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Title: The boy's pony.
Image ID: 814392
Image ID 814392
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 19 x 26 cm. (7 1/4 x 10 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Punishment & Torture
Periodical Illustrations
Whipping
Men -- England -- London
Coldbath Fields Prison (London, England)
Punishment Devices -- England -- London
Whipping -- England -- London
Women -- England -- London
Notes: Printed on border: "Sketches in the Clerkenwell House of Correction [London]." Printed text in part: "… the block, facetiously called 'the pony', upon which naughty boys are horsed for a birching. There is also a triangle for tying up older persons who are to be flogged for willful misconduct while in prison …" Written on border: "June 27, 1874."
Date Published: 1874
Barcode Number: 33333159445242
Struc ID: 595155
Source: Illustrated London news.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Punishments -- flogging   View All images from Folder

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