Robbers Collection

Crime / Resurrectionists
Robbing graveyards for corpses which will be sold to medical schools for purposes of anatomy

C18th Highwaymen / Robbers
John Everett & Richmond Bird rob a coach on Hounslow Heath

Robbery in Paris Home
An audacious robbery: gold and jewellery worth 110, 000 francs are stolen from a Paris home. The robbers get in through a hole in the ceiling!

WW2, Peter The Pilot Saves The Children
This illustration depicts a scene in which Peter the Royal Air Force pilot fires his fighter plane guns towards two robbers who were pursuing the children in the woods. Date: circa 1940

HAND OF GLORY
THE HAND OF GLORY - the hand cut from a dead man's corpse, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by robbers because its light was visible only to the carrier Date: 1829

VERDI/MASNADIERI FINALE
(The Robbers) The corpse-strewn finale of this somewhat unsuccessful opera based on Schiller's play Die Rauber Date: first performed 1847

Chinese folklore: dog
Despite its monstrous appearance, this dog is a kindly creature which protects peoples homes from thieves and robbers

The Christmas Robbers by William Heath Robinson
A cheery looking cook enjoys forty winks by the kitchen fire, blissfully unaware that an army of mischievous pixies and elves are busy plundering all the Christmas food she has been baking. Date: 1924

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

FRA DIAVOLO (AUBER)
FRA DIAVOLO Scenes from the opera which involves robbers and travellers, an innkeeper and his daughter, and unrequited love and so on

Chu Chin Chow by Oscar Asche. The forty thieves descend into the robbers cave (scene 7). Despite the title, the story was taken from the Arabian Nights

With the Force - England expects that every man will do duty
With the Force - England expects that every man will do his duty. A policeman is (somewhat reluctantly) pushed through a doorway by a householder to deal with two armed burglars filling up their bags

I Masnadieri, by Verdi
(The Robbers) Jenny Lind and Luigi Lablache in the sixth scene of the first production, at Her Majestys Theatre, London, where it was coolly received. Date: July 1847

The Jester Knight. Alric the court jester uses his skills to distract robbers

Tales from Many Lands: The Magic Army

Queen Margaret & the Robbers
" From " Historical Events", a series of postcards. " Date: 1905

Roman merchants attacked by Britons
A Roman merchant, travelling through a forest with his servants and merchandise, is attacked by a band of robbers Date: A.D. 1

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

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

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

Stagecoach robbery by women bandits
" Old Man Harverys six pretty and buxom daughters captured while holding up a stage coach near Salmon City, Idaho, by a Sheriffs posse". Date: 19th Century

Abduction of Colonel Synge
The abduction of Colonel Synge by robbers in Greece. 1880

Chiavone
The Italian brigand, Chiavone, chief of the robbers. 19th Century

Brothers rob a train at Rocky Cut
Brothers rob a train on the Missouri Pacific Railway at Rocky Cut. 19th Century

William Fredericks
The American stage robber, William Fredericks who was eventually caught and hanged. Date: 19th Century

Charles Bole, American stage robber, known as Black Bart. Date: 19th Century

German robbers during the Peasants War
A chaotic scene during the Peasants War showing a group of German robbers, some preparing for their next attack whilst others count the loot from a previous haul. 1530s

Train robbers in America
Train robbers steal $12000 in New Mexico

frank, reno, american, bandit
Frank Reno, American bandit Date: c. 1866

Grattan Dalton, American train robber, who was killed in a bank raid in 1892 Date: 19th Century

Bob Dalton, American train robber who was killed in a bank raid in 1892. Date: 19th Century

Highwaymen jump out from the woods to to attack a passing carriage. Guns pointed, the passengers have little choice but to hand over their possessions to the outlaws. Date: 19th Century

Greek bandits tried in Athens
Two brigands lie in the middle of a courtroom in Athens, listening to the charges read out against them. Date: 1870

Bandits Attack Train / C20
Train-robbers attack a luggage van, wound two of the staff. Date: 1907

Fortune-Hunting
Coloured engraving, " Fortune-Hunting" published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Checking the Bank Thief: Steel Pill-Boxes Guard Valuables
Illustration of precautions taken by a Chicago Bank against bank robbers : an armoured pill box containg an armed guard

Callot / Hanging
The hanging of robbers and brigands during the thirty years war

Wizard of Lincoln
The Wizard of Lincoln, disguised as a blackbird, identifies two servants as robbers for a Lincolnshire farmer

Tom Sawyer / Band Robbers
Toms band of robbers

Egypt / Archae / Tomb Robbed
When archaeologists discover a tomb, only too often they find that grave-robbers have got there before them and taken most of the treasures

Protective Chinese Dog
Despite its monstrous appearance, this dog is a kindly creature which protects peoples homes from thieves and robbers

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