Criminality Collection (#7)

The retreat of the pirates (print)
7339243 The retreat of the pirates (print) by Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick (1793-1867); 27.1x20 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: C)

Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate. Capturing the Mellish'
7339236 Life and adventures of Paul Jones, the pirate. Capturing the Mellish'. Jones attacked by the coast-guard, while landing a cargo of contraband goods

The Pirate, 19th century (print)
7339229 The Pirate, 19th century (print) by Stanfield, Clarkson Frederick (1793-1867); 14.5x10 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: C. Stanfield; J)

Charlotte de Berry, the female pirate, 19th century (engraving)
7339160 Charlotte de Berry, the female pirate, 19th century (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 17.7x24.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The French method of mounting mug shots, 1850
3478428 The French method of mounting mug shots, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the French method of mounting mug shots of criminals. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A burglar activating a basic home security locking system, 1850
3330938 A burglar activating a basic home security locking system, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a burglar activating a basic home security locking system)

Old Long Room Street, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635824 Old Long Room Street, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old Long Room Street, Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Post Office wireless detector vans, 1931 (b/w photo)
8626566 Post Office wireless detector vans, 1931 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

In a French prison (litho)
8650631 In a French prison (litho) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: In a French prison. Illustration for The Smugglers by Charles G Harper (Chapman and Hall)

Trades: Burglar (colour litho)
8641500 Trades: Burglar (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Burglar. Illustration for one of a set of playing cards used in the game Jack of All Trades)

The owlers (litho)
8643726 The owlers (litho) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The owlers. Illustration for The Smugglers by Charles G Harper (Chapman and Hall, 1909).); © Look and Learn

I was deeply touched (colour litho)
8656809 I was deeply touched (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I was deeply touched." Pickpockets stealing from a man)

I don't mind the seven years but - !?!?! (colour litho)
8656669 I don't mind the seven years but - !?!?! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "I don't mind the seven years but - !?!)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (colour litho)
8635542 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush)

Highwayman (colour litho)
8635483 Highwayman (colour litho) by Ward, William Dudley (1879-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Highwayman. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

The Case of Adolf Beck (b/w photo)
8675724 The Case of Adolf Beck (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Case of Adolf Beck)

The Case of Christina Gilmour (litho)
8675708 The Case of Christina Gilmour (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Case of Christina Gilmour)

Hop-o'-My-Thumb (chromolitho)
8664002 Hop-o'-My-Thumb (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hop-o'-My-Thumb)

Sketches at Holloway prison (litho)
8673266 Sketches at Holloway prison (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches at Holloway prison. Daily life in prison)

Postman from the GPO stealing a letter (colour litho)
8672155 Postman from the GPO stealing a letter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Postman from the GPO stealing a letter)

Jack Rattenbury (litho)
8672403 Jack Rattenbury (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jack Rattenbury. Illustration for The Smugglers by Charles G Harper (Chapman and Hall)

Atlantic Beer Garden, Payne and Collins Rendezvous (engraving)
8668099 Atlantic Beer Garden, Payne and Collins Rendezvous (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Atlantic Beer Garden, Payne and Collins Rendezvous)

Boy about to throw a snowball (chromolitho)
8677516 Boy about to throw a snowball (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy about to throw a snowball)

McWatters Spectacle Case (engraving)
8667415 McWatters Spectacle Case (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: McWatters Spectacle Case)

"Ten dollars a month!" (engraving)
8667409 "Ten dollars a month!" (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Ten dollars a month)

Seizure of Young Worden in Baltimore (engraving)
8667405 Seizure of Young Worden in Baltimore (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Seizure of Young Worden in Baltimore)

The "Honest" Counterfeit money speculator (engraving)
8667389 The "Honest" Counterfeit money speculator (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The "Honest" Counterfeit money speculator)

Portrait of Officer Georges McWatters, late of the Metropolitan Police (engraving)
8667384 Portrait of Officer Georges McWatters, late of the Metropolitan Police (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Officer Georges McWatters)

New York woman stealing from a sleeping man in the park (engraving)
8664227 New York woman stealing from a sleeping man in the park (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The pirate of the parks)

An Attack on a Galleon, early 20th century (book illustration)
7339187 An Attack on a Galleon, early 20th century (book illustration) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911); 58.4x52.2 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Adam Worth, 1850
3507298 Adam Worth, 1850; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Adam Worth (1844-1902) a German-born American criminal. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive

Bonney, William, Billy the Kid 23.11.1859 - 14.7.1881, American gangster, wanted letter
FGL5502873 Bonney, William, Billy the Kid 23.11.1859 - 14.7.1881, American gangster, wanted letter; Fototeca Gilardi

Bertillonage, 1850
3478272 Bertillonage, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting bertillonage which was originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements including head)

Space taken by the Mona Lisa in the salon carre in Louvre museum before her theft, 1911
1749827 Space taken by the Mona Lisa in the salon carre in Louvre museum before her theft, 1911; (add.info.: Space taken by the Mona Lisa in the salon carre in Louvre museum before her theft by an)

Ceremony of Laying the Foundation-Stone of the New School-House at the Philanthropic Society's Farm, Red-Hill, [Surrey], 1856. The new School-house is the gift of Mr

Un crimimel!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un crimimel!, 19th century. A criminal!

"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. Creator: Mats Landin
"Photographic Album for the year 1861 of prisoners kept at Warberg Fortress", 1861. As well as in the same album

Sidney Street siege, London, 1911 (b/w photo)
5304325 Sidney Street siege, London, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: from Winston Churchill published by Illustrated London News pub.1954)

Scene of attacks, trafficking and looting, 1455 (miniature)
JLJ4629093 Scene of attacks, trafficking and looting, 1455 (miniature) by Unknown Artist, (15th century); Bibliotheque Municipale, Rouen, France; (add.info.: Scene of attacks)

Little Tom Thumb, 1938 (print)
7415591 Little Tom Thumb, 1938 (print) by Tapissier, Edmond (E.Tap) (1861-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of Charles Perrault's story "Le Petit Poucet", illustration by E)

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Smugglers in the mountains on a mule track, Italy, historical woodcut, circa 1870
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, alpine landscape, arts, arts and crafts, black, black-and-white, black-white, cliffs, copy, countryside, crafting, criminality, depiction, depictions, deserted

Two highwaymen on horses wait in the forest for their next victim (1898), Germany, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, 2, 2 people, angolan fruit bat, angolan rousette, arts, attack, attacks, bat, bats, black, black-and-white, black-white, brutal, brutalities, brutality, chiroptera, contemporary

Persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian, c. 270 AD, Rome, Italy, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, ache, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, brutal, brutalities, brutality, building, buildings, central italy, copy, crime fiction, crime story, crimes

Reading out of the last victims of the time of terror, end of the French Revolution
1900s, 19th-century, archive, arts, battles, black, black-and-white, black-white, bloom, blossoms, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary, crime fiction, crime story, crimes, criminality

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"Criminality Through the Ages: A Glimpse into History's Dark Side" Little Tom Thumb, 1938 (print): In this captivating print, we see a young boy navigating the treacherous world of crime, reminding us that criminality knows no age boundaries. The murder of Richard II of England in Pontefract Castle in 1400 (litho): This haunting lithograph transports us to a time when even royalty was not immune to the clutches of criminal acts, shedding light on the fragility of power and its potential consequences. Smugglers in the mountains on a mule track, Italy, historical woodcut: Step back into Italy's past as you witness smugglers maneuvering through treacherous terrains with their illicit cargo, showcasing how geographical barriers often became playgrounds for criminal activities. Two highwaymen on horses wait in the forest for their next victim (1898), Germany: This evocative painting captures the tension and anticipation felt by these notorious outlaws as they lurk within nature's embrace, ready to strike fear into unsuspecting travelers. Various forms of mutilation and torture: From flagellation to impaling on racks, this chilling description serves as a stark reminder of humanity's capacity for inflicting unimaginable pain upon one another throughout history. Torture during World War I: Unveiling an unsettling reality from Belgium's past is this digitally restored reproduction depicting stripped civilians being used as shields against military troops - an alarming testament to how war can breed heinous acts against innocent individuals. Persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian: Travel back centuries ago to Rome where early Christians faced brutal persecution under Emperor Diocletian’s reign; this digitally restored reproduction offers insight into religious intolerance and its devastating consequences. Torture through artistry.