Robber Collection (#10)

Armed robber cave man gun two pistols sits looks outwards
Armed robber in a cave, A man with a gun and two pistols sits in a cave and looks outwards. robbers cave, robber, George Gillis Haanen (mentioned on object), unknown, 1817 - 1879, paper, etching

Man detects window two thieves preparing steal
Man detects through the window two thieves preparing to steal a cow, barn, robber, cow, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1693, paper, etching, h 88 mm × w 77 mm

Forest landscape Landscapes Marco Ricci series title
Forest landscape Landscapes after Marco Ricci (series title), Forest landscape with a group of robbers attacking travelers in the foreground, landscapes, city view

Robber Shinichi Suzuki Japanese 1835 1919 Japan
A Robber; Shinichi Suzuki (Japanese, 1835 - 1919); Japan; about 1873 - 1883; Hand-colored Albumen silver print

Robber Mountain Celestin Francois Nanteuil
The Robber from the Mountain. Celestin Francois Nanteuil (French, 1813-1873). Lithograph

Death Comes For The Robber After Hans Holbein The Younger From Der Todten Tanz Or The Dance Of Death Published Basel 1843

Sir Charles Napier Persuing The Robber Tribes In India. Sir Charles James Napier 1782 - 1853 British General And Commander-In-Chief In India. From A 19Th Century Print

"it Is Gold, It Is Gold!"They Cried. Illustration By Edmund Dulac For The Snow Queen
" it Is Gold, It Is Gold!" They Cried. Illustration By Edmund Dulac For The Snow Queen. From Stories From Hans Andersen, Published 1938

He Assumed A Disguise Suitable To His Purpose. Illustration By Edmund Dulac For Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves. From The Arabian Nights, Published 1938

Coconut Crab (Birgus Latro); Vanuatu

Study with Brigands (Lower Section), ca. 1633. Creator: Claude Lorrain
Study with Brigands (Lower Section), ca. 1633

Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Robber, Lubok print, 18th century. Lubok (plural Lubki) prints were Russian popular prints with simple graphics portraying stories derived from literature

Dick Turpin (1706-1739), English robber and highwayman, 19th century. Dick Turpin is the subject of many romantic stories, especially his ride to York on his mare Black Bess

Dick Turpin, with R. A. Roberts
Dick Turpin, starring R.A. Roberts (born Richard Arthur Roberts, 1870) in which he played five different characters, including two women. This version of the famous story was a music hall sketch

Queen Margaret of Anjou with son and robber
Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI, fleeing into a forest after the Battle of Hexham (15 May 1464, Wars of the Roses) with her son, Prince Edward, meets a robber and asks for protection

Old Swedish Matchbox label with Robber and a tiger hunting possibly for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

Cover design, Tickety-Tock and the Robber Fox, by Aunt Agatha, with a silhouette illustration of a goblin and an insect by Joyce A Johnson. Date: 1934

BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1933. American criminal Bonnie Parker (1911-1934) playing at holding up her partner, Clyde Barrow (1909-1934). Oil over a photograph, 1933

Sultan of Kyrgyzstan
The author visits Sultan Souk, a ruthless robber and despot of the Kirghiz people. [possibly in Kazakhstan] Date: 1858

Cole Younger, American train robber
Member of the notorious James-Younger gang, Cole Younger, after his capture. 1889

Antoine Bellacoscia - The King of the Corsican Bandits
Antoine Bellacoscia (1827 - 1907) - The King of the Corsican Bandits. Date: circa 1905

Highwaymen punished
A new plan is proposed fo the punishment of highwaymen by hard labour on the roads. Date: 18th Century

Outlaws holding up a stagecoach
Outlaws holding up stagecoach passengers, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

The Robbery. Private Collection

Nobles Plundering Traveling Merchants, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Nobles Plundering Traveling Merchants, 1882. Private Collection

Norman Barons Waylaying Travelers, 1882. Artist: Anonymous
Norman Barons Waylaying Travelers, 1882. Private Collection

Attack On A Wagon Train, c. 1612. Artist: Vrancx, Sebastiaen (1574-1647)
Attack On A Wagon Train, c. 1612. Found in the collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

The Sack of a Village. Artist: Snayers, Pieter (1592-1667)
The Sack of a Village. Private Collection

Highwaymen raiding a tilt car by a forest stream. Artist: Snayers, Pieter (1592-1667)
Highwaymen raiding a tilt car by a forest stream. Private Collection

The Robbery. Artist: Velde, Esaias, van de (1591-1630)
The Robbery. Found in the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Robbers and the Donkey, c. 1860s, (1946). Artist: Honore Daumier
The Robbers and the Donkey, c.1860s, (1946). Lithograph after Daumiers painting The Thieves And The Donkey, 1858-1860. From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries

King Edmund the first Assassinated by Leolf the Robbe, c1787
King Edmund the first Assassinated by Leolf the Robber, while celebrating the Feast of St. Augustine in the Church of Puckle in Gloucestershire, c1787

Margaret of Anjou meeting the benevolent Robber, . Artist: John Leech
Margaret of Anjou meeting the benevolent Robber, c1860, (c1860). Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) the wife of Henry VI (1421-1471)

The Boots Made of Buffalo Leather, 1901. Artist: Edward Henry Wehnert
The Boots Made of Buffalo Leather, 1901. From Grimms Household Stories collected by the Brothers Grimm. [George Routledge & Sons, Limited, London, 1901]

Public Enemy No. 1, 1932, (1938). John Herbert Dillinger (1903-1934), notorious outlaw who led a group of men known as The Dillinger Gang or Terror Gang

Fable VIII: The Woman Married To A Robber. Aesops Fables, 1485, (1917)
Fable VIII: The Woman Married To A Robber. Aesops Fables, 1485. An illustration from Aesopus Moralisatus, an edition of Aesops Fables published in 1485 by Francesco del Tuppo (1443-1501), Naples

Margaret and the Robber, 1902. Artist: Patten Wilson
Margaret and the Robber, 1902. The legend of Queen Margaret of Anjou after the Battle of Hexham (1464) is a legend appealing in its pathos and high romanticism; it has, however, no basis in history

Butch Cassidy, American outlaw, 1894-1896 (1954). Born Robert Leroy Parker in Beaver, Utah, in 1866, Butch Cassidy was a notorious train robber

James Younger, American outlaw, c1869-1876 (1954). Together with his brothers Cole, John and Bob, James Younger formed part of the notorious James-Younger gang, with Jesse and Frank James

Bob Younger, American outlaw, 1876 (1954). From a photograph taken at the time of his capture. Together with his brothers Cole, John and Jim

Jesse James, American outlaw, c1869-1882 (1954). A leading member of the James-Younger gang, Jesse James was one of the most notorious outlaws of the American West, robbing banks

Gold escort attacked by bushrangers, Australia, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Gold escort attacked by bushrangers, Australia, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

Queen Margaret presenting her son to a robber for protection. Artist: Morris
Queen Margaret presenting her son to a robber for protection. Queen Margaret having been stripped of her jewels by other ruffians

The Cock-pit, 1759. Artist: William Hogarth
The Cock-pit, 1759. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albemarle Bertie (centre)

The Robber and His Child, 1832. Artist: Lessing, Carl Friedrich (1808-1880)
The Robber and His Child, 1832. Found in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Bandits attacking a mail coach on the Moroccan frontier, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th November 1904

The pilgrim attacked by thieves, stained glass, Chartres Cathedral, France, 1205-1215. Detail from the Good Samaritan and Adam and Eve window in the south aisle

The Cock Pit, c1840. Artist: George Presbury
The Cock Pit, c1840. Cockfighting enthusiasts from a cross-section of society gamble and squabble. The blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (centre)

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"The Wild Bunch: Notorious American Outlaws and Masterful Bank Robbers" Step into the thrilling world of The Wild Bunch, a gang of audacious American outlaws who terrorized the West in 1901. Led by the infamous Butch Cassidy, this daring group specialized in robbing banks and trains, leaving a trail of chaos in their wake. In one captivating scene captured by artist Charles M. Russell, we witness a stage robber pointing his shotgun with an air of danger. A vignette on the side reveals him clutching a treasure box while standing over a fallen messenger as the stagecoach speeds away – a testament to his cunning tactics. Crime was not limited to land; even Victorian society had its share of pickpockets lurking among unsuspecting crowds. As depicted in an intriguing greeting card from that era, these nimble-fingered thieves skillfully relieved their victims of their valuables without detection. The world of crime extended beyond simple thefts; resurrectionists were individuals who dug up corpses for medical purposes during times when acquiring bodies legally was challenging. This macabre practice sheds light on the desperate lengths some would go to fulfill demand. Not all robbers operated alone; Dick Turpin's treachery knew no bounds as he ruthlessly shot fellow highwayman Tom King. This shocking act reminds us that loyalty is often scarce within criminal circles. Even renowned artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder recognized society's darker elements through his painting "Misanthrope" in 1568. It serves as a stark reminder that throughout history, there have always been those who choose malevolence over compassion. Robbery wasn't confined to everyday citizens either; even tombs belonging to nobility were targeted by brazen thieves seeking riches at any cost. The Earl of Crawford fell victim to such desecration in 1881, highlighting how no one was truly safe from these audacious criminals.