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Elizabeth Fry at Newgate Prison in 1813

Collection:  NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Name:  carriage print
Maker:  Mortelmans, Edward; British Railways, London Midland Region
Place Made:  England, United Kingdom
Date Made:  1955
Materials:  paper
Measurements:  overall: 260 mm x 510 mm

Description:  Carriage print. Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison in 1813. Text: "Elizabeth Fry at Newgate Pprison in 1813. She was moved so much by the sad scenes of horror that she saw there that she devoted the rest of her life to the improvement of conditions in our prisons" By Edward Mortelmans. c.1955. British Railways (London Midland Region) History Series.

Object Number:  1998-11723

2 Related People

British Railways, London Midland Region
1948-1992, railway company regional authority, British
Mortelmans, Edward
b. 1915, active 1940s-1980s, artist; poster artist; illustrator, British
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