Two Rare Victorian Convict Prison Liberation Forms c.1872/74 sub-Architectural & Garden Wood frames were covered with

Wood frames were covered with strips of cut mirror

It was the preferred building stone of the Normans and was often used ahead of the local British stone

the children numbered

There is some discoloration or water marks to the page edges in places and a couple of scuffs to the frame but the diagrams and annotations remain in tact so this only serves in adding some more character

The shoes on this example are scarcer and are simply wonderfully evocative

Two Rare Victorian Convict Prison Liberation Forms c.1872/74 sub-Architectural & Garden Wood frames were covered withOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1872 & 1874Width: 11. 5Height: 16. 75Hailing from the third quarter of nineteenth century England, the scarcely found prison liberation forms from Dartmoor and Portsmouth prisons respectively, each dated for 1872 and 1874 with the prisoners mugshot and full details of sentence to each, now both presented in oak and gilded frames. The condition of the wholes is good with some small