Burglar Collection

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). English highwayman Richard Turpin (1706-1739) whose exploits were romanticised following his execution for horse theft

AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). English highwayman Richard Turpin (1706-1739) whose exploits were romanticised following his execution for horse theft

AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). English highwayman Richard Turpin (1706-1739) whose exploits were romanticised following his execution for horse theft

AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 2023. English highwayman Richard Turpin (1706-1739) whose exploits were romanticised following his execution for horse theft

AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 1730s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Dick Turpin, 2023. English highwayman Richard Turpin (1706-1739) whose exploits were romanticised following his execution for horse theft

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in... c. 1768. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro Kyusei Disguised as the Burglar Ipponzaemon in the Play Otokoyama Yunzei Kurabe, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1768, Japan, c. 1768

The Thieves on the Roof Awaken the Merchant, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna
The Thieves on the Roof Awaken the Merchant", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

A man climbs a ladder while a woman throws water on him from above, 1575-99
A man climbs a ladder while a woman throws water [?] on him from above, 1575-99. [Aspetta aspetta Mariolo ladro; Tu menti per la gola andem da qui patro; Amigo amigo]

Second Scene of Thieves, ca. 1805. Creator: Gror
Second Scene of Thieves, ca. 1805

First Scene of Thieves, ca. 1805. Creator: Gror
First Scene of Thieves, ca. 1805

A Brace of Public Guardians, July 10, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
A Brace of Public Guardians, July 10, 1800

The Man who Pretends to be Asleep While the Thief Enters his House... 18th century
The Man who Pretends to be Asleep While the Thief Enters his House Becomes Drowsy and Really Falls Asleep, Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna, 18th century

Execution of a criminal, Lime Street, City of London, 1664. A crowd gathered round to watch the execution of a parliamentary Colonel James Turner

Leadenhall Street, London, (1664?)
Crowd gathered round to watch the execution of a parliamentary Colonel James Turner, convicted of having burgled the premises of Francis Tryon a Lime Street merchant, Leadenhall Street, London, (1664)

Bill Sikes and his dog, c1894. Artist: Frederick Barnard
Bill Sikes and his dog, c1894. The villain from Oliver Twist. From Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life, by Thomas Archer, published c1894

Keep Him Covered Mary, I ll Call the Police. Artist: American Stereoscopic Company
Keep Him Covered Mary, I ll Call the Police. Stereoscopic card detail

Audacious burglars, 1901. Illustration published in Le Petit Journal, 27th October 1901

The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. Artist: John Kay
The First Interview in 1786 between Deacon Brodie and George Smith, 1788. William Brodie (d1788), a respectable Edinburgh cabinet maker and deacon councillor of the city

William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. Artist: John Kay
William Brodie, Scottish cabinetmaker and criminal, 1788. A prosperous Edinburgh cabintmaker, Brodie (1741-1788) had a secret life as the leader of a gang of burglars

An Unequal Match, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
An Unequal Match, 1881. This cartoon depicts a burglar, armed with pistol and knife, engaged in a rather unequal battle with a police constable who is brave, but armed only with a truncheon

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