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A chicken-thief in Yunnan Province, China, punished by being attached to a tree by his arms, watched by a crowd of people. Halftone after F.W. Carey.
Carey, Frederic W., 1874-1931.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 579909i- Pictures
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A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a standing patient, who is being pick-pocketed by a woman. Line engraving after L. van Leyden, 1523.
Lucas, van Leyden, 1494-1533.Date: 1523Reference: 16418i- Pictures
Amoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: a thief with his thumbs chopped off. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.
Thomson, J. (John), 1837-1921.Date: 1871Reference: 19736i- Pictures
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A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Watercolour after J.J. van Vliet.
Vliet, Jan Joris van der, approximately 1610-Reference: 16435i- Pictures
A cattle thief in Siam punished by having a yoke fixed around his neck. Process print, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 584125i- Pictures
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Three women in a gin shop divert the landlady's attention while a match boy steals her money. Mezzotint, c. 1765.
Date: 1765Reference: 26888i- Pictures
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Policemen apprehend a pickpocket taking a license from a publican; representing the value to the government of publicans' licenses. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1890, after himself.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 24 May 1890Reference: 26065i- Pictures
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A drunken scene in a beer shop with a young thief gambling. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26036iPart of: The drunkard's children- Pictures
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One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Free the captives. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself.
Bourdon, Sébastien, 1616-1671.Reference: 18131i- Pictures
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A drunken scene in a beer shop with a young thief gambling. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26026iPart of: The drunkard's children- 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
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Thieves being tortured by snakes in the 8th circle of Hell, watched by Dante and Virgil. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.
Pinelli, Bartolomeo, 1781-1835.Date: 1825Reference: 661781iPart of: Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.- Pictures
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Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26038iPart of: The drunkard's children- 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- Pictures
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Achan is stoned to death for stealing the spoils of the fall of Jericho. Line engraving.
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Police raid a lodging house at night and arrest a convicted thief. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1848Reference: 26028iPart of: The drunkard's children- Pictures
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A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Etching by J.J. van Vliet.
Reference: 16432i