Created by Abby Green on Thu, 12/11/2025 - 07:53
Description:
This art is actually a rendition from a prisoner himself, etched the soon to be ending lives of fellow inmates before their demise. This image is part of a collection included in the "prisoner's Execution Journal" that includes logs of who suffered capital punishment, as well as illustrations of proceedings throughout the years.
Image Source:
Image of Image, artwork etching completed by Prisioner in 1828, showing other prisioner's recieving Sacrament in Newgate Prison. All Rights belong to Peter Harrington.
Title or Description of the Image. The Newgate Prison Execution Journal, original manuscript by the Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton (ordained Ordinary at Newgate Prison), image published on Peter Harrington Rare Books, https://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/post/the-newgate-prison-execution-journal-chilling-unique-unpublished. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025
Works Cited:
Berthoud, Peter. “The Newgate Prison Execution Journal: Chilling, Unique, Unpublished.” Peter Berthoud, 31 July 2012, updated 3 Sept. 2022, https://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/post/the-newgate-prison-execution-journal-chilling-unique-unpublished. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.