Sujet
'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. Artist: William Hogarth
Légende
'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. The Gaols Committee chairman James Oglethorpe is on the far left, seated, and questioning the prison warden Thomas Bambridge. A prisoner in a neck iron is shown kneeling before committee members. After one of Oglethorpe's friends died of smallpox in this prison Oglethrope chaired a commission investigating the conditions of the prison. He uncovered appalling living conditions, and acts of cruelty by the wardens, hence the questioning of Bambridge.
Museum of London
Date
1803
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Museum of London
Notre référence
HRM19A84_281
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (3,9Mo) / 41,1cm x 30,4cm / 4856 x 3594 (300dpi)