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19: Prison Ship
Located in Columbia, MO
love of drawing and the art of engraving at a young age and perfected his passion over the years
Category
1820s Naturalistic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Etching
Angel Leading St. Peter from Prison, 17th century
By Anonymous Caravagesque
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Artist
Category
17th Century Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Joseph Interior prisons
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - The prison.
84 x 105cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Francis I King of France Prisoned in Madrid - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Francis I King of France prisoned in Madrid Visited by Charles V is a lithograph on paper realized
Category
1860s Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Old Prison Hulk at Sunset on the Medway, England and other shipping Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
shipping and the Prison Hulks that were moored around Portsmouth and the South Coast of England.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Prison - Original Drawing by Amédée Auguste Desmoulins - Late-19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tasso in His Prison is an Original ink and watercolor drawing realized by Amédée Auguste Desmoulins
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
H 3.43 in W 4.57 in D 0.04 in
The Pope and the Prison - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910
By Gabriele Galantara
Located in Roma, IT
The prison is an original drawing in China ink and white lead on creamy cardboard realized by
Category
1910s Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Ink
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
1930s Deer Lodge Prison Horsehair Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Deer Lodge Prison quirt with orange, black, and white dyed horsehair and leather hand strap and
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Prison Art
Materials
Other
1930s Deer Lodge Prison Horsehair Quirt
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Deer Lodge Prison quirt with red, black, and white dyed horsehair and horsehair hand strap. Quirt
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Prison Art
Materials
Other
19th Century Walla Walla Prison Horse Bit Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of seven Walla Walla prison made bits. All silver overlaid but unique from each other
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Prison Art
Materials
Hide, Leather
Joseph interpreting Dreams - Italian Old Master 17thC religious art oil painting
Located in London, GB
is Joseph in prison interpreting the dreams of Pharoah's Baker and Butler. The bars of the cell can
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century English Folk Art Gentleman’s Cane
Located in London, GB
19th Century English Folk Art Gentleman’s Cane
A rare and quite special example of a 19th
Category
1850s British Folk Art Antique Prison Art
Materials
Wood
Madonna and Child- Italian Old Master religious art portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
. However, after a short spell in prison because of his disorderly conduct he left Parma for Modena, where
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
H 36 in W 27 in D 2 in
Large Antique English Trench Art Table Cannon
Located in Forney, TX
prison, when trench art left conflict it gradually became this anonymously created, tangible memory of
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Antique Prison Art
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Artist in his Studio - French 19th century art figurative interior oil painting
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in London, GB
himself singlemindedly to his art. The young Paul Cézanne befriended Monticelli in the 1860s, and the
Category
19th Century Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Italian Arch - Old Master British art Italian landscape and ruins through arch
By (Circle of) Hubert Robert
Located in London, GB
Bastille prison during the French Revolution. Imprisoned himself, he narrowly escaped the guillotine and
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mrs James Hoste - British 18th century art portrait oil painting
By John Vanderbank
Located in London, GB
James Thornhill's art academy in Great Queen Street from 1711 until 1720, when he joined with Louis
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Cat and Dog - Victorian genre 1884 animal art oil painting
By Carl Suhrlandt
Located in London, GB
a professor at the Art Academy. Most of his paintings depict animals with a preference for horses
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Il Supplì - Vintage Art Magazine - 1912
Located in Roma, IT
inspired by two humorous war newspapers: the first La Baracca, produced in a prison camp in Katzenau in
Category
1910s Antique Prison Art
Materials
Offset
La Loge (The Lodge) /// Post-Impressionist Figurative French Paris People Art
By Louis Legrand
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
-Arts. The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Intaglio
Full Rigged Ship GATHERER
By Alexander Charles Stuart
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Watts six years in Folsom Prison for cruelty on the high seas. While the dark names stuck, she proved to
Category
1870s Other Art Style Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Capture of St. Thomas Aquinas Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century
Located in Milan, IT
convince him, almost begging him. The figures are also placed in a prison, as indicated by the bars in the
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
H 56.7 in W 46.46 in D 1.97 in
Banquet Attrib to Van Den Hoecke Religious Oil on Table Old Master 17th Century
By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
a barren prison with barred windows, in clear contrast to the situation of opulence in the first
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Blaubart und Miss Ilsebill - Rare Book Illustrated by Johann Rabus- 1923
Located in Roma, IT
and had to spend some time in the Vienna City Prison. After various art exhibitions organized by Hans
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 9.85 in W 6.7 in D 0.79 in
Quiz. The Grand Master -Illustrated Book by Thomas Rowlandson - 1816
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Roma, IT
chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is chiefly remembered as the author of The Three
Category
1810s Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Paper
H 5.91 in W 11.03 in D 0.79 in
The English Dance of Death - The Dance of Life by Thomas Rowlandson - 1810s
By Thomas Rowlandson
Located in Roma, IT
chiefly within the "rules" of the King's Bench Prison. He is chiefly remembered as the author of The Three
Category
1810s Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
H 8.27 in W 5.12 in D 1.58 in
Original 1895 poster by Steinlen - De Mazas à Jérusalem par Zo d'Axa
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in PARIS, FR
ideas. The juxtaposition of the mundane (represented by the reference to Mazas, a prison in Paris) with
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Prisoner of war straw-work ark
Located in London, GB
famously defeated at Waterloo.
In 1796, the first prison to house French prisoners of war was built at
Category
1850s French Folk Art Antique Prison Art
Materials
Straw, Pine
Flora surrounded by her nymphs, in a landscape of ancient ruins. Il Mascacotta
By Gennaro Greco
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and other magnificent constructions and made superb underground places and imaginary prisons with
Category
Late 17th Century Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 63 in W 80.71 in D 3.94 in
Hide n seek Home Scene w Grandma Russian early 20th Century Oil Genre Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
, and was then imprisoned for three years in Solovki prison camp, while his art collections, including
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas, Wood
Joseph and Potiphar
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Tricase, IT
wanting to rape her and he was put in prison.
The painting was created by an important artist from
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A farmstead in a landscape
By George Morland
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
being drunk and in hiding from his creditors, or in prison. His name is particularly associated with
Category
18th Century English School Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Ponza Island - Oil on Canvas - 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Very rare view of Ponza Island from the part of the Molo.
This is a very rare and fine work of art
Category
18th Century Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Rue de Paris - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
), which earned him a prison sentence. These events inspired a collection of lithographs entitled Mazas. He
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Board, Oil
c. 1800 Shepherd & Milk Maid with Cattle Pastoral Landscape Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
where he was in prison in 1811. He is recorded as living at 72, Oxford Street in 1801. He was a friend
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"View in Gent" Piet Lippens (Belgian, 1890-1981) circa 1920s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
to be his best, utilize a darker pallet depicting factories, slums, barracks, prisons, shipyards
Category
1920s Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Lady Anne Tipping née Cheke c.1705, English Aristocratic Collection
By Kneller Godfrey
Located in London, GB
Titan Fine Art present this exquisite portrait, that formed part of a historic collection of an
Category
18th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 94.49 in W 62.6 in D 2.76 in
In the forest. Oil on cardboard, 17x25 cm
By Indrikis Zeberins
Located in Riga, LV
graphic art, his thematic was a patriarchal peasants lives depicting, image of his persona’s are humorous
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Junkman's Serenade oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Hudson, NY
Gallery, at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art. His work was frequently shown at the
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The White Horse An English Genre Painting by George Morland 18th Century
By George Morland
Located in Lincoln, GB
and often being drunk and in hiding from his creditors, or in prison.
His name is particularly
Category
Early 1700s Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
H 31.89 in W 37.01 in D 2.76 in
Pair Antique Oil Paintings Scottish Highland Loch Scenes G. F. Buchanan 1872
Located in Portland, OR
in 1861 was imprisoned at the ‘Debtor’s Prison for London and Middlesex’, when his estate and effects
Category
1870s Realist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Oedipus leaves Thebes guided by Antigone
Located in Pasadena, CA
, exhibited at the Salon of French Artists that he will not leave. In 1905, his Joan of Arc in his prison
Category
1860s Romantic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Place de la Bastille Paris, 1928 - Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
, no legend.
Note:
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood
Category
1920s Art Deco Antique Prison Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 6.26 in W 4.57 in D 0.04 in
Original early 20th Century German signed lithograph by Marcus Behmer
By Marcus Behmer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
has many similarities with his private life and incarceration in prison. These works were a personal
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Lithograph
H 16.13 in W 12 in D 1 in
Mary Beale (circle) Portrait Painting of Sir John Pettus
By (Circle of) Mary Beale
Located in York, GB
, but was exchanged after nearly a year in prison. It is unlikely that he resumed command of his
Category
17th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
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H 33.47 in W 29.14 in D 3.94 in
Frenchman Bay, Mount Desert Island, Maine
By Charles Henry Gifford
Located in Concord, MA
prison. While the young man learned the trades of ship-building and shoemaking before the war, Gifford
Category
19th Century Abstract Impressionist Antique Prison Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest Clearing
By Roswell Morse Shurtleff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
spent eight months in a southern prison, after which he returned to New York and Hartford and worked as
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
En passant (Passing by)
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
clerk before deciding to study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Devosge prize
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Drypoint
La Negresse (The Negress)
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dijon in the east of France. He worked as a bank clerk before deciding to study art part-time at Dijon's
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Etching
A L'Ombre (In Shadow)
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
bank clerk before deciding to study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Devosge
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Etching
L'Aieule (The Grandmother)
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
of France. He worked as a bank clerk before deciding to study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Aquatint
La Toilette
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Devosge prize at the school in 1883.[2
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Drypoint
Danseuses s'habillant (Laurence adjusting her hair and Mignon adjusting clothes
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Devosge prize at the school in 1883.[2
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Prison Art
Materials
Aquatint
Portrait of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Early 17th Century Portrait
Located in London, GB
after a short spell in Fleet Prison. His illegitimate son died shortly after being born. Despite being a
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
H 29.25 in W 23.75 in
Lady Dormore - A 16th Century Portrait of a key member of Shakespeare's England
Located in London, GB
marriage and consigned Elizabeth Vernon, one of her chief ladies-in-waiting, to the Fleet Prison for
Category
16th Century Old Masters Antique Prison Art
Materials
Oil
Model of a War Sailing Ship, Made Out of Bone, United Kingdom, 1793-1815
Located in Milan, IT
in British prisons, during the Napoleonic Wars, which took place from 1793 to 1815 and the following
Category
1790s English Antique Prison Art
Materials
Bone
Piper Indicum. Spanish Pepper.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Engraving
Amygdalus. (Almond)
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Cinara. Artichoke.
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Florham Park, NJ
prison, where ironically he was serving time after suffering great financial ruin in the printing
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Prison Art
Materials
Engraving
Antique Burmese Mandalay Period Buddhist Dancer Nat Spirit Deer Figure Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
, Japan, where he was found guilty of tax evasion, sentenced to four years in prison and had his assets
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Prison Art
Materials
Wood, Art Glass, Teak, Giltwood
H 27 in W 9 in D 7.75 in
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