Steals Collection

Champion Basket Carrier
A champion basket carrier steals the show at Covent Garden Market, London

Samson with Gaza Gates
He steals and carries home the gates of the city of Gaza

A bare-faced steal! A large bear takes a fancy to the contents of a large metal drum on the bacl of a country wagon. Date: 1906

Comic postcard, The Price of a Kiss Date: 20th century

Mull Sack & Lady Fairfax
The arch pickpocket named Mull Sack, dressed as a trooper, audaciously steals a valuable watch from Lady Fairfax, wife of the then leader of the Rump Parliament. Date: 19th century

Dog Steals Sausages
A dog runs off with a string of sausages with the butcher boy in pursuit

The Man from Beyond, Wonder Stories SciFi Magazine Cover
The Man From Beyond - Gratz steals the spaceship, leaving his companions stranded on Venus Date: 1934

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

Street Arab / Free Ride
A barefoot street boy steals a free ride on the back of a four-wheeler cab Date: circa 1890

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Illustration of scene from The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene V. Fenton steals away with Anne Page to be married.Date: circa 1904

Boy eating watermelon while his friend steals a piece in America Date: circa 1901

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

Common Myna - this curious bird boldly steals visitors food (including bread and pure butter) from tables (Acridotheres tristis)

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

8th Duke of Devonshire and Sir John Eldon Gorst
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Barman has a stern word with a disreputable customer who has been stealing pewter beer tankards, which he has been turning into coinage to bring back to spend at the same establishment

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

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

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

James Whitney seized by a bear while cattle stealing Date: 1680s

James Whitney is caught by a bear
The highwayman, James Whitney is caught by a bear Date: 17th Century

James Whitney
The highwayman, James Whitney, attacks Mr Hull, a money-lender on Hounslow Heath, and ties him backwards on his horse. Date: 1694

Thief steals gentlemans watch
A fashionable young man in Cincinnati is prevented by the cowardice of female friends from collaring the thief who stole his watch

Alberich Steals the Gold
End of Scene One : Alberich makes off with the gold

The Result of Purchasing a Blind Horse : Dr Syntax causes chaos riding a blind horse in the street, knocking over a woman whose donkey bucks and kicks

Lunchtime
A woman stands by a window eating her lunch and watching as birds fly in to take their share. She doesn t seem to mind them stealing her lunch and watches on wistfully

Dog Steals Scarf Aldin
Towser runs through the kitchen garden with the maids best black scarf held between his teeth

Prometheus Forms Man
Prometheus forms man of clay and against the wishes of Jupiter steals fire from heaven to animate his work

Tiger Steals Bengal Baby
A tiger runs off with a baby in a Bengal village, but does not harm it

Toilet / Hair / False Hair
Satire on the latest hair fashions - a monkey steals a ladys wig

Lady in Nightdress
A young woman steals noiselessly down the stairway in her nightdress

Quick Supper Bite 1922
An amorous fellow steals a kiss from his companion, before they have even sat down to eat!

Sheep Rescued from Wolf
A sheep is about to be carried off by a wolf when a police- dog hurries to her rescue, armed with a spear

The Little Green Frog
Prince Saphir steals the horse and harness. (French story)

King Athamas & Nephele
King Athamas falls in love with the beautiful cloud fairy Nephele and steals her clothes so that she cannot float away with her sisters. (Part of the Golden Fleece myth)

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