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George Earl LinlithgowGEORGE LIVINGSTON. earl of LINLITHGOW - Scottish soldier and statesman, suspected of either cowardice or duplicity when opposing Covenanters. with his autograph
Ugly Duckling (Boyle)The old cottage woman, with her distaff and her animal companions : often such solitary females were suspected of witchcraft
Portrait of Ethel Le NeveEthel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious
Platypus (Bewick)ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS At the time Bewick engraved this, the animal had not been named : some naturalists even suspected the creature was a fake
Portrait GroupA group portrait painting of three similar looking girls, probably related. Date: circa 1840s
Edward Paine ButlerA portrait painting of Edward Paine Butler, 1811-1849, who was the eldest son of lawyer and landowner, Gamaliel Butler. Date: circa 1845
Young WomanA portrait of an unknown young woman, wearing a pendant brooch. Date: circa 1840s
Men interrogated by Chief Inspector MelvilleAll the men whom Chief Inspector Melville suspected were taken into the bar of the club and closely interrogated. 1894
EMPRESS AND HEADSThe dowager empress Tz u-Hsi shows the emperor Kuang-Hsu the heads of mandarins suspected of sympathising with the Russians, whereas she supported the Boxer Rising Date: 1904
Pulling down the Red Flag, Grand Opera House; Paris CommuneRed Flag being taken down from the Grand Opera House in Paris, indicating the fall of the Paris Commune of 1871. As the Commune fell 8 days of bloody revenge began
Suspected Brit SmugglerA British yachtsman suspected of rum-running throws an American customs man off his ship. Date: 1922
The Spook Suspected by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonOld Bill has always felt that there was something reminiscent of Bert about the way he got that nasty crack over the head from a tambourine at that little bit of a seance they had theother night
Russian troops running from German attack, WW1Russian troops running from a suspected German cavalry attack, on the eastern front during the First World War. By 1917 the Russian army was becoming increasingly demoralised. Date: 1917
Arthur Richard DillonARTHUR RICHARD DILLON Irish soldier in French service; capable administrator in West Indies, successful officer in Revolutionary War, suspected of conspiracy, guillotined. Date: 1750 - 1794
Florence Dixie AttackedWriter, socialite and traveller Lady FLORENCE DIXIE is attacked under mysterious circumstances at her home, The Fishery : a connection with Irish Fenians is suspected. Date: 1883
Thomas Cattamus, MartyrFather THOMAS CATTAMUS Catholic priest in England, suspected of conspiracy and hanged and quartered in London. An angel bestows a martyrs crown on him. Date: ? - 1582
Police / Making an ArrestA policeman makes an arrest. He tackles the suspected villain in the lamplit street. Date: circa 1840
Robot arrested at a theatre in Pavia, ItalyA robot is arrested at a theatre in Pavia, Italy, on suspicion of being a fake ! Date: 1935
Nicholas Hart, the Great SleeperNicholas Hart, known as the Great Sleeper, who slept from 5 to 11 August 1711, though he was suspected of shamming with a view to earning money. Date: 1711
Loyal Masons 1561Assembling at York, the Masons are suspected of plotting against Q. Elizabeth : Grand Master Thomas Sackville invites her officers to test their loyalty for themselves Date: 27 December 1561
Suffragette Arson Whitekirk. St. Marys in Whitekirk, East Lothian, after the fire of 26th february 1914. Suffragette militants were suspected, and, as the churchs minister wrote
Habitual Criminals BillAs a result of the Habitual Criminals Bill which has recently passed through the House of Lords, constables were authorised to summarily apprehend, without warrant, ticket-of-leave men
Ludwig GeyerLUDWIG GEYER, the second husband of Richards mother, thus his stepfather : it is widely suspected, though not certainly, that he was the composers real father. Date: 19TH CENTURY
LCC-LFB - Fire investigation, suspected arson fireThe LFB would gather photographic evidence, wherever possible, as to the probable cause of fire where arson was suspected or proven
Brotherley SurveillanceAfter the Paris Commune, the Lodge of Perfect Equality set traps for individuals suspected of insurrection under the pretext of initiations
A Nasal ReconaissanceThree British bobbies on the beat during WWI, attempt to lure a suspected German spy from his flat in Tottenham Court Road in London, by frying some delicious looking sausages beneath his window
Russian BrutalityA religious procession from the church of the Bernardins is suspected by the Russians of being a political demonstration, and dispersed with the usual brutality
Arrest of a suspected Prussian spy; Franco-Prussian War, 187Illustration showing the arrest of suspected Prussian spy in the busy Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1
Communards on TrialSuspected Communards on trial in the Orangerie at Versailles
Conspiracy SuspectedThe president of the high court, Beranger, questions M Barbes at the chateau de Vincennes, concerning his possible involvement in a royalist conspiracy
Coup: Seeling ArmsHomes of suspected resisters of Napoleons coup are searched for concealed arms
Cabinet NoirThe correspondence of persons suspected of republican sympathies is subject to censorship by the secret Cabinet Noir
Cephalus & ProcrisProcris is inordinately jealous of her husband, and deserts him on account of suspected infidelity, but welcomes him back with gifts of a dog and a javelin
Faustus FelixFAUSTUS FELIX - Roman patrician, described by Tacitus as timid and despicable, suspected of plotting aganst Nero so first exiled, then murdered
Suspect PeasantThough serfdom is abolished, many peasants seek further reforms : police visit the home of a suspected dissident who cringes before them
Hunting HoardersRussian police search the homes of peasants suspected of having hidden stores and stolen grain
Philip Howard / ArundelPHILIP HOWARD 13TH EARL OF ARUNDEL Roman Catholic suspected of conspiracy. Imprisoned and died in the Tower of London
Arrest of AnarchistPolice arrest a suspected anarchist during a night raid
Campion & Parsons 1581Edmund Campion (1540-1581) suspected of papist leanings, hanged at Tyburn, shown with fellow Jesuit Robert Parsons whose mission was to reclaim England for catholicism
Hunting Alphabet - KK stands for Keeper who may be suspected of all kinds of mischief, some quite unexpected
Suspected MoonlighterPolice examine the gun of a peasant farmer, suspected of being a moonlighter - a terrorist who operates by night
Moonlighters ArrestedPolice arrest suspected moonlighters - terrorists who operate by night - in a cabin near Castle Island, county Kerry
Livingstone Found / HornetStanley finds Livingstone - a somewhat disrespectful depiction of the momentous occasion by a caricaturist who suspected media hype
Victoria MesmerisesQueen Victoria, visiting Louis-Philippe of France, is suspected by the French of using mesmerism on him to obtain better terms for their commercial treaty