Reading, Berkshire, UK 4th Dec, 2016 Reading, Berkshire, UK. 4th Dec, 2016. The defunct Reading Prison a Victorian County Gaol opened in 1844 was closed for the last time today for visitors to delve to the dark history of Victorian prison life with the guided highlight was the visit to Oscars Wilde’s cell where his penultimate work, De Profundis, was written and which inspired his famous Ballad of Reading Gaol. .A major new project by Artangel of leading artists, performers and writers responded to the work of the prison’s most famous inmate Oscar Wilde, Credit Gary Blake/Alamy Liv

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Location: Reading Prison Exterior Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
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