Title

The Gallery on board The HMS York

Caption

The Gallery on board The HMS York, a British prison hulk used to house the Tolpuddle Martyrs. Prison hulks were decommissioned ships that authorities used as floating prisons in the 18th and 19th centuries. From The Martyrs of Tolpuddle, published 1934.

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Reference

UMG20B27_254

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (8,5Mb) / 16,5in x 11,8in / 4951 x 3537 (300dpi)

Keywords

Transportation British Illustration History Ship Australia Years Conditions Agricultural Floating Prison Seven Cells Converted Prisoner Century England Jail English Hulk Convict Dorset Archive Prisoners Penal 19th Historical Labourers Gaol Old Nineteenth Trade Union Jailer Warship 1834 Martyrs Convicts Archival Gaoler Captives Sentenced Portsmouth Terrible Tolpuddle Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers HMS York