Newgate Prison
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Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey, just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. Built in the 12
Newgate Prison, c. 1810
Newgate, the old city gate and prison
The No Popery Rioters Burning the Prison of Newgate, 1780
Newgate exercise yard, 1872, by Gustave Doré
William Kidd
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William Kidd, also known as Captain William Kidd or simply Captain Kidd, was a Scottish privateer. Conflicting accounts exist regarding his early life, but he was likely born in Dundee and later settl
Newgate Prison
…settlement in Tasmania in 1801; governor of Iceland for two months in 1809; a British spy – held in Newgate for theft before transport to Tasmania in 1825 William Kidd, known as "Captain Kidd", pirate and privateer – hanged at Execution Dock, Wapping in 1701 John Law, economist – sentenced to death at Newgate for…
Portrait by James Thornhill
Captain Kidd in New York Harbor, in a c. 1920 painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
The Charles Galley, a contemporary vessel of a comparable design to Adventure Galley
Howard Pyle's painting of Kidd in New York Harbor