Stealing Collection (page 2)

Collecting eggs from a cliff-face
A group of people collecting eggs from a cliff-face. A man is lowered on a rope to steal the sea-birds eggs. Date: C.1860

Cartoon, French street market, WW1
Cartoon, French street market. A woman and stallholder chat about the war and food rationing while a stray dog steals a fish. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Crown Princes Army, WW1
Cartoon, 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

Boys Steal Apples
Boys caught stealing apples Date: circa 1840

He Didn t Want to Do It
Promotional postcard for He Didn t Want to Do It Date: circa 1910

Little boys birds nesting on a Christmas card, with a warning about greed. Date: circa 1890s

Clown stealing goose on a Christmas card
Clown stealing a goose from an angry woman on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Clown with food and drink on a Christmas and New Year card, with Harlequin and Columbine on either side of him (they are stealing from Pantalones table on the other side of the windows)

Two cats running from a bird on a New Year card
Victory -- two cats in the snow, running from a bird who has been eating food from a plate on a New Year card. They have managed to steal some of the food from under him. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, The product of German science, WW1
Cartoon, The product of German science, showing a group of learned men looking at a subhuman German soldier, with a lookalike Neanderthal man on display in the background. Date: 1916

Cartoon, How to get hold of some plonk, WW1
Cartoon, How Herbinet used System D to get hold of some plonk. Showing how a soldier gradually extracts wine from a large barrel in a stable. Date: 1916

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Sealyham terrier
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a Sealyham terrier known as The Blighter, an accomplished cake-stand thief. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a dog who stole eggs
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a black retriever who stole eggs and ate them, seen here in his normal listening position, a picture of innocence. Date: 1927

Bobby the dog and Fluff the cat in the dairy, stealing the milk and butter. Date: circa 1933

Monkey mascot steals enemy flag, WW1
The exploits of Bebe, the pet monkey of an Italian officer who brought back the Austrian flag from the enemy trenches, snatching it

Loot by William Heath Robinson WWI
An unsuspecting gentleman walking his dog is being robbed by a group of Germen soldiers in a zeppelin using a hook and some rope. 1916

Forager the puppy sniffs at the Irish stew
Caught at last -- Forager the puppy sniffs at the Irish stew, onions and potatoes on a plate. Date: 1912

Hungry Peter as a piglet stealing poultry food
First Come, First Served -- Hungry Peter as a piglet unwittingly stealing the food from the cock and hens, who peck at him and drive him away. Date: 1912

Yes, we have no bananas! by George Studdy
Yes, we have no bananas! Bonzo sits on a street corner with an empty basket in his mouth, while a man runs away with a bunch of bananas

Nursery Rhymes -- runaway horse, Tom the Pipers Son
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a woman on a runaway horse. Below -- Tom the Pipers Son stealing a pig. Date: early 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. Date: early 20th century

The Terrible Bogeyman - who steals away naughty children in his sack if they misbehave. Date: circa 1908

Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal
A Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion

Fairies stealing fruit
Fruit the Fairies steal away, never comes again

TIBALDI, Pellegrino (1527-1596). The Mates of Ulysses Stealing Oxes to the Sun. 1549. ITALY. Bologna. Poggi Palace. Mannerism art. Fresco

Prisoner mug shot 1873
Prison record for Catherine Reardon, prisoner 2573, aged 48, arrested and convicted by jury for larceny 26th April 1873

Stealing apples

Watchdog at Westminster Cathedral, London
A rather shaggy watchdog outside Westminster Cathedral, London. After a series of thefts from the Cathedral, London the church authorities added a watchdog to the staff

Six women in Chicken Stealing Competition
Six women competitors in the Chicken Stealing Competition held at the Essex Motor Club Annual Gymkhana at High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex. circa 1911

Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph
A Metropolitan Police crime prevention photograph, showing a man who has just succeeded in stealing a womans handbag or purse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1950s

The Shop Lifter by Stanley Lloyd
Humorous scene in a toy shop at Christmas as a security guard in smart livery chases after a small child who has decided they cannot leave a toy train engine at the shop

Little fat goblin stealing cabbages
A little fat goblin stealing cabbages, much to the distress of the farmer. first published 1879

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

Easter Bunnies and Eggs
Two greedy little Easter bunnies stealing Easter eggs from a nest! Date: early 1930s

Bird Stealing Milk
A naughty Blue Tit succeeds in pecking through the lid of a milk bottle and gets a free drink! Date: 1950s

Old man abducting a little boy

Street music: 17th century hurdy gurdy player
Street scene showing a blind hurdy gurdy player performing in 17th century Holland. Date: 17th century

Bandits in Italy
A group of Italian bandits accost an unsuspecting traveller, threatening him with their rifles and stealing anything of value. 19th Century

Bandits in Germany
German bandits attack their victims, one thrown to the ground and one pinned against a tree, during the Thirty Years War. 1643

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

Granpop gives him an earful by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing Granpop (Lawson Woods wily orang-utan) throwing tomatoes at a thieving pig. Date: 1934

Thieves robbing a cart
A group of brigands accost a peasant and steal all the goods hes carrying in his cart. Date: 16th century

Dutch poster warning against the Black Market
Dutch poster warning people that the Black Market is a form of theft -- don t steal from your countrymen, ensure equal distribution for all! Showing a rat eating grain from a torn sack. 1940s

J Hassall. Tom, Tom, the pipers son
Tom, Tom, the pipers son stole a pig and away he ran. 20th century

D Carleton-Smyth. Tom, Tom the pipers son
Tom, Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away did run... 20th century

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 4 of 8
and took them right away

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 6 of 8
and beat the Knave full score

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