Incarceration posters & prints

1960s man seated on bench in jail cell with head in hand looking downward Anonymous

The Prisoner, 1894 Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa

Roman Prison Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Tasso in Prison, 1853 Louis Gallait

The Captives; Les Captives, c.1923-25 Jules Pascin

Madame de Guiche and her Daughter Appear at Night before the Artist in Prison, 1804 Armand de Polignac

Marie Antoinette Listening to the Act of Accusation the Day Before Her Trial, 1859 Edward Matthew Ward

Transport of Prostitutes to the Salpetriere, c.1760-70 Etienne Jeaurat

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

Prisoners on a Projecting Platform, from Carceri d'invenzione, ca. 1749-50 Giovanni Battista Piranesi

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

Illustration of Louis XVII Imprisoned Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

Illustration of Pizarro Imprisoning Inca King Anonymous

Illustration of Prison Cell at Newgate Anonymous

A Peaceful Art, 1888 John Henry Lorimer

Convent of Incarnation, Antiquera , Spain Albert Moulton Foweraker

Execution of Inciters Anonymous

In Detention, 1889 Henri Jules Jean Geoffroy

Effects of the Explosion at the House of Detention Clerkenwell Seen from Within the Prison Yard: Searching the Ruins 1867 Anonymous

Four of the incarnations of Vishnu Indian School

Kalki Avatar, the Future Incarnation of Vishnu: Page from a Dispersed Manuscript, ca. 1760-70 Unknown

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

Inside View of Prison Area and Guard Station Anonymous

From the series The Imaginary Prisons (Le Carceri dInvenzione) Anonymous

The Land Agitation In Ireland, 1881: The Coercion Act: Arrival Of scrab Nally At Kilmainham Prison Anonymous