Robber Collection (page 7)

The Fight in Needwood Forest (engraving)
3628807 The Fight in Needwood Forest (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fight in Needwood Forest)

A Robber / Coconut Crab, holding half a coconut, being held up by a keeper at London Zoo in
3618621 A Robber/Coconut Crab, holding half a coconut, being held up by a keeper at London Zoo in 1927 (b/w photo) by Bond

Edmund I Stabbed by Leolf the Robber (engraving)
3630908 Edmund I Stabbed by Leolf the Robber (engraving) by Wale, Samuel (1721-86) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Edmund I Stabbed by Leolf the Robber)

Hands up poster used by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (litho)
PNP249845 Hands up poster used by the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: whichever way you move)

Bonnie Parkers (1910-34) pistol, 1934 (b / w photo)
PNP252328 Bonnie Parkers (1910-34) pistol, 1934 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); JM Davis Gun Museum, Claremore, Oklahoma

Kate Barker (c. 1871-1935) aka Ma Barker (litho)
PNP252307 Kate Barker (c.1871-1935) aka Ma Barker (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Scene of plundering in Paris, 14th September 1792 (engraving) (b / w photo)
CHT346188 Scene of plundering in Paris, 14th September 1792 (engraving) (b/w photo) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

David Brown Dignam and George Barrington, illustration from the London Magazine
REV287543 David Brown Dignam and George Barrington, illustration from the London Magazine, May 1777 (engraving) (b/w photo) by English School

Front cover of Lives, Adventures, Exploits of Frank & Jesse James, 1882 (litho)
PNP245802 Front cover of Lives, Adventures, Exploits of Frank & Jesse James, 1882 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American

The Crow and the Fox, from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95
PER190882 The Crow and the Fox, from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95) (colour engraving) by Gelibert, Gaston (1850-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Corbeau et le Renard; ); French

Gamekeeper who in Varese Ligure attacks an eagles nest and is surprised during... (colour litho)
2815660 Gamekeeper who in Varese Ligure attacks an eagles nest and is surprised during... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Modern piracy, a great Russian steam attacked in the running by thieves in the Black Sea and robbed (colour litho)
2814945 Modern piracy, a great Russian steam attacked in the running by thieves in the Black Sea and robbed (colour litho) by Beltrame

A man accused or robbery before the judge (colour litho)
2795990 A man accused or robbery before the judge (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A man accused or robbery before the judge)

The Thief and the Lion (Colour Litho)
2783678 The Thief and the Lion (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The thief and the lion)

Watchcats (colour litho)
2783564 Watchcats (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Watchdog cats. Two marauders)

The Hold-Up, 1794 (pen and ink and watercolour)
651939 The Hold-Up, 1794 (pen and ink and watercolour) by Howitt, Samuel (1756-1822); 11 3/8x15 3/8in cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hold-Up. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822)

The Arrest of the Boy, plate 4 from The Drunkards Children
STC103395 The Arrest of the Boy, plate 4 from The Drunkards Children, 1848 (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Queen Margaret imploring the protection of a Robber after the battle of Hexham (engraving)
5220866 Queen Margaret imploring the protection of a Robber after the battle of Hexham (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Jack Sheppards irons knocked off in the Stone Hall at Newgate
2636982 Jack Sheppards irons knocked off in the Stone Hall at Newgate, illustration from Jack Sheppard: A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth, published 1839 (hand coloured etching) by Cruikshank

Wounded Brigand (Roman Shepherd), c. 1825 (oil on canvas)
3959950 Wounded Brigand (Roman Shepherd), c.1825 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 32.7 x 40.8 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; French, out of copyright

Highwayman (engraving)
3621399 Highwayman (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Title-page illustration for Half-Hours with the Highwaymen by Charles Harper (Chapman and Hall, 1908)

William Parsons (engraving)
3628826 William Parsons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: William Parsons. Illustration for Half-Hours with the Highwaymen by Charles Harper)

Jonathan Wild in the Condemned Cell (engraving)
3628824 Jonathan Wild in the Condemned Cell (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jonathan Wild in the Condemned Cell)

Jerry Abershaw on Putney Heath (engraving)
3628816 Jerry Abershaw on Putney Heath (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jerry Abershaw on Putney Heath)

Allen and Hind Attack Oliver Cromwells Carriage (engraving)
3628806 Allen and Hind Attack Oliver Cromwells Carriage (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Allen and Hind Attack Oliver Cromwells Carriage)

Captain Dudley on Hounslow Heath (engraving)
3628804 Captain Dudley on Hounslow Heath (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Captain Dudley on Hounslow Heath)

Hind Robs Dr Peters (engraving)
3628798 Hind Robs Dr Peters (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hind Robs Dr Peters. Illustration for Half-Hours with the Highwaymen by Charles Harper)

John Hawkins and George Sympson Robbing the Bristol Mail (engraving)
3628797 John Hawkins and George Sympson Robbing the Bristol Mail (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Hawkins and George Sympson Robbing the Bristol Mail)

Robin Hood, under the Greenwood Tree (engraving)
3628793 Robin Hood, under the Greenwood Tree (engraving) by Hardy, Paul (1862-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robin Hood, under the Greenwood Tree)

The Punished Thief (Colour Litho)
2778178 The Punished Thief (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The punished thief)

A vineyard owner in Somma Vesuviana was having dinner with his family... (colour litho)
2778094 A vineyard owner in Somma Vesuviana was having dinner with his family... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Bold assault by a postal messenger on the train between Naples and Avellino and theft of important values (colour litho)
2815381 Bold assault by a postal messenger on the train between Naples and Avellino and theft of important values (colour litho) by Beltrame

The strangest of assemblies (colour litho)
2809164 The strangest of assemblies (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The strangest of assemblies)

A shower of banknotes in the streets of Berlin (colour litho)
2808880 A shower of banknotes in the streets of Berlin (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A shower of banknotes in the streets of Berlin)

The audacies of Parisian delinquency (Colour Litho)
2808869 The audacies of Parisian delinquency (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The audacies of Parisian delinquency)

Stand and Deliver, an English highwayman holds up two travellers, c
2654218 Stand and Deliver, an English highwayman holds up two travellers, c.1820 (hand-coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures; English

Thief escaping with a sack of French francs and banknotes
488399 Thief escaping with a sack of French francs and banknotes, from a series of promotional cards on currencies in different countries

Butch Cassidy (1866-1908 / 09) with his horse (b / w photo)
PNP245851 Butch Cassidy (1866-1908/09) with his horse (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Butch Cassidy (1866-1908 / 09) with his horse (b / w photo)
PNP245850 Butch Cassidy (1866-1908/09) with his horse (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Belle Starr with her paramour Blue Duck (b / w photo)
PNP252358 Belle Starr with her paramour Blue Duck (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Butch Cassidy (1886-1908) (b / w photo)
NYH258376 Butch Cassidy (1886-1908) (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Nothing There, caricature depicting a pickpocket robbing a students pocket
CHT285240 Nothing There, caricature depicting a pickpocket robbing a students pocket. c.1840 (colour litho) by Gavarni, Paul (1804-66); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Last Raid of the Daltons... at Coffeyville, Kansas by David Stewart Elliot
PNP252361 Last Raid of the Daltons...at Coffeyville, Kansas by David Stewart Elliot, 5th October 1892 (litho) by American School

Doc Middleton (b / w photo)
PNP249385 Doc Middleton (b/w photo) by American Photographer; Private Collection; (add.info.: Doc Middleton (1851-1913); ); Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Robbers death bed (engraving)
669613 The Robbers death bed (engraving) by Topham, Francis William (1808-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Robbers death bed)

Frolics and pranks of the college man (b / w photo)
6002639 Frolics and pranks of the college man (b/w photo) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frolics and pranks of the college man)

Poured enough into every jar to stifle and destroy the robber within (engraving)
5991814 Poured enough into every jar to stifle and destroy the robber within (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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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.