Highway Man Collection

Silent Highwayman
Death - The Silent Highway-Man of the polluted River Thames

Shooters Hill is named after the archery butts located here in the 16th century : later it was a favourite haunt of highwayman, attacking travelers bound for France

Highwayman Cottington
John Cottington (aka Mulled Sack) robs an army pay wagon on Shotover Hill, near Oxford, and relieves it of 4000 pounds. He will hang in 1656 aged 45

Dick Turpin shoots fellow highwayman, Tom King Date: 1839

The highwayman
A highwayman, mounted on his horse, prepares to set off across the countryside in pursuit of his next victim. Date: 1880s

Richard (Dick) Turpin
The daring highwayman who made a dash from London to York, riding his mare, Black Bess

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

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

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 highwayman
A French highwayman surprises a passing coach and horse, shooting the driver a point blank range. Date: c. 1894

Title page of Smiths History
Title page of Smiths The History of the Lives of the most Noted Highwaymen, Housebreakers, Shop-lifts and Cheats. Date: 1714

James Whitney seized by a bear while cattle stealing Date: 1680s

James Whitney is caught by a bear
The highwayman, James Whitney is caught by a bear Date: 17th Century

James Whitney
The highwayman, James Whitney, attacks Mr Hull, a money-lender on Hounslow Heath, and ties him backwards on his horse. Date: 1694

Trial of the highwayman at the Old Bailey
The manacled rogue is seen in the foreground, his head bowed in despair as the witness by his side unfolds his damning evidence

The Hold up by Webster Murray
A highwayman, looking suspiciously like Cupid, holds up a pretty lady riding in a carriage

JOHN STONE Highwayman, shown fettered in his cell, waiting to be hanged

Criminal, Henry Cook
HENRY COOK: Debtor, petty thief, giver of threats of violence, foot-pad, highwayman, horse thief, shoemaker, hanged at Tyburn 6 December 1741

Lloyd George Pensions
Lloyd George, depicted as a highway robber, plans to force the country to adopt his Old Age Pension bill

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