Cell Block Collection

USA, California, San Francisco - Alcatraz Island, former maximum high-security federal prison, San Francisco Bay - aerial

Untitled [interior of a prison, 1875 / 99. Creator: Unknown
Untitled [interior of a prison, 1875/99. Albumen print, stereocard

Those Who Swim In Sin Must Sink In Sorrow, 1895, (1906). Creator: Frank Dadd
Those Who Swim In Sin Must Sink In Sorrow, 1895, (1906). Watercolour by Frank Dadd (1851-1929). From " The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours", edited by Charles Holme

WOMENs RIGHTS CARTOON. Afternoon Tea. American cartoon by Albert Levering, 1910, contrasting the conditions endured in prison by wealthy womens suffrage protesters with those of other inmates

PRISON: SAN QUENTIN, 1954. Tiers of a cell block at San Quentin prison, California, 1954

SING SING PRISON, 1878. Convicts in the prison at Sing Sing, New York proceeding through a cell block in lockstep. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1878

ATTICA PRISON RIOT, 1971. The burned hat of a prison guard frames a bullet hole in the railing surrounding cell block D of Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York

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From the notorious Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, USA, to the infamous cell blocks of Sing Sing in New York and San Quentin in California, the haunting images of prison life unfold through time. Witness the stark contrast between the galleries of Old Newgate and the untitled interior of an American prison from 1875. Ponder the irony of "Those Who Swim In Sin Must Sink In Sorrow" as depicted in a Victorian-era cartoon. Reflect on the women's rights movement and the stark contrast between their afternoon tea and the grim reality of prison life for others, as illustrated by Albert Levering in 1910. Delve into the history of Attica Prison Riot in 1971, where the burned hat of a guard frames a bullet hole in cell block D. Through these historical glimpses, we bear witness to the evolving narrative of incarceration in America.