Swindler Collection

Horatio Bottomley, 1915
The man of the hour: Horatio Bottomley(1860 - 1933) journalist, financier, politician and swindler. Pictured here in 1915, being praised by The Bystander magazine for his services to recruitment

Notebook and wig of Justice Hawkins
A notebook and wig once belonging to the English Judge, Justice Hawkins (Henry Hawkins, 1st Baron Brampton), given to Horatio William Bottomley, Liberal MP

American men wear: cravat, fly-fronted overcoat, wing collar, spats, bowler hat, trilby & a S-B two-piece suit. Holding the lapels won t help the suit to last! Date: 1916

F Rush newsagent, Paradise Street, Marylebone, London
F Rush newsagent, tobacconist and confectioner, Paradise Street (now Moxon Street), off Marylebone High Street, London, with staff and customers posing outside. circa 1920

WM TWEED
WILLIAM MARCY TWEED known as BOSS TWEED American politician and swindler: the cartoon which enabled the Spanish police to identify and arrest him

Paul the sharper, by spanish writer Francisco de Quevedo (15
Paul the sharper. Picaresque novel by spanish writer of the baroque era Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645). Written around 1604 and published in 1626. Illustration (19th century). Book I. Chapter X

The Biscayan feigned (El Vizcaino fingido). Short farce by C
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Biscayan feigned (El Vizcaino fingido). Colored engraving. 1868. Private collection

El Vizcaino fingido. Short farce by Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616). Spanish writer. Short farce The Biscayan feigned (El Vizcaino fingido). Engraving. 1868. Private collection

WM Tweed - McCabe - Lights
William Marcy Tweed (1823 - 1878) known as Boss Tweed American politician and swindler

Horatio Bottomley / Sepia
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY Journalist, financier, politician and swindler Date: 1860 - 1933

George Robey & Horatio Bottomley recruiting in London
Popular music hall star, George Robey, known as the Prime Minister of Mirth, pictured speaking at a recruitment rally in Trafalgar Square, London in 1915 alongside Horatio Bottomley

Charles Price
The notorious swindler and bank-note forger, Charles Price, who committed suicide in 1786. Date: 18th Century

Ivar Kreuger
IVAR KREUGER Swedish industrialist, financier and swindler; known as the Swedish Match King

Horatio Bottomley / T & C
HORATIO BOTTOMLEY Journalist, financier, politician and swindler

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