48 results filtered with: Brigands and robbers
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A robber holding a cudgel is leaning against a wall waiting to attack and rob a man who is walking along a path under a full moon. Colour lithograph.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 29613iPart of: Preston's illustrations of popular songs- Books
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Anecdotes of John Lloyd, a pretended clergyman, who was committed to prison on Friday, September 6th, 1782, charged with several highway robberies. To which is added, the remarkable sermon he preached at Gravesend the Sunday before his commitment.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Pictures
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An Italian brigand attacking a gentleman on a road; exhibiting the phrenological 'propensity' of 'destructiveness'. Steel engraving by S. Wolff, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
Bruyères, Hippolyte.Date: [1847]Reference: 27615i- Pictures
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The good Samaritan stops to help a wounded man who has been previously ignored by a priest and Levite. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after J. Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius, 1794-1872.Date: 1800-1899Reference: 17913i- Books
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Narrative of the life of James Allen, alias George Walton, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, the highwayman : being his death-bed confession, to the warden of the Massachusetts state prison.
Allen, James, 1809-1837.Date: 1837- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers, &c. With some proposals for remedying this growing evil. In which the present reigning vices are impartially exposed; and the laws that relate to the provision for the poor, and to the punishment of felons are largely and freely examined. By Henry Fielding, Esq; barrister at law, and one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex, and for the city and liberty of Westminster.
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Pictures
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The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, arrives at a tree from which two bodies have been hanged. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.
Date: [1839?]Reference: 38282i- Pictures
Heads of three bandits: one holds a sword with an engraved hilt and blade. Etching by J. Haynes, 1780, after J.H. Mortimer.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.Date: Feb.y 1 1780Reference: 3063640i- Pictures
Banditti in Italy: a brigand leans against a rock by a river, as a woman stands in front of him to protect him from soldiers shooting at them across the river. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after C.L. Eastake.
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865.Date: March 1st. 1824Reference: 3162976i- Pictures
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The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.
Date: [1839?]Reference: 38287i- Books
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A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men, foot-pads, shop-lifts, and cheats, of both sexes, in and about London and Westminster, and all Parts of Great Britain, for above an Hundred Years past, continu'd to the present Time. Wherein their most Secret and Barbarous Murders, Unparalell'd Robberies, Notorious Thefts, and Unheard of Cheats, are set in a true Light, and expos'd to publick View, for the common Benefit of Mankind. To, which is prefix'd, the thieves new canting-dictionary, Explaining the most mysterious Words, New Terms, Significant Phrases, and Proper Idioms, used at this present Time by our Modern Thieves. By Capt. Alex. Smith.
Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.Date: 1719- Pictures
Three brigands on a mountain pass preparing their crossbows for an attack. Mezzotint by E. Burton after James Drummond.
Drummond, James, 1816-1877.Date: 1849Reference: 2846185i- Books
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An enquiry into the causes of the late increase of robbers, &c. with some proposals for remedying this growing evil. In which The Present Reigning Vices are impartially exposed; and the Laws that relate to the Provision for the Poor, and to the Punishment of Felons are largely and freely examined. By Henry Fielding, Esq; Barrister at Law, and One of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and for the City and Liberty of Westminister.
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Pictures
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A tailor fishing on a river bank is cowering away from a man with a large cosh hidden behind his back, who robs him of his hat, coat and boots. Lithograph after R. Seymour, 183-.
Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.Date: 1830-1839Reference: 31616i- Pictures
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A man pleads for mercy with his left arm as he is robbed and beaten by three men. Etching.
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Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
Date: [1866]Reference: 28593iPart of: Encyclopédie Bouasse-Lebel- Books
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The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notorious rogues, &c. From the Time of Edward the Confessor. With the Famous Sermon Preach'd by Bernard Sympson a Monk, to a Gang of High way-men in a Wood near Maidenhead-Thicket. Printed from the Original M. S. out of the Bodleian Library in Oxford. Together with The Continuation of the wicked Lives of highway-men, murderers, foot-pads, house-breakers, shoplipts, water-pads, kid-lays, hook-pole-lays, molly-lays, bumming-lays, and the surprizing Adventures of several famous pirates, down to the present Time. With the Thieves grammar whereby the Art of Thieving, is fully detected. A Key to the Art of Thieving; newly discovered, whereby several secret Mysteries are unlocked, for the good of the Publick. Never before Printed. Written by Capt. Alex. Smith. Adorn'd with cuts.
Smith, Alexander, active 1714-1726.Date: 1720- Books
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A general history of the lives and adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, pirates, street-robbers, and thief-takers. Particularly the four last most noted villains, viz. Macdaniel, Salmon, Eagan and Berry. As also of that notorious Accomplice of theirs, Mary Jones and Others. Shewing The diabolical Arts by them practised, to get innocent Persons convicted for Robberies, and to share amongst themselves the Rewards paid for such Convictious. The Whole Interspersed with several diverting Tales, embellished with the Heads of the most remarkable Villians, neatly Engraved. By Capt. Mackdonald.
Mackdonald, Capt.Date: M.DCCLVIII. [1758]- Pictures
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The good Samaritan helping a wounded man: two background scenes of robbing and assault while two figures walk by, set against Jerusalem. Line engraving by F. Berardi after G. Varana.
Varana, Giacomo.Reference: 17900i- Pictures
Banditti in Italy: a brigand leans against a rock by a river, as a woman stands in front of him to protect him from soldiers shooting at them across the river. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after C.L. Eastake.
Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865.Date: March 1st. 1824Reference: 3162983i- Pictures
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After losing their money through gambling and killing their father in an accident, one brother kills himself with poison while another shoots himself in the head with a pistol. Etching, 179-.
Date: 1790-1799Reference: 33374i- Books
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Memoirs of the life and remarkable exploits of the noted Dennis Neale, alias John Clark, otherwise called the second Turpin; who was executed at Tyburn, on Monday the 4th of February, 1754, for robbing on the highway. ... The whole written by himself, while under sentence of death in Newgate.
O'Neale, Dennis, 1728-1754.Date: 1754- Books
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A genuine account of the life and actions of James Maclean, highwayman, to the time of his trial and receiving sentence at the Old-Bailey. Containing, His Robberies, Gallantry at publick Places, with other remarkable Transactions. Together with some Account of Plunket his Companion.
Date: [1750]