11 December 2017
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Criminal Lives: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts, 1780-1925 - exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives
A new exhibition at London Metropolitan Archives uses archive material to explore the impact of exile and forced labour on male, female and child convicts.
A new exhibition at London Metropolitan Archives uses archive material to explore the impact of exile and forced labour on male, female and child convicts.
Between 1700 and 1900, Britain stopped punishing the bodies of convicts and increasingly sought to reform their minds. Exile and forced labour in Australia and incarceration in penitentiaries became the dominant modes of punishment.
This exhibition uses the collections of the LMA and the life archives assembled by the AHRC Digital Panopticon project to trace the impact of these punishments on convict lives.
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This free exhibition opens on 11 December 2017 and continues until 16 May 2018. Free during normal LMA opening times- visit the website for full details.
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