People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.

A brigand chief holding a firearm. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1828, after W. Bagg.

A brigand on his cart to execution confesses to the priest. Mezzotint by H. Dawe after H. Vernet, 1833.

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.

A man pleads for mercy with his left arm as he is robbed and beaten by three men. Etching.

Fourteen male prisoners in Persia sitting on the ground in a group bound together at the neck by chains, with an armed guard. Wood engraving, 1873, after Evelyn H. Ellis.

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-.

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-.

A traveller is attacked by brigands at night in a wild terrain. Mezzotint by W. Giller after D.T. Egerton, 1828.

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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.

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.

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A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.

People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

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.

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A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.

People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

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.