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'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. Artist: William Hogarth

'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. Artist: William Hogarth

1-192-396 - © London Museum/Heritage-Images

'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. The Gaols Committee chairman James Oglethorpe is on the far left, seated, and questioning the prison warden Thomas Bambridge. A prisoner in a neck iron is shown kneeling before committee members. After one of Oglethorpe's friends died of smallpox in this prison Oglethrope chaired a commission investigating the conditions of the prison. He uncovered appalling living conditions, and acts of cruelty by the wardens, hence the questioning of Bambridge.

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People Information

Creator
  1. William Hogarth, attributed to: British, English: Artist, painter, printmaker, engraver
Subject
  1. Thomas Bambridge: British: Prison warder at Fleet Prison
  2. James Oglethorpe: British: General, philanthropist, and colonist of Georgia
Medium
  1. Engraving
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4856x3594
File Size : 51,131kb

Aliases

  1. D 1316
  1. 0330001115
  1. 1-192-396
  1. 1115
  1. 1192396
  1. D 1316
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  1. Strictly for Editorial use only.

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