Prison record sheet
- photographer:
- Unknown
A page from a prison record ledger, 1873. The page contains a portrait and information about a convicted criminal, Mary Clark. Clark, a nineteen-year-old factory hand, was arrested for theft in Gateshead in June 1873 and sentenced to three months hard labour.
A page from a prison record ledger, 1873.
The page contains a portrait and information about a convicted criminal, Mary Clark. Clark, a nineteen-year-old factory hand, was arrested for theft in Gateshead in June 1873 and sentenced to three months hard labour.
The use of photography to record known criminals - the 'mug shot '- had been suggested as early as the 1840s. In 1871, the Prevention of Crime Act made it a legal requirement that all persons arrested for a crime must have their photographs taken.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1991-5046/1
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
