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Ashanti stool taken from the Palace of King Prempei at Kumasi during the 3rd Ashanti War, 1896 (c). Carved dark wood, unpolished
Belfast riots, August 1920A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week
Belfast riots, July 1920A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances
Morgan sacks PanamaAdmiral Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) and his English buccaneers sack the Spanish city of Panama, looting immense wealth and returning to Jamaica a hero
Looting Secret WhiskeyIn America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor
Romans Pillage AthensAthens is pillaged by Sullas invading Romans
German troops looting the town of Vise in Belgium during WW1 Date: circa 1916
German troops looting in Vise, Belgium during WW1 Date: circa 1916
The looting of Dervish dead, OmdurmanPhotograph of the looting of Dervish dead, Omdurman. Photograph from an album associated with the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899). Date: 1898
German Peasants War (1524-1525). Fires and looting by the German reformer, Thomas Muntzer (1491-1525) and his people during the rebellion. Colored engraving. 19th century
Rioting in the West End of London 1886Looting shops in Piccadilly, London. A meeting of the unemployed was held in Trafalgar Square, which divided itself into two groups, the Fair Trade League and the Revolutionary Social Democrats
Anglo-French forces looting the Emperors Palace, Beijing, August 1860, Second Opium War, China Date: 1860
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Revolutionary Army looting artworks and relics in Milan during the Italian Campaign, 1796. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon
Napoleon halting the pillage of RomeScene during the Italian Campaign in the Revolutionary Wars -- Napoleon halting the pillage of Rome by his invading French army
London. Picadilly. Socialist agitation. February 8, 1886. EnGreat Britain. London. Socialist agitation. Protesters encouraged to theft and looting in shops Picadilly during the meeting of the Socialist leader Burns in Trafalgar Square. February 8, 1886
Napoleons soldiers looting Dresden art treasuresRemoval of paintings and artworks from the Cassel gallery in Dresden by Napoleons soldiers after the Battle of Dresden in 1813: a German caricature against Napoleon and Dominique Vivant Denon
Accusations of LootingItalians accuse the Ethiopian troops of pillaging and looting from the populace
West End riots: shops looted by rioters, 1886Articles of plunder from shops, used as missiles during the 1886 West End riots. At an open air meeting of unemployed East End dock workers and artisans in Trafalgar Square
Peninsular War (1808-1814)Conquest and plunder of the monastery of Montserrat by French troops, 1811. Lithography, 19th century
Cartoon, Crown Princes Army, WW1Cartoon, The Crown Princes Army, showing German soldiers looting a French house during the First World War. One of the soldiers comments that its less dangerous than taking cannons. Date: 1915
Squatter Sovereignty by Edward HarriganPromotional postcard for Squatter Sovereignty by Edward Harrigan, first produced at Harrigan and Harts Theatre, New York in 1882. Date: circa 1882
People indifferent to looting from a shop, RussiaPeople showing indifference to looting from a shop during the Revolutionary period in Russia. Many shopkeepers used shutters to protect their premises
Sicily - Syracuse CatacombsBlack and white Victorian lantern slide of the Catacombs of St John in Syracuse. The catacombs contained 20, 000 Early Christian tombs, though they are now empty following looting by grave diggers
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands
Loot by William Heath Robinson WWIAn unsuspecting gentleman walking his dog is being robbed by a group of Germen soldiers in a zeppelin using a hook and some rope. 1916
Riots in Constantine, Algeria, 1934A road in Constantine, Algeria, after looting and bloody riots. From 3rd to 6th August 1934, intermittent rioting occurred in the Algerian city of Constantine between the Jewish
Bread Riots, MilanoBREAD RIOTS IN MILANO The cost of bread, the lack of work, and general dissatis- faction bring the people out : the police are unable to prevent widespread looting Date: May 1898
Looting in Leipzig / 1923Riots break out in Leipzig when the unemployed loot the city centre. Date: 1923
Stalybridge riot 1863A company of Hussars arrive from Manchester to support the local police, who have armed themselves with cutlasses, in quelling disturbances on the streets of Stalybridge
French cavalrymen 1918French cavalrymen examining a pill box, trench mortar and shells, gas alarm horn and other trophies taken by the 29th Division at Gheluvelt on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in
Maillotin Riots, ParisParis rioters - calling themselves LES MAILLOTINS - attack tax-collectors and other perceived oppressors, looting and plundering in the name of reform
Louvains town hall savedIllustration showing crowds of German officers looting the Belgian town of Louvain during World War I. The city was devastated by the German invasion in September 1914
Austrians LootingAustrian soldiers loot a church at Cesena
Looting in PolandThe wife of Von Hindenburg personally supervises the looting of a Polish castle. (True, or merely propaganda ? It doesn t seem probable !)
Cemetery Looting 1917Desperate for metal to make shells, the Germans loot Belgian cemeteries, taking anything that can be melted down for arms
De Flesselles MurderedThe citizens of Paris, angered by food shortages, rampage in the streets, looting where they can : among the victims is De Flesselles, Prevot of the Paris merchants