'The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century', (c1878). Creator: Unknown.

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'The Marshalsea Prison, in the Eighteenth Century', (c1878). Marshalsea Prison on Borough High Street, Southwark, London. Marshalsea was particularly known as a debtors' prison, and was made famous in the writings of Charles Dickens, whose father was sent there in 1824, when Dickens was 12. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, And Its Places. The Southern Suburbs, Volume VI, by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, c1878]

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Size: 4688px × 4830px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,England,Greater London,London,Southwark,Southwark
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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