Policemen Collection (#8)

A police brigade charges a group of demonstrators, from Crimes and Punishments
BAL366888 A police brigade charges a group of demonstrators, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

A police car runs over a little girl, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre
BAL366883 A police car runs over a little girl, from Crimes and Punishments, special edition of L Assiette au Beurre, 1st March 1902 (colour litho) by Vallotton

The Anarchist, 1892 (woodcut) (b / w photo)
XIR287294 The Anarchist, 1892 (woodcut) (b/w photo) by Vallotton, Felix Edouard (1865-1925); 17.7x25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Revolt of French Anarchists in Guyana, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th December 1894 (coloured engraving)
XIR217570 A Revolt of French Anarchists in Guyana, illustration from Le Petit Journal, 16th December 1894 (coloured engraving) by Meaulle, F.L

Auxiliary police at a weekly meeting, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Auxiliary police at a weekly meeting

Arrest of a man on board a Paris bus after he fired shots at a passing troop of cavalry (colour litho)
3620864 Arrest of a man on board a Paris bus after he fired shots at a passing troop of cavalry (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Mouquin, Cochefert, Laurent, Hamard, illustration from L assiette au Beurre: La Police, 23rd May 1903 (colour litho)
STC397117 Mouquin, Cochefert, Laurent, Hamard, illustration from L assiette au Beurre: La Police, 23rd May 1903 (colour litho) by Camara

The Police of the World (chromolitho)
2795518 The Police of the World (chromolitho) by Lambert, George (fl.c.1897); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Police of the World. Illustration for The Boys Own Paper.); © Look and Learn

Orsatti, Taylor, Bertillon, Roudil, illustration from L assiette au Beurre: La Police, 23rd May 1903 (colour litho)
STC397118 Orsatti, Taylor, Bertillon, Roudil, illustration from L assiette au Beurre: La Police, 23rd May 1903 (colour litho) by Camara

A curious episode of the barbers strike in Treviso (colour litho)
2808892 A curious episode of the barbers strike in Treviso (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A curious episode of the barbers strike in Treviso)

March of London matchmakers protesting against halfpenny tax on every box of matches, 1871 (wood engraving)
3245400 March of London matchmakers protesting against halfpenny tax on every box of matches, 1871 (wood engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures

Victorian street market with police, late 19th century (engraving)
3245449 Victorian street market with police, late 19th century (engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures

Victorian court scene with lawyer cross-examining a child (wood engraving)
3245415 Victorian court scene with lawyer cross-examining a child (wood engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; British, out of copyright

Police officer nabs a crook, the habitual criminal, cartoon in Punch magazine, 1869 (engraving)
3245349 Police officer nabs a crook, the habitual criminal, cartoon in Punch magazine, 1869 (engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures

Mexican Gendarmes asking the Way, 1890 (pen and brush and black ink on paper laid
650904 Mexican Gendarmes asking the Way, 1890 (pen and brush and black ink on paper laid on board) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); 35.6x59.6 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Arrest, 1882 (oil on canvas)
658553 The Arrest, 1882 (oil on canvas) by Lambeaux, Jules (1858-90); 39x50 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Arrest. Jules Lambeaux (1858-1890). Oil on canvas. Dated 1882

Excuse haste (colour litho)
3642851 Excuse haste (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Excuse haste. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Strike by cafe waiters in Paris (colour litho)
3620860 Strike by cafe waiters in Paris (colour litho) by Carrey, (fl.1900) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Strike by cafe waiters in Paris)

Five o clock report at the offices of the Detective Police of Paris, France (litho)
6014171 Five o clock report at the offices of the Detective Police of Paris, France (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Types of Viennese Life (engraving)
1620839 Types of Viennese Life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Types of Viennese Life. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 2 August 1873)

The dynamite plot (engraving)
614480 The dynamite plot (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The dynamite plot)

The nab light (engraving)
614451 The nab light (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The nab light, depicting a policeman illuminating a man with his lamp light)

The police wear beards and moustaches (engraving)
614447 The police wear beards and moustaches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lost in London (engraving)
614438 Lost in London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lost in London: waifs and strays at a police station)

Police waiting in Kensington Gardens (engraving)
614413 Police waiting in Kensington Gardens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Police waiting in Kensington Gardens)

"The Latest from the Soudan", an Art Critic (engraving)
1042091 " The Latest from the Soudan", an Art Critic (engraving) by Renouard, Charles Paul (1845-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: " The Latest from the Soudan")

The Open Spaces of London, Children at Play in the Temple Gardens (engraving)
1044241 The Open Spaces of London, Children at Play in the Temple Gardens (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J. (1838-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Open Spaces of London)

Behind the Scenes, Robert intercepts the Turtle Soup (litho)
1040798 Behind the Scenes, Robert intercepts the Turtle Soup (litho) by Renouard, Charles Paul (1845-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Behind the Scenes)

Interior of unidentified police station, showing officers and front desk, c
1078885 Interior of unidentified police station, showing officers and front desk, c.1913-14 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

The Riot in Trafalgar Square: Here they Come - the procession from South London advancing over Westminster Bridge
583546 The Riot in Trafalgar Square: Here they Come - the procession from South London advancing over Westminster Bridge (engraving) by English School

The home for lost and starving dogs (engraving)
604750 The home for lost and starving dogs (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The home for lost and starving dogs, Battersea - bringing in a new comer)

A crowded crossing (engraving)
602391 A crowded crossing (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A crowded crossing)

The Bull s-Eye, from London, a Pilgrimage
STC377529 The Bull s-Eye, from London, a Pilgrimage, written by William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-84) & engraved by Adolphe Francois Pannemaker (b.1822) pub

View of the crowd on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall during the Brooklyn Police Parade
MNY381074 View of the crowd on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall during the Brooklyn Police Parade, 1897 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Le Kosmos (colour litho)
747147 Le Kosmos (colour litho) by Oury, Leon Louis (b.1846); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement for Kosmos bicycle tires.); Photo eBarbara Singer; French, out of copyright

Pickpocket captured by police, early 19th century (engraving)
3245439 Pickpocket captured by police, early 19th century (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; English, out of copyright

An illegal distiller defending his home (colour litho)
2807720 An illegal distiller defending his home (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An illegal distiller defending his home)

Violence against freedom of work, conflict between strikers and workers who want to work... (colour litho)
2815628 Violence against freedom of work, conflict between strikers and workers who want to work... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The occupation of the Ruhr (colour litho)
2809172 The occupation of the Ruhr (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The occupation of the Ruhr)

Old customs that resist the times (Colour Litho)
2808866 Old customs that resist the times (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Old customs that stand up to the times)

An English triumph (colour litho)
2809338 An English triumph (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: An English triumph)

The Corsican bandit Antoine Bellacoscia surrendering to the police (colour litho)
2818307 The Corsican bandit Antoine Bellacoscia surrendering to the police (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1841-99) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Opening ceremony of the monument to Patriot G Candiani in the Veterans House, in Turate
2815425 Opening ceremony of the monument to Patriot G Candiani in the Veterans House, in Turate, which he founded (colour litho) by Beltrame

The great cycling events, picturesque start of the professionals competing in the Giro... (colour litho)
2815386 The great cycling events, picturesque start of the professionals competing in the Giro... (colour litho) by Beltrame

A bitter struggle between the mountain cliffs of the Upper Piedmont between the carabinieri and a criminal
2815213 A bitter struggle between the mountain cliffs of the Upper Piedmont between the carabinieri and a criminal, the pursuit (colour litho) by Beltrame

The tramway strike in Milan, strikers trying to prevent the resumption of service with other personnel (colour litho)
2815071 The tramway strike in Milan, strikers trying to prevent the resumption of service with other personnel (colour litho) by Beltrame

The cases of Sicily, the serious turmoil at the Quattro Canti in Palermo over the arrest of Nasi (colour litho)
2815030 The cases of Sicily, the serious turmoil at the Quattro Canti in Palermo over the arrest of Nasi (colour litho) by Beltrame

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"Policemen: Guardians of Order and Justice Throughout History" From the intense standoff at Sidney Street Siege in East London, where Winston Churchill himself witnessed the bravery facing dangerous criminals, to the aftermath and reportage following The Great Train Robbery in 1963, these men in blue have always been at the forefront of maintaining law and order. Even during seemingly ordinary moments like A Spot of Bother at Ayresome Park Middlesbrough in March 1973, their presence ensures safety for all. Their dedication is not limited to tackling crime; they also play a crucial role in upholding democracy as seen through their encounters with suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and Lancashire Lass Arrested for fighting for women's rights. Throughout history, police officers have adapted to changing times. From Truro City Police patrolling the streets of Cornwall around 1890 to modern-day multi-service emergency vehicles rushing to save lives they can ever-evolving protectors. But it's not just about serious business - there is room for warmth too. Meet Mr Bobby the Policeman captured by Kay Snap; his friendly demeanor reminds us that behind those uniforms are compassionate individuals who care deeply about their communities. In times when fire threatened Ealing, it was the brave souls from Ealing Fire Brigade with their horse-drawn appliance who worked hand-in-hand with policemen to keep citizens safe from harm. The world of crime would be incomplete without mention of Detective Sergeant George Carter played by Dennis Waterman - an iconic portrayal showcasing both grit and determination that define our perception of these heroes on screen. And amidst all this action-packed narrative lies a momentary pause: an advertisement for Bovril featuring a policeman enjoying a hot cuppa after a long day's work. It serves as a reminder that even superheroes need some comfort too. As we delve into artistry inspired by these valiant figures such as "Deserted.