Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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The Metropolitan Police: From 1829 to today
Two hundred years of policing London
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London’s dark public execution history in 5 objects
A look at 700 years of public executions in London through five objects
Crime & Legislation
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The punishing past of London’s prisons
A list of the most notorious and historic prisons in the city
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
An execution outside Newgate Prison (watercolour and ink drawing)
Rowlandson, Thomas
C. 1805
