Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
Top-Results
Top-Results
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
Horsemonger Lane Jail
Where rooftop executions became a violent Southwark spectacle
From our experts
From our experts
Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
From our experts
From our experts
From avoiding the gallows, to leading a mutiny
What happened to convicts who were transported to penal colonies instead of being executed?
Top-Results
Decorative arts
Decorative arts
Crouching leopard box; trinket box (snuff box)
1801-1804; 1931; 19th century; 20th century
Saxon & Medieval
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Remember the Poor Prisoners (engraving)
Laroon, Marcellus, Overton, Henry
1705-1715
