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Search results: 24 item(s) for: "Diable Island French Guiana"

	Image:	Title:	Subject.TGM:	Description:
1.		Approaching the guillotine on Royale	Prisoners; Executions; Guillotines; Priests; Prison guards; Paintings;	A sentenced prisoner approaches the guillotine, his hands bound, led by another convict. A priest blesses him as he looks towards the guillotine. One man holds the stock, while another waits to strap
2.		Burial at sea to the sharks around the islands	Burials at sea; Prisoners; Sharks; Prison guards; Paintings;	In the final painting of the series, two guards and several prisoners row out to sea with the body of an inmate. The corpse is slid into the water where the ravenous sharks swarm about the boat, eager
3.		Camp of Death, building a road near St. Laurent	Work camps; Prisoners; Prison guards; Road construction; Rocks; Trees; Carts & wagons; Railroads; Paintings;	This painting depicts harsh labor conditions for the prisoners referred to as the incos or the incorrigibles, men sentenced to several years of solitary confinement or awaiting execution on the island
4.		Convict leper colony near St. Laurent	Prisoners; Leprosy; Palms; Islands; Piers & wharves; Fishing; Paintings;	Lagrange makes no mention of the Leper Colony in his autobiography, Flag on Devil's Island, yet we can infer from this painting that those with contagious diseases were confined to particular areas in
5.		Convicts in France waiting to board the prison ship for the trip to Guiana	Prisoners; Prison guards; Ships; Piers & wharves; Arrivals & departures; Paintings;	On March 6, 1931, Francis Lagrange was one of nine hundred silent men awaiting transportation to their destination, the Devil’s Island prison camps. In this painting, a crowd of male convicts, guard
6.		Convicts landing at the main penal colony of St. Laurent	Prisoners; Prison guards; Ships; Piers & wharves; Arrivals & departures; Paintings;	In the distance La Martinère docks at a long pier, which supports a procession of the inmates, carrying duffel bags slung over their shoulders and bearing their red and white uniforms. As they unload
7.		Convicts landing on the islands	Prisoners; Prison guards; Ships; Boats; Arrivals & departures; Paintings;	A boat rowed by convicts, wearing their red and white striped uniforms, transports the men to the shoreline. The three men wearing white uniforms are the prison officials who point and shout orders to
8.		Death of a convict	Dead persons; Death & burial; Hearses; Prisoners; Prison guards;Paintings;	After his execution, the body of a prisoner is put in a casket and transported to the docks, where a boat will take it out to sea. On a village street with buildings in the background, a black cart or
9.		Escape by sea during a bad storm	Prisoners; Prison escapes; Seas; Storms; Boats; Paintings;	Here Lagrange paints another escape attempt, though not one of his own. It is probably based upon rumors he heard from others in the camp. The four men in the boat are violently shaken by the storm-to
10.		Freed convicts in the streets of St. Laurent	Life; Prisoners; Freedmen; Paintings;	When some of the men were eventually released from their sentences in the various camps on Devil's Island, they had nowhere to go and no prospects for a new life. This painting depicts the freed men,
11.		Inside the prison camp of St. Laurent	Prisoners; Prison guards; Prisons; Work camps; Paintings;	Medical examinations determined the convicts' abilities to work and, thus, their assigned duties. The men sensed that it was important not to be found in excellent health; otherwise they would be assi
12.		Inside the prison ship during the journey	Prisoners; Prison guards; Ships; Cages; Paintings;	Once aboard La Martinère the convicts were herded into large cages, which Lagrange describes in his autobiography, Flag on Devil’s Island. He states, “The cages were crowded, uncomfortable, and h
13.		Jungle railway near St. Jean	Tropical forests; Railroads; Prisoners; Prison guards; Paintings;	In a forested landscape, prisoners are pushing two carts carrying guards along a track. This painting takes the viewer back to the dense jungles of St. Jean, the camps with the harshest conditions. In
14.		Looking towards Devil's Island and St. Joseph from the shore of Royale Island	Islands; Oceans; Palms; Prisoners; Buildings; Paintings;	Two prisoners take a break from their duties on Royale Island as they gaze towards Devil's Island and St. Joseph. One prisoner sits and rests, while his partner looks out over the shore, possibly wond
15.		Main entrance into the camp of St. Laurent	Prisoners; Prison guards; Work camps; Gates; Barracks; Palms; Paintings;	After counting the men, the guards divided them into groups of fifty or more and marched them along the riverbanks toward the camps. This painting depicts their entrance into the large walled camp thr
16.		Penal colony on Royale Island with St. Joseph at right, Devil's Island in the background	Islands; Buildings; Oceans; Ships; Paintings;	Speculation about the conditions they would face fueled the convicts' fear while on route to Devil's Island. As they caught glimpses of their destination, their apprehension was temporarily eased, and
17.		Prison official's wife luring a convict to his death	Prison guards; Prisoners; Women; Seduction; Paintings;	This painting depicts an event on Royale in which a guard laid a trap for an inmate, with his wife as the bait. The guard suspected this convict of having had relations with his wife, so every morning
18.		Punishment cell at St. Laurent	Prisoners; Prisons; Paintings;	In this painting, Lagrange depicts himself in solitary confinement after his second escape attempt. A small barred window lets in very little light as he lies chained to his bed. Writings on the walls
19.		Row of solitary confinement cells	Prisoners; Prison guards; Eating & drinking; Paintings;	The guards pictured in this painting bring food to the inmates sentenced to solitary confinement. The only contact these convicts had with the outside world was through the small windows through which
20.		TMS maritime tribunal, death sentence	Courthouses; Prisoners; Prison guards; Judicial proceedings; Sentences (Criminal procedures); Paintings;	Here, Lagrange paints the trial of four prisoners who are depicted in the center of the courtroom wearing their red and white striped uniforms. Guards, prison officials, and a priest watch as the four
21.		Typical jungle work camp around St. Jean	Tropical forests; Prisoners; Prison guards; Prison laborers; Work camps; Logs; Trees; Paintings;	At St. Jean, the central penal colony on the mainland, the prisoners experienced the most intense work and hardest conditions, and this was where the most serious atrocities were committed against the
22.		Typical scene inside a barrack	Prisoners; Prisons; Barracks; Paintings;	This scene presents life inside the barracks, probably within one of the camps on Royale. These were for the least violent prisoners and had the best conditions compared to the camps on the other isla
23.		Under the blade of the guillotine	Prisoners; Executions; Guillotines; Priests; Paintings;	In this painting, Lagrange depicts a sentenced convict as he is strapped to the guillotine platform. Moments from decapitation, the inmate's wide-open, terrified mouth and eyes show his fear. The man
24.		Well-organized escape on the upper Maroni River	Prisoners; Prison escapes; Paintings;	Despite the failure of his first attempt, Lagrange plotted a second escape, but this time he did not try it alone. He enlisted the help of his former cellmate, a man named Leblanc, who suggested that

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