Imprisoned Collection

Scotland / Craigmillar
The imposing 14th century keep of Caigmillar Castle. In 1477 James III imprisoned his brother John, Earl of Mar, in one of its cellars

Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U
Mary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later

Albert Kesselring
ALBERT KESSELRING Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe : condemned at Nuremberg for action in Italy but imprisoned, and eventually pardoned

Mary Qoss Messenger
A pigeon carries messages for Mary Queen of Scots, imprisoned at Tutbury, to Babington who is plotting to rescue her and set her back on the throne again

Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic

Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste
Galilei Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer, being guided by his daughter Maria Celeste (1600-1634), a nun

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

Visiting Day at Richmond Barracks, Dublin Uprising, 1916
Relatives of prisoners taken during the Irish Rebellion were allowed to visit the barracks three times a week. They are shown here handing through the barbed wire presents they have brought with

Lorenzo Ricci
LORENZO RICCI - Italian general of the Jesuits when it was being widely attacked, despite his personal qualities imprisoned by the Pope in the Castels Angelo where he died. Date: 1703 - 1775

USA, California, San Francisco - Alcatraz Island, former maximum high-security federal prison, San Francisco Bay - aerial

John Maclean, Scottish teacher and revolutionary socialist
John Maclean (1879-1923), Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary Marxist socialist. He was imprisoned for his opposition to the First World War, and lost his teaching post

Rosamund Massy Suffragette. Mrs. Massy (1870-1947) portrait. Member of the W.S.P.U, imprisoned, went on hunger strike. Took part in the Black Friday demonstration of November 1910. Date: circa 1909

Mildred Mansel Suffragette. Mrs. Mansel (1868-1942) portrait. Member of the W.S.P.U, arrested and imprisoned. Visited Christabel Pankhurst in Paris

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Soviet engineer

Tutbury Castle
Queen Marys Tower, Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1569. Built by Henry de Ferrers (1070s), later owned by Wulfric Spot

BEBEL (1840 - 1913)
AUGUST BEBEL German socialist politician, imprisoned for treason and lese-majesty against the Kaiser

The Ritualistic Prosecutions (engraving)
1060399 The Ritualistic Prosecutions (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Ritualistic Prosecutions)

Arthur Tooth, Ritualist
ARTHUR TOOTH Ritualist clergyman, imprisoned at Horsemonger Lane in 1877 because of his Anglo- Catholic leanings Date: -

John Bunyan imprisoned
During his imprisonment Bunyan wrote the " Pilgrims Progress". John Bunyan, English Christian writer and preacher

Mikhail Ivanovich Tereschenko, Russian politician and financier, seen here in August 1917. In this year he was appointed Finance Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, then Foreign Minister

Lilburne / John / Gucht
JOHN LILBURNE Political agitator, English leader of the Levellers, imprisoned for importing Puritan publications

Duc D orleans Imprisoned
The Tower during the captivity of the duc d Orleans, taken prisoner after Agincourt

Kate Richards O'Hare, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Kate Richards O'Hare, between c1915 and c1920

The Young Captive, 1832. Creator: Ary Scheffer
The Young Captive, 1832

Engraving depicting the man in the iron mask; imprisoned on the Isle Sainte Marguerite and the Bastille for 42 years
5308796 Engraving depicting the man in the iron mask; imprisoned on the Isle Sainte Marguerite and the Bastille for 42 years

Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by G
FLO4997252 Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by G

St Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate, imprisoned by Diocletian and released by Constantine
535071 St Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate, imprisoned by Diocletian and released by Constantine, (Santa Claus riding through town distributing gifts to children)

St. Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate, imprisoned by Diocletian and released by Constantine
535032 St. Nicholas of Myra (300-399) Christian prelate, imprisoned by Diocletian and released by Constantine, here distributing gifts. Santa Claus

Marie Antoinette imprisoned at Prison de Port-Libre, 1885 (lithograph)
5893609 Marie Antoinette imprisoned at Prison de Port-Libre, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Marie Antoinette imprisoned at the Prison de Port-Libre (Port-Royal Abbey)

Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650
535210 Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of the Inquisition, Goa, c1650; (add.info.: Ceremony for the release of Father Ephraim de Nevers from the prisons of)

Harmony
Tali Stein

Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by G
FLO4997249 Statue of the Barbarian king imprisoned. From the Giardino Cesi. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by G

The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525 (tapestry)
529631 The Battle of Pavia, February 24, 1525 (tapestry); (add.info.: It was the decisive engagement of the Italian War of 1521-25)

Plant encased in ice after a storm. Lake Tornetrask, North Sweden. October. Waves from a lake have splashed onto the shore, causing ice to build up on the plants and the trees

The Lady of Shalott is a lyricalballadby the English poetAlfred Tennyson that tells the story ofElaine of Astolat a young noblewoman imprisoned in a tower on an island nearCamelot

Ranulf Flambards escape from The Tower of London
The escape of Bishop Ranulf Flambard (circa 1060-1128) from The Tower of London (he had been imprisoned by William Rufus successor Henry I of England)

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c.santos

Accidia
Domenico Petrocca

Out!
Filipe P Neto

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Yaroslav Vasiliev-Apostol

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. X

The Staircase with Trophies, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. VIII

The Imprisonment of Christ. Creator: Leonard Bramer
The Imprisonment of Christ

The Sawhorse, between 1749 and 1750. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Sawhorse, between 1749 and 1750. Series: Invenzioni Capric di Carceri; Edition: first

Plate 9 for History of the Middle Ages, 1793. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Eberhard Siegfried Henne
Plate 9 for History of the Middle Ages, 1793

Act IV: Envoys from the Shogun Approach Lady Kaoyo and Group at Enya's... between c1835 and c1839
Act IV: Envoys from the Shogun Approach Lady Kaoyo and Group at Enya's Castle, Bringing Sentence of Death to Enya, Lady Kaoyo Is Surrounded by Cherry Blossoms Gathered to Cheer Enya during His

The Imprisonment of Christ, unknown date. Creator: Anon
The Imprisonment of Christ, unknown date

The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1779. Creators: Domenichino, Luigi Cunego
The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1779

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. V

The Grand Piazza, 1761. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Grand Piazza, 1761. Series: Le Carceri d'invenzione, pl. IV

The Imprisoned Wife, Folio from a Manuscript of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi's... between c1400 and c1450. Creator: Unknown
The Imprisoned Wife, Folio from a Manuscript of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi's Khamsa, between c1400 and c1450

Sketches from Naples - the Island of Nisida, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from Naples - the Island of Nisida, [Italy] 1857. On this site, in more modem times, has been erected an "Ergastolo" - a building which, by law, must be upon an island

Rombout Hogerbeets as Miltiades, 1791. Creator: Cornelis de Jonker
Rombout Hogerbeets as Miltiades, 1791. Dutch jurist Rombout Hogerbeets was tried for treason in 1618, and sentenced to life imprisonment

Princess Elisabeth of France in prison, May 10, 1794, 1867. Creator: Charles Rochussen
Princess Elisabeth of France in prison, May 10, 1794, 1867

Courage Civique; M Adolphe Max, Bourgmestre de Bruxelles, 1914. Creator: Unknown
Courage Civique; M Adolphe Max, Bourgmestre de Bruxelles, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume I" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

King Christian II in Prison, 1871. Creator: Carl Bloch
King Christian II in Prison, 1871

Consolation of the Imprisoned. Creator: Conrad Meyer
Consolation of the Imprisoned

Woman suffrage, jail cell, between 1916 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Woman suffrage, jail cell, between 1916 and 1918. Woman campaigner behind bars. Women in the United States gained the legal right to vote in 1920, with the passing of the 19th Amendment

To Visit the Imprisoned. Creator: Georg Pencz
To Visit the Imprisoned

Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers, 1562/63. Creator: Livio Agresti da Forlì
Saint Catherine Disputing with the Philosophers, 1562/63

Hope to Fly
Mohammad Oskoei

Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol... 1904
Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Garibaldi's quarters at Varignano, Spezia - from a sketch by M. Beaucé, 1862. Creator: Smyth
Garibaldi's quarters at Varignano, Spezia - from a sketch by M. Beauce, 1862. Varignano [the gaol of "The Prisoner of Italy"] is situated on an inlet of the Gulf of Spezia...Fort

The International Exhibition: "Farewell - For Ever", by V. Manzano, 1862. Creator: E. Skill
The International Exhibition: "Farewell - For Ever", by V. Manzano, 1862. Engraving of a painting. A young cavalier lover has been severed from his lady-love by her...being forced to take

The harsh and unpleasant thruth
Linus Karlsson

Light
Carmen Beliciu

Caged
Ineke Mighorst

Easy Way Over
Nick Kalathas

Desperation
Itzik Rabinovitz

Cupid Imprisoned
This illustration depicts an old crone with a predatory owl upon her head, pulling along a cart decorated with poppy flowers, upon which sits a cage containing an imprisoned Cupid, the god of love

Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela
A crowd of demonstrators calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A large banner reads Mandela the world is with you'. Date: 1980s

Charlotte Despard, political activist and writer
Charlotte Despard, nee French (1844-1939), suffragette, novelist and Sinn Fein activist. She was an active member of the Labour Party, and joined, in turn

Abyssinian War: King Theodore, as he lay dead at Magdala
The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition against King Theodore, after he had imprisoned missionaries and representatives of the British

Members of the Gunpowder Treason plot. Date: 5th November 1605

ANTI=VIETNAM DEMO
Anti-Vietnam Demo, calling for an end to the war and for the release of Lieutenant William Calley, imprisoned in 1971 for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village. Date: early 1970s

ART & DELVCAEM
The mother of Delvcaem will die when her daughter weds & so she keeps Delvcaem imprisoned & slays her suitors. Here she sends poisonous toads to hinder Art

Lancelot and Tarquin
Sir Lancelot challenges Sir Tarquin (Tarquine) who has imprisoned 64 of King Arthur's knights. Sir Tarquin is slain

A crafty Norwegian lad outwits a simple-minded devil by tricking him into jumping into a nutshell, in which he is at once imprisoned. Date: 1879

Louis XVII, titular King of France, son of Louis XVI
Louis XVII (1785 - 1795), titular King of France (1793 - 1795), son of Louis XVI. Imprisoned during the French Revolution from August 1792 until his death in 1795, he never ruled

Dante Alighieri, c. 1800-03 (pen & ink with tempera on canvas)
1113188 Dante Alighieri, c.1800-03 (pen & ink with tempera on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); Manchester Art Gallery

Dante Alighieri, c. 1800-03 (pen & ink with tempera on canvas)
MAN350937 Dante Alighieri, c.1800-03 (pen & ink with tempera on canvas) by Blake, William (1757-1827); 42.5x87.8 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

He laid strict commands upon Hubert to guard his prisoner, illustration from Shakespeare's stories of the English
IL274560 He laid strict commands upon Hubert to guard his prisoner, illustration from Shakespeare's stories of the English Kings, published by George Harrap & Son, 1912 (colour litho) by Hammond

Rapunzel (colour litho)
AKV384619 Rapunzel (colour litho) by Hey, Paul (1867-1952); Private Collection; © Ackermann Kunstverlag; © Estate of Paul Hey. All rights reserved 2022

Quarantine I
Jackson Carvalho

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"Imprisoned: Tales of Resilience and Defiance" Step into the captivating world of imprisonment, where stories unfold in the most unexpected places. From the historic walls of Craigmillar Castle in Scotland to the suffrage movement led by Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U, each tale reveals a unique struggle against confinement. Discover the extraordinary journey of Mary Qoss Messenger, who defied societal norms to fight for women's rights. Witness her unwavering determination as she faced imprisonment for her beliefs. Albert Kesselring's story takes us back to World War II, where he found himself imprisoned but never lost hope. His resilience shines through as he continues to inspire generations with his unwavering spirit. Travel across continents and delve into Nikolay Urvantsev's life as a Soviet geologist imprisoned for his groundbreaking discoveries. Despite being confined, his passion for exploration remained unyielding. Uncover the emotional bond between Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste within their prison walls. Through letters exchanged, witness their love transcending physical barriers while Galileo continued his scientific pursuits. The enigmatic Man in the Iron Mask surprises all with an unexpected talent – playing the cello behind bars. Unveiling this hidden skill offers a glimpse into how creativity can flourish even amidst captivity. Explore "The Ritualistic Prosecutions, " an engraving that depicts unjust imprisonments throughout history. This thought-provoking artwork serves as a reminder of humanity's ongoing struggle against oppression. Experience Visiting Day at Richmond Barracks during Dublin Uprising in 1916; witness families torn apart by political unrest yet finding solace within these prison walls - love enduring despite adversity. Lorenzo Ricci's story sheds light on religious persecution and false accusations leading to imprisonment. His steadfast faith becomes an inspiration amid dark times when freedom seemed out of reach. Alcatraz Island stands tall off California's coast—a former maximum-security federal prison.