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"From Captivity to Freedom: A Glimpse into the World of Prisoners" A Kingston Norfolk Island view

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Knights at Crecy Battle

Knights at Crecy Battle
After the battle of Crecy, the English knights pursue the French off the field of battle and take many nobles prisoner, who are afterwards obliged to pay ransom

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Examing German Prisoner

Examing German Prisoner
Two British soldiers examine a German prisoner in a captured German trench hoping to gain information on further attacks

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Edmond Dantes, aka the Count of Monte Cristo (Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantes, aka the Count of Monte Cristo (Monte Cristo
XEE4146633 Edmond Dantes, aka the Count of Monte Cristo (Monte Cristo) in his prison - Engraving by Riou, in " The Count of Monte-Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas by Riou

Background imagePrisoner Collection: The Mercy Fathers ransoming the captives in Algeria, c. 1830-40 (litho) (b / w photo)

The Mercy Fathers ransoming the captives in Algeria, c. 1830-40 (litho) (b / w photo)
CHT287709 The Mercy Fathers ransoming the captives in Algeria, c.1830-40 (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Flight of Queen Margaret after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho)

Flight of Queen Margaret after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho)
3643351 Flight of Queen Margaret after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Ancient Rome: Captured enemies are harnessed, 1866 (coloured engraving)

Ancient Rome: Captured enemies are harnessed, 1866 (coloured engraving)
XEE702516 Ancient Rome: Captured enemies are harnessed, 1866 (coloured engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: King Cetshwayo in exile at Cape Town, 1879 (b / w photo)

King Cetshwayo in exile at Cape Town, 1879 (b / w photo)
5920754 King Cetshwayo in exile at Cape Town, 1879 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (19th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: King Cetshwayo in exile at Cape Town, 1879)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho)

Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho)
977889 Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471 (colour litho) by Gilbert, John (1817-97) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after Tewkesbury

Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after Tewkesbury
2638013 Queen Margaret of Anjou taken prisoner after Tewkesbury, from Cassells History of the British People published by the Waverley Book Company Limited, c.1940 (colour litho) by Gilbert

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Harold, who came to inform the Duke of Normandy William the Conquerant (1027-1087

Harold, who came to inform the Duke of Normandy William the Conquerant (1027-1087
JLJ4645567 Harold, who came to inform the Duke of Normandy William the Conquerant (1027-1087) that he would be successor to the crown of England at the death of Edward the Confessor

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane

Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Brixton purgatory, 1822

Brixton purgatory, 1822. Prisoners Theodore Hook, William Cobbett, Henry Hunt and Thomas Wooler on the treadmill at Brixton Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Poster For Tom Mooney

Poster For Tom Mooney
San Francisco, California: July 27, 1934 A poster for the release of Tom Mooney, Labors Champion, after spending 18 years in prison for the Preparedness Day bombing

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Convict Ship

Convict Ship
The Convict Ship success in Melbourne, Australia

Background imagePrisoner Collection: The Crusader

The Crusader
BAL11739 The Crusader by Stephanoff, Francis Phillip (1790-1860); Roy Miles Fine Paintings; English, out of copyright

Background imagePrisoner Collection: British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI

British Soldiers escort German Prisoners - WWI
British Soldiers escorting German Prisoners, destined for internment in England - WWI Date: circa 1915

Background imagePrisoner Collection: A fellow prisoner at Ruhleben

A fellow prisoner at Ruhleben. Frank Kremnitz

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Conscientious Objectors, World War I

Conscientious Objectors, World War I
Conscientious Objectors doing hard labour, breaking rocks in prison during World War I

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Tutbury Castle / 1845

Tutbury Castle / 1845
The Interior of the castle- yard. Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner at Tutbury in 1569

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Battle of Homildon Hill

Battle of Homildon Hill
The Battle of Homildon Hill, where the English under Sir Henry Hotspur Percy, with George Dunbar, Earl of March defeated the Scots, taking Douglas prisoner

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Yvonne Mitchell and Diana Dors

Yvonne Mitchell and Diana Dors
as prisoner officer Macfarlane and Mary Hilton in Yield To The Night. The film was based on a book by Joan Henry

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Diana Dors as Mary Hilton

Diana Dors as Mary Hilton
in a portrait taken for the release of the drama Yield to the Night written by Joan Henry and John Cresswell

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Handle with Care

Handle with Care
Petri Damstén

Background imagePrisoner Collection: 'Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress', 1861

"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. Creator: Mats Landin
"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. As well as in the same album

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing... between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Name "Klenof" hand-written on verso

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Party of exiles and convicts embarking on river barge at Tumen [ie, Tiumen]

Party of exiles and convicts embarking on river barge at Tumen [ie, Tiumen]... between 1885 and 86. Creator: Unknown
Party of exiles and convicts embarking on river barge at Tumen [ie, Tiumen], western Siberia, between 1885 and 1886. Male convicts and exiles wait to board barge for Tomsk

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown

Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Ivan Cherniavski, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Kennan describes Cherniavski and his wife as two of the most interesting political exiles that he met in Irkutsk in

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886

Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Kardashof, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, between 1880 and 1886. Kardashof was one of three political exiles living in the Buriat village of Selenginsk whom Kennan visited in

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated... between 1880 and 1886

Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated... between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of a man in convict clothing and leg irons, seated, facing front, between 1880 and 1886. Inscription on verso: Sukhomlin in convict dress (a police photograph)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886

Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of a man in convict coat, seated, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Inscription on verso: Mikhailof (Mezzentsef Affair)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886

Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of a man, dressed in convict clothing, facing right, between 1880 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Yonof - tried in [illegible]

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Women Hard Labor Convicts at Work, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Chinese Captives in Aleksandrovsk Post, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Arrival of Winter Mail, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Prayer in a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Exit from a Prison Courtyard, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov. Sof'ia 'Golden Hand', 1890

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: A Group of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Work of Hard Labor Convicts, 1890. Creator: Ivan Nikolaevich Krasnov

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

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Teatime Even While in Penal Servitude, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Convicts Learning How to Bind Books, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

Convicts Learning How to Bind Books, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Convicts Learning How to Bind Books, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
On the Porch of the Prison Building, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Deportation of Political Exiles to Siberia in a Prison Wagon. Composed from Memory, 1904

Deportation of Political Exiles to Siberia in a Prison Wagon. Composed from Memory, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Prisoner in Prison for Exiles. Adherent of the Dukhobor Religious Sect. Irkutsk, 1904

Prisoner in Prison for Exiles. Adherent of the Dukhobor Religious Sect. Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Background imagePrisoner Collection: In a Solitary Cell in the Irkutsk Prison. A Free Bird Landed by the Window, 1904

In a Solitary Cell in the Irkutsk Prison. A Free Bird Landed by the Window, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
In a Solitary Cell in the Irkutsk Prison. A Free Bird Landed by the Window, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western

Background imagePrisoner Collection: A Group Picture of Convicts in Front of the Kitchen, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

A Group Picture of Convicts in Front of the Kitchen, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
A Group Picture of Convicts in Front of the Kitchen, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
A Group Portrait of Convicts with Children, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison

Background imagePrisoner Collection: Convicts During a Geography Lesson, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman

Convicts During a Geography Lesson, 1906-1911. Creator: Isaiah Aronovich Shinkman
Convicts During a Geography Lesson, 1906-1911. This photograph is from an album of 47 views of convicts and structures at the Akatuy Prison



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"From Captivity to Freedom: A Glimpse into the World of Prisoners" A Kingston Norfolk Island view: Step back in time and witness the remnants of a restored British penal colony, now a world heritage listed area. "The Thief" - Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa's haunting painting captures the essence of imprisonment, reminding us of the consequences that follow our actions. Hannah Duston's Great Escape: Against all odds, she defied capture by Native Americans, showcasing the indomitable spirit within prisoners yearning for freedom. Daniel in the Lions Den (1872): Briton Riviere's masterpiece depicts a prisoner facing imminent danger with unwavering faith and courage as his only companions. Churchill's Captivity during Boer War: Even great leaders can find themselves imprisoned; this episode serves as a reminder that no one is immune to captivity's grasp. EMILY DAVISON - The Unyielding Suffragette: Her relentless pursuit for women's rights landed her behind bars but fueled an unstoppable movement towards equality. Christmas Dinner in Holloway - Suffragettes' Resilience Shines Through: Lawson Wood paints a poignant scene where suffragettes celebrate amidst their struggle for justice within prison walls. DORE LONDON 1872 - Newgate Exercise Yard: Gustave Dore offers us an insight into London's infamous prison yard, where inmates found solace amidst harsh conditions and confinement. The First Fleet Voyage to Australia: Explore the journey undertaken by convicts aboard these ships, marking the beginning of European settlement on Australian shores. Uno Henning in "A Cottage on Dartmoor": Anthony Asquith's film portrays life inside Dartmoor Prison, shedding light on both despair and hope within its stone walls. Guiltcross Union Workhouse – Witness Kenninghall's Workhouse.