Mayhew - Coldbath Fields
Named because of an important well nearby, Coldbath was a House of Detention. In this picture, convicts pick oakum under the Silent System - no communication between inmates
Picture No
12007041
Media ID
46501099
Size
4253px x 2805px
(5.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in Mayhew's Prisons of London' page 301
Date
1862
