Title

Elizabeth Fry, British prison and social reformer, c1798-1800 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Elizabeth Fry, British prison and social reformer, c1798-1800 (1956). Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) was a Quaker minister and prison reformer, who was also famous for introducing more humane conditions for the voyage of convicts to New South Wales and alleviating the condition of vagrants in London and Brighton. She instituted the Order of Nursing Sisters. A print from People, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_087

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

50,0Mo (2,3Mo) / 30,7cm x 40,8cm / 3623 x 4822 (300dpi)

Keywords

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