Albert Morand (19th-20th century ) Soldiers of the Great War. Drawings: graphite, watercolour, coloured pencils... Various formats. Some signed or monogrammed, one located and dated "1918". Set of 10 p. Provenance: Saint-Lazare prison, located at 107 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis, was "a house of arrest, justice, correction and correctional education for young girls detained by paternal correction. It accommodated accused persons and persons accused of offences and crimes, women sentenced to imprisonment for less than one year, women prisoners for debt to the State and, from 1836 onwards, prostitutes deprived of their liberty by judgment or administrative decision who were confined in the infirmary or in the prison (they had until then been confined to Madelonnettes). It was also used as a municipal detention centre for minors arrested in the act of prostitution on the public highway, a hospice for syphilitic women and a hospital house. The prison was divided into three districts: the judicial district or first section reserved for ordinary women prisoners, the administrative district or second section for public girls, and the infirmary for the sick, especially girls suffering from venereal diseases. In the first section, about 100 cells were reserved for juvenile inmates and a number of convicted women. These cells, in the so-called "menagerie" district, were equipped with bars and grids that did not prevent cold or odours. The cloisters were used as dormitories. In the second section, the ground floor included kitchens, pharmaceutical preparation rooms, baths, it was topped by two floors of infirmary. The same rooms were used as dormitories, dining rooms and workshops. In the attic, a dormitory of about a hundred beds was reserved for "submissive girls". In 1868, there were 992 women prisoners. In addition, Saint-Lazare had lingerie, the bakery of the Seine prisons and the general store for the supply of clothing and shoes to the prison adminis