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Exhibitions
Exhibitions

Executions & death-penalty reforms in Britain

How 18th-century British reformers questioned capital punishment and the fight continues today

Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation

Elizabeth Fry: Pioneering prison reformer

Fry’s injection of kindness transformed the prison experience for Victorian women

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

The sinking of the Princess Alice

Catastrophe struck on the River Thames in 1878 when a cargo ship collided with a tourist boat

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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Van Amburgh Reposing - Van Amburgh's Daring Feat (theatrical portrait)

Park, Archibald Alexander

1839

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

House of Correction (watercolour)

Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer

1850-1855

Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Skelt's Tricks in Harlequin and Old Dame Trot (sheet)

Skelt, Martin and Matthew

1837-1840