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Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercyDuring the Wars of the Roses, Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482), the wife of King Henry VI asks a robber for mercy for her and for her son Pince Edward. circa 1460
Earl of Crawford tomb robbed, 1881Four scenes relating to the tomb robbery of Alexander William Crawford Lindsay(1812-1880), 25th Earl of Crawford, 8th Earl of Balcarres. 1. Dunecht House, near Aberdeen. 2. The Chapel. 3
Hippopotamus attacking a canoe, South Africa, 1857Engraving showing a female hippopotamus attacking a large canoe, South Africa, c.1857. Apparently, the hippopotamus had been robbed of her offspring and decided to capsize the canoe in retaliation
Maes-Howe (Interior)The interior of the Maes Howe chamber shortly after it was re-opened in 1861. Norsemen had already robbed the mound in the 12th century AD and left runic inscriptions
A scene in a church, with the priests dead and the poor-box robbed, during the Spanish Civil War. On the wall, a hammer and sickle motif and the legend Viva Russia has been painted
Cupid robbed of his Pinions
Valley of the KingsEntrance to the Valley of the Kings, where many Pharoahs were laid to rest. It was here that Howard Carter discovered the un-robbed tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. Date: 1848
Dr Syntax robbed in St Giles, London. Date: 1820
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
Lille, France - The Liberation of the city (2 / 2)Lille, France - After the liberation of the city at the end of the First World War. A Factory missing all of its machinery - carried off by the invading German army to use for their own ends
Highwaymen at Kentish TownTwo women are robbed and bound by highwaymen in the fields near Kentish Town. Date: 19th Century
Bandits Attack Train / C20Train-robbers attack a luggage van, wound two of the staff. Date: 1907
Fortune-HuntingColoured engraving, " Fortune-Hunting" published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"
Andreas Reischek - AustrianAndreas Reischek (1845 - 1903), an Austrian taxidermist, naturalist
Egypt / Archae / Tomb RobbedWhen archaeologists discover a tomb, only too often they find that grave-robbers have got there before them and taken most of the treasures