Title

'The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century', (c1878). Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London. Marshalsea was particularly known as a debtors' prison, and was made famous in the writings of Charles Dickens, whose father was sent there in 1824, when Dickens was 12. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1878

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D50_413

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,8Mb (6,1Mb) / 15,6in x 16,1in / 4688 x 4830 (300dpi)

Keywords

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