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Mob liberating prisoners after capturing the Bastille in the French Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Union soldiers held as prisoners of war at Andersonville prison camp during the Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Norman keep of Durham Castle, begun in 1076, now part of the University of Durham, England. Digital photograph

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Anarchist August Spies in his cell after the Haymarket Riot, Chicago, 1887. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph

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