Title

The Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, 1843. Artist: Anon

Caption

The Whitecross Street Prison for debtors, London, 1843. Two interior views of the refuge for the destitute at Whitecross Street Prison, showing the male and female wards. The women and children are upstairs, with wooden cots along one wall. The scene is gloomy and miserable, and there are no-smoking signs.

Date

1843

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Reference

HRM19A91_318

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,9Mb) / 11,2in x 17,4in / 3346 x 5219 (300dpi)

Keywords

road building buildings London England female women woman people male interior indoors man men street law guy crime lane refuge avenue poor poverty captivity prison location gloomy miserable century inside ward lady concept punishment B&W gloom MONOCHROME gender shabby penitentiary debtor destitute 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Islington TGN Whitecross Street Whitecross Street Prison wood engraving Anon Anonymous