EditorialRegency gentleman in a debtors prison, Islington, London. The inmates eat and drink in a large room with a fireplace. SMTWTFS. Proteus taking a benefit according to Law. Scene: Whitecross Street Prison. Handcoloured engraving etched by Theodore Lane fr...
EditorialThe skeleton of Death with his dart takes a Catchpole as he tries to collect a debt from a gentleman in a street, while many other debtors watch from behind bars in the sherrif's office. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson ...
EditorialBankruptcy gives more thanover 700,000 debtors a fresh start every year, but student loan debts don’t go away as easily. (Jeremy Leung/The New York Times)
EditorialRegency dandies visit Kings Bench debtors prison, Southwark. Inmates exercise in a yard surrounded by 30ft walls. A trader rents rackets and balls, others bring beer and gin. Kings Bench. Tom and Bob taking a peep at Real Characters in the Abbots Prior...
EditorialIrish gentleman in Croftons whisky and beer bar in Dublin prison, 1821. Bankrupt Brian Boru with his friends in the taproom drinking with criminals and debtors. The Tap in Sheriffs Prison. Handcoloured engraving from Pierce Egans Real Life in Ireland, ...
EditorialRegency gentleman in a debtors prison, Islington, London. The inmates eat and drink in a large room with a fireplace. SMTWTFS. Proteus taking a benefit according to Law. Scene: Whitecross Street Prison. Handcoloured engraving etched by Theodore Lane fr...
EditorialPatrick Donohue with two of his four daughters, Carly, left, and Kelly, at their old high school in San Diego on Dec. 21, 2019. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)
EditorialParable of the rich man and the steward, Rich man on the seat, steward points to book and coins (gives an account), the steward who has been dismissed, has the debtors of his lord change their debts (Luke 16: 1-8), Meester van Antwerpen (I) (attributed...
EditorialA lawyer being tossed in a blanket by his colleagues in the yard at King's Bench Prison. Debtors and creditors inside a debtor's prison. Surry Collegians giving a lift to a Limb of the Law. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruiksha...
EditorialA lawyer being tossed in a blanket by his colleagues in the yard at King's Bench Prison. Debtors and creditors inside a debtor's prison. Surry Collegians giving a lift to a Limb of the Law. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruiksha...
EditorialThe skeleton of Death with his dart takes a Catchpole as he tries to collect a debt from a gentleman in a street, while many other debtors watch from behind bars in the sherrif's office. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson ...