Robbery Collection

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Ronald Buster Edwards. Date: 1963

The Eastcastle Street Robbery, 1952
A page from the Illustrated London News, detailing the Eastcastle Street Robbery of 1952, when a Post Office van was hijacked and its contents, 200, 000 in soiled notes, were stolen

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Bruce Reynolds. 1963

Dick Turpin
Indictment of Richard Dick Turpin, for stealing a mare worth three pounds from Thomas Creasy, at Welton, Yorkshire, 1st March 1739 Date: 1st March 1739

Jacques Aymar finds a thief
French sourcier Jacques Aymar directs his baguette at four prisoners to learn which of them committed a robbery.. Date: 1688

The Great Train Robbery- train robber leaps to freedom
Page from The Illustrated London News, reporting on the latest episode in the Great Train Robbery saga. Ronnie Biggs and other prisoners leaps to freedom over Wandsworth Gaol wall

James Burgess, the railway guard who was part of the gang that took part in the bullion robbery on the South-Eastern railway on the night of 15 May 1855

The Great Train Robbery- commando raid frees train robber
Front page of The Illustrated London News reporting on the latest episode in the Great Train Robbery saga. As Ronald Biggs clambers with there other prisoners over Wandsworth Gaol wall

Policemen guarding house in Sidney Street, East London
Policemen guarding the devastated house in Sidney Street, East London, after the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London

Margaret of Anjou asks a robber for mercy
During 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, 1881
Four 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

Souvenir of the Tottenham Outrage. January 23rd 1909. The Tottenham outrage was an armed robbery and double murder which took place in Tottenham, North London and Walthamstow, Essex

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!

Jewelers Shop Raided
Two thieves break into a jewelers shop by making a hole in the ceiling, catching the debris in an umbrella, and using a ladder to get in and out

Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham
Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff of Nottingham (and robs him of his gold). circa 1195

English tourists hunting in the highlands of Scotland, caught by a Scottish gamekeeper in tartan kilt and gaiters. Doctor Prosody taken for a poacher in the neighbourhood of Stirling

Christmas Dinner, How it was stolen & what became of it?
Storyboard showing rich Victorians entertaining guests for Christmas dinner, while the cooks out of the kitchen the turkeys been swiftly stolen out of the window

Lynching in San Francisco, California 1851
The hanging of two men tried by the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco for highway robbery. 1851

The Great Train Robbery: Winson Green Prison, Birmingham
" How to rob a prison of its prisoner" : a page from The Illustrated London News, detailing the escape of Charles Frederick Wilson

Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, WW1
Cartoon, Being Unable to Take Paris, showing Crown Prince Wilhelm during the First World War, taking anything else he can lay his hands

Cartoon, Exchange No Robbery -- a man is shocked to be offered a battered old hat in place of his nice new one. circa late 18th century

Dr Syntax robbed in St Giles, London. Date: 1820

1798 Rebels Plunder
Carousal and plunder at the palace of the Bishop of Ferns : Irish rebels plunder, eat and drink. Date: May 1798

The Plunger by D H Higgins
Promotional flyer for The Plunger by D. H. Higgins. First produced at the Opera House, Burnley, 5th August and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 2nd October 1893

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

Henry Simons
HENRY SIMONS Polish Jew, victim of robbery involving James Ashley. Date: CIRCA 1753

Stagecoach Robbery. Mexican School. Oil on canvas

Crime Prevention / 1930
" Defending the home" : a rather elegant woman with a gun, prepared for any eventuality.. Date: 1930

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