Penal Colony Collection

Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land (early 19th century engraving)
A view of the town and harbour of Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land (now known as Tasmania), an island to the south of the Australian mainland

Title page of Le Bagne, by Albert Londres, 1923 (print)
8723987 Title page of Le Bagne, by Albert Londres, 1923 (print); Private Collection; (add.info.: Title page of the book by Albert Londres (1884-1932) "Le Bagne"

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)
7886294 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Isle-en-Mer)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard)
7886282 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, c.1900-10s (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)
7879441 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard)
7879438 The prison colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer, 1909 (postcard); Private Collection; (add.info.: The agricultural and maritime penitentiary colony of Belle-Ile-en-Mer (Belle Ile en Mer)

Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Peak of Fernando Noronha, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from H.M.S. Challenger, by Mr. J. J. Wild: Peak of Fernando Noronha, 1876. The island of Fernando Noronha, in the Atlantic, three or four degrees south of the Equator

Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment... 1857. Creator: Unknown
Fremantle in Western Australia: Rottnest Island, the Proposed New Convict Establishment, in the distance, 1857. By reference to the report of the important measure introduced to the House of

Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Maria Island, Van Diemen's Land, [now Tasmania, Australia], 1850. Maria Island...was named after Van Diemen's daughter

Gilyak the warden, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Gilyak the warden, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Arrival of mail in Alexandrovsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of mail in Alexandrovsk, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth

Main street in Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. View of Mishennaya Sopka, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Main street in Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. View of Mishennaya Sopka, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island

Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890.. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890 This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Nivkh of Sakhalin, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History

Sofron, a Nivkh, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Sofron, a Nivkh, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890
Sof'ia "Golden Hand", 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements

Prayer in a Chapel, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Prayer in a Chapel, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Driving Dogs, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Driving Dogs, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. The photographs were taken on Sakhalin Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries and provide rare glimpses of the island's settlements, prisons

Exiled Captives Carting Manure at Korsakov Post in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term...1880-1899 Creator
The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term, Seven Miles from the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to... 1880-1899
Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to the Island Interior in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Barracks of the Tymovskoye Local Convict Camp in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Derbinsky Settlement in the Tym River Valley in the Interior of the Island, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Korsakov Regional Police Administration Building in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Arrival of a Minister of War in Aleksandrovsk Post in 1903, 1903. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov
Arrival of a Minister of War in Aleksandrovsk Post in 1903, 1903. Sakhalin Island was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals and political prisoners

Political prisoners, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Political prisoners, 1890. This photograph is from a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs preserved in the Aleksandrovsk Municipal History and Literature Museum "A.P

Old mine, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Old mine, 1890. This collection consists of forty-four photographs of Sakhalin Island and the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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"Penal Colonies: A Glimpse into the Dark Pages of History" Step back in time to explore the haunting world of penal colonies through captivating artworks and engravings. These glimpses into history shed light on the harsh realities endured by prisoners in these remote settlements. In "The prison of Portoferraio, Elba Island, 1896, " an oil painting transports us to a desolate island where convicts were confined behind towering walls. The somber atmosphere is palpable, evoking a sense of isolation and despair. "The Andaman Islands: Hope Town with Mount Harriet" takes us to another penal colony, where Lord Mayo met his tragic fate at the hands of an assassin. This engraving captures both the scenic beauty and underlying danger that permeated these isolated outposts. An album dedicated to the Isle of Pines provides further insight into life within a penal colony. One lithograph depicts punishment being meted out to deportees, showcasing their suffering as they endure physical consequences for their transgressions. A vividly colored engraving titled "A Revolt of French Anarchists in Guyana" offers a glimpse into one instance when inmates rebelled against their captors. The chaos depicted serves as a stark reminder that even within these guarded confines, resistance could ignite. Moving across continents, we encounter Hobart Town in Van Diemens Land through an early 19th-century engraving. This image reveals how colonial powers sought to establish control over vast territories by establishing prisons far from civilization's gaze. "The Founding of Australia" presents a colorful lithograph illustrating the arrival of British settlers who transformed parts of this distant landmass into convict settlements. It highlights how entire nations were built upon foundations stained with human suffering. Venturing towards New Caledonia unveils yet more scenes from penal colonies; images depict military warders' housing on Isle Nou and supplies being distributed among the inhabitants.