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'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. Artist: William Hogarth

'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. The Gaols Committee chairman James Oglethorpe is on the far left, seated, and questioning the prison warden Thomas Bambridge. A prisoner in a neck iron is shown kneeling before committee members. After one of Oglethorpe's friends died of smallpox in this prison Oglethrope chaired a commission investigating the conditions of the prison. He uncovered appalling living conditions, and acts of cruelty by the wardens, hence the questioning of Bambridge.

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Title: 'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. Artist: William Hogarth

Caption: 'Bambridge on Trial for Murder by a Committee of the House of Commons', 1803. The Gaols Committee chairman James Oglethorpe is on the far left, seated, and questioning the prison warden Thomas Bambridge. A prisoner in a neck iron is shown kneeling before committee members. After one of Oglethorpe's friends died of smallpox in this prison Oglethrope chaired a commission investigating the conditions of the prison. He uncovered appalling living conditions, and acts of cruelty by the wardens, hence the questioning of Bambridge.

Personalities: THOMAS BAMBRIDGE

Credit: Album / Museum of London / Heritage Images

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Image size: 4856 × 3594 px | 49.9 MB

Print size: 41.1 × 30.4 cm | 1911.8 × 1415.0 in (300 dpi)

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