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Inmates sharpening tools

1871

Inmate at a loom

1871

Inmates at work

1870-1871
A colour transparency of 'G Chapman' hardware shop with man outside, Pentonville, Photographed by Andrew Lawson, about 1977

G Chapman

circa 1977
Albumen print by Captain Lewis, Pentonville Prison, 1871. A photograph of an inmate of Pentonville Prison, London, making shoes, taken by Captain Lewis in 1871. Around the prisoner are arranged the basic contents of his cell, a mattress, stool and table for books and other items. Propped at the back of the table is a list of rules and regulations for working in the prison.

Inmate making shoes

1871