EditorialHumble Petition of the British Subjects. In 1773 the British government established the Supreme Court of Judicature for Bengal. Controversially, the court limited the use of juries to criminal cases, while at the same time it effectively extended Engli...
EditorialPaul Atkinson, Fransiscan friar condemned to life imprisonment in Hurst Castle, Isle of Wight, 18th century. Engraving by R. Grave from James Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, London, 1819.
EditorialRome and the Papal States Welcoming the Return of the Pope from Imprisonment [reverse]. Dated: 1816. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.29 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 32.88 gr (0.072 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver.
EditorialAkayed Ullah, who was convicted in 2018 in a bombing in the New York City subway system. (NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission via The New York Times)
EditorialFor the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, 'Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?', Print made by William Blake, 17571827, British, 1826, Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 13 3...
EditorialPhotography of the Spanish trade unionists Juli?n Besteiro, Daniel Anguiano, Andr?s Saborit and Francisco Largo Caballero in 1918, on the day of his release from the penitentiary of Cartagena (current Seamanship Instruction Barracks). The four had been...
EditorialLudovico Dorigny, St. Peter Delivered from Prison by an Angel, ca. 1720's, oil on canvas, 58 in. x 44 in. (147.3 cm. x 111.8 cm.), Long attributed to the northern Italian artist Antonio Balestra, this work was recently identified as a painting by Ludov...
EditorialSatirical verses relative to Lord Finch's flight and Archbishop Laud's imprisonment, with a portrait of each. On wings of feare Finch flies away Alas Poore Will, hee's forc'd to stay. London?, 1640?. Source: C.20.f.2.(331). Language: English.
EditorialTazza, with the Imprisonment of Willem Courten, Drinking bowl with the captivity of Willem Courten in March 1568, Drinking bowl on base of driven silver. The bowl is completely engraved on the inside with a representation of a man behind bars in the mi...
EditorialThe sinking of the Merrimac; a personal narrative of the adventure in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, June 3, 1898, and of the subsequent imprisonment of the survivors : Hobson, Richmond Pearson, 1870-1937.
EditorialRoman de la Rose. Medieval French poem. It was started by Guillaume de Lorris, c. 1230 but continued only some 40 years later by Jean de Meun. Miniature, 14th century. Depiction of the imprisonment and death of the king of Sicily Manfroi. Library of t...
EditorialSatirical verses relative to Lord Finch's flight and Archbishop Laud's imprisonment, with a portrait of each. On wings of feare Finch flies away Alas Poore Will, hee's forc'd to stay. London?, 1640?. Source: C.20.f.2.(331). Language: English.
EditorialBudapest revisited:Arpad Goencz,President of Hungary, in his office. He was sentenced to life imprisonment after the Revolution.On the wall a portrait of Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894),statesman and Hungarian national hero,who fought for Hungary's i...
EditorialPortrait of Sultanji, the eldest son of Aurangzeb, the son-in-law of Sultan Abdullah; Aurangzeb imprisoned him and in that imprisonment he also died. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1686. Place: Golkonda. Measurements: h 203 mm ? w 140 mm.
EditorialCouncilor Teding van Berkhout warned Johan van Oldenbarnevelt about his imprisonment, 28 August 1618. Draughtsman: Jacobus Buys. Dating: 1779 - 1784. Measurements: h 148 mm ? w 89 mm.
EditorialA sketch at the central criminal court during the late trial of O'Connor'. At the Old Bailey, Arthur O'Connor (aged 18), was 'indicted for unlawfully presenting a pistol to the person of Our Lady the Queen, with intent to alarm her'. He was then senten...
EditorialHumble Petition of the British Subjects. In 1773 the British government established the Supreme Court of Judicature for Bengal. Controversially, the court limited the use of juries to criminal cases, while at the same time it effectively extended Engli...
EditorialGeorge Vaux Bacon. A German spy in the First World War. An American journalist recruited in New York, he was sentenced to death in 1917, later commuted to life imprisonment. German Spies at Bay: being an actual record of the German espionage in Great B...
EditorialLieut. Robert Fay (on right) and Lieut. George D. Barnitz after Fay's arrest. Fay, Daeche and Scholz, arraigned in court. Fay was arrested for being in possession of explosives. Fay confessed to being an officer of the German army, and operating as a s...
EditorialSatirical verses relative to Lord Finch's flight and Archbishop Laud's imprisonment, with a portrait of each. On wings of feare Finch flies away Alas Poore Will, hee's forc'd to stay. London?, 1640?. Source: C.20.f.2.(331). Language: English.
EditorialRome and the Papal States Welcoming the Return of the Pope from Imprisonment [reverse]. Dated: 1816. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.29 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 32.88 gr (0.072 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver.
EditorialRome and the Papal States Welcoming the Return of the Pope from Imprisonment [reverse]. Dated: 1816. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.29 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 32.88 gr (0.072 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: silver.