Criminals Collection

The Wild Bunch
Members of The Wild Bunch in Fort Worth, Texas: sitting (l to r): Harry A Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker

Jesus on the Cross
Jesus and two other condemned criminals on their crosses

YAROSHENKO, Nicolai A. (1846-1898). Life is everywhere. 1888. Trainload of criminals exiled to Siberia. Realism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

SMUGGLER
Though technically criminals, smugglers are often popular heroes, as is this fellow, Will Watch the Smuggler Bold who will die bravely in a fight with the revenue men

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane

Convict transportation to Australia
List of convicts embarked on the ship Merchantman from Portland to Western Australia, June 1864 Date: 1864

Dick Turpin shoots fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1839

Criminal, Thomas Carr
THOMAS CARR Clerk of respectable family gone to the dogs. Crimes included theft with violence & using his legal expertise to assist criminals

Spanish Police arrest a smuggler. Behobia, Basque Country, Spain

Prisoners / Old Bailey
Prisoners await their turn at the passage and stairs leading to the dock in the Old Bailey

Politics!
This sketch shows a band of what must be criminals, terrorising a community, some are pinning women to the floor, while another slits the throat of a lady on the left, under the title of politics

New York police identifying criminals using different methods, known as the Bertillon System. Face and head measurement were taken to ensure identity

An aerial view of Southwark and the Old London Bridge in 1600. Date: 1600

NAUMACHIA OF NERO
A naumachia staged by the emperor Nero in a flooded amphitheatre near the site of the Vatican : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death Date: circa 60

NAUMACHIA OF DOMITIAN
A naumachia staged by the emperor Domitian in a flooded amphitheatre : the crews - prisoners or criminals - fought to the death unless spared by the emperor Date: circa 90

Missionary Pedro de Alcala in Formosa
Pedro de Alcala baptises three Formosan criminals, comforting them as they die slowly and painfully on the scaffold Date: circa 1685

Irish gentlemen fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821
Irish gentleman Brian Boru and Naval officer Tarpaulin fighting a duel with pistols, Dublin, 1821. Seconds and members of the Duelling Society of Dublin attending

WATCHING DAHOMEY SACRIF
DAHOMEY Europeans watch the sacrifice of captives and criminals, thankful they are not themselves the stars of the show Date: 1835

Red Lion Tavern
Various aspects of the old Red Lion Tavern. Possibly dating from the mid-16th century, this rambling building stood in Chick Lane (also called West Street) near Saffron Hill in West Smithfield

Zanzibar, Tanzania - Convicts
Zanzibar, Tanzania - Shackled convicts Date: circa 1910s

American Gangsters - Al Capone and others
American Gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s: Al Capone, Jack McGurn, " Bugs" Moran, Johnny Torrio, Jerry O Connor, " Spike" O Donnell, Ralph Capone, Dion O Banion and Frankie Rio

Ned Kellys cave in the Strathbogie Ranges
The rugged and wild countryside of the Strathbogie Ranges in Victoria, Australia, showing the opening to Ned Kellys cave. 1878

Dick Turpin holds up fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1735

Philippines - Pirates
Balani pirates, based in Jolo - a volcanic island in the southwest Philippines. It is located in the Sulu Archipelago, between Borneo and Mindanao

Reformatory School for Boys, Thorndon, Suffolk
The reformatory school for boys at Thorndon, near Eye in Suffolk, originally established in 1856. It was usually known as the Kerrison Reformatory, after one of its initiators, Sir Edward C Kerrison

Mary Frith aka Moll Cutpurse, a notorious master thief & an Ugly who frequently dressed as a man; escaped from Newgate by bribery. Date: c.15841659

The burying of Hiram
Three criminals bury the body of Hiram. 1890s

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

Ned Kelly
The Australian bushranger, Ned Kelly. 1878

Max Hodel, the German would-be assassin of Kaiser Wilhelm I Date: 1878

The Australian bushranger, Frank Gardiner arrested at Apis Creek, Queensland. 1863

Bandits in medieval Germany
A chaotic scene in the aftermath of a stagecoach attack made by bandits in medieval Germany. Date: Medieval

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

A Scottish highwayman at the entrance of his cave by the roadside. Date: 19th Century

WM TWEED
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED known as BOSS TWEED American politician and swindler: the cartoon which enabled the Spanish police to identify and arrest him

Cage of the unenfranchised. A wicker cage constrains hens and a parrot with a ticket listing those who are outside the democratic process criminals, aliens, Paupers, lunatics and women

Habitual Criminals Bill
As a result of the Habitual Criminals Bill which has recently passed through the House of Lords, constables were authorised to summarily apprehend, without warrant, ticket-of-leave men

Old Card Sharks
Old card sharks analysing the game in hand... Date: 1930s

The Prison Group - possibly 17th century Spain.. Date: 1846

Native court in session - Dakar, Senegal
A native court in session - Dakar, Senegal. A fine example of a judges bench ! Date: circa 1904

Tennis Illustrated - Comic Postcard - Our Advantage A romantic liason between the local Bobby (Definitely off the Beat!) and a parlour maid

French highwaymen
A group of French highwaymen take control of a passing carriage, blindfolding the victim and marching him away, with gun against his head. Date: 1899

Songs for a highwayman
Three songs sung by highwaymen: Hurrah for the Road, I ll ask the Sylph who round thee flies and Waving Greenwood Tree. All upbeat and merry, revelling in their life of crime. Date: 1845

Highwaymen at Kentish Town
Two women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century

French gang of robbers
Two female members of a French gang of robbers, known as chauffeurs who spread terror across France during the last years of the 18th century. Date: 1790s

Outlaw in the American West
An outlaw in the American West shoots from up on a hill at travellers in the valley below. Date: 1888

Highwaymen in Germany
A carriage is attacked in the woods by a gang of highwaymen in Germany. Chaos ensues. Date: 13th Century

Dalton gang, Kansas
The destruction of the Dalton gang in Kansas, America. Five of the notorious and desperate bandits were killed in a battle with Coffeyville

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