Crime Collection

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. A barefoot Scottish woman with child in arms brings the official document releasing her wounded husband from prison after the failure of the Second Jacobite

Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Tom Rakewell and a companion consorting with harlots in a tavern

The Death of General Gordon, Khartoum, 26 January 1885, 1893 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VIII. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1906]

Posters warning those guilty of illegal oaths were liable to deportation, (1834), 1934
Posters warning that people found guilty of uttering illegal oaths were liable to deportation, 1834. On 24th February 1834 local landowners in Dorsetput up posters warning that people found guilty of

The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Artist: William Morris
The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Disilllusioned by Victorian mass-produced items, in 1861 William Morris (1834-1896) and friends founded Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company to design and make furniture

In Lansdowne Passage, Where A Highwayman Once Galloped For His Life, c1935. Creator: Taylor
In Lansdowne Passage, Where A Highwayman Once Galloped For His Life, c1935. Alley in Westminster, central London, with an iron bar set across it

1977 Jaguar XJS with Ian Ogilvy as The Saint tv character. Creator: Unknown
1977 Jaguar XJS with Ian Ogilvy as The Saint tv character

Bill Sykes, 1939. William Bill Sikes is a character from the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). From the Dickens Character Series produced by Copes Cigarettes, 1939

Misanthrope, 1568. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Misanthrope, 1568. From the collection of the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Le Coup de Lance, 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christs side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair

Tableau synoptic des traits physionomiques: pour servir a l etude du " portrait parle", ca. 1909

Witches destroying a house by fire - Swabia, 1533. Woodcut from Francesco Maria Guazzo Compendium Maleficarum, Milan, 1608. (Colorised black and white print)

General Gouraud escapes an assassination attempt on route from Damascas to Kunaitra, 1921. General Henri-Joseph-Eugene Gouraud (1867-1946), French High Commissioner of Syria

Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909. Artist: Herbert Ponting
Prince and Princess Ito of Japan and their family, 1909. Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was educated in Japan and Britain. He served as prime minister four times between 1885 and 1901

The Youngers, American outlaws, c1868-1876 (1954). Left to right: Bob, Rhetta, James and Cole. The brothers formed part of the notorious James-Younger gang, with Jesse and Frank James

Lochleven Castle, Scotland, the prison of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1840. Artist: C J Smith
Lochleven Castle, Scotland, the prison of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1840. Mary was imprisoned here between 1567 and 1568. Illustration from Historical

Resurrectionists or body snatchers raiding a cemetery to provide a cadaver for dissection, 1887. The phenomenon of body snatching became increasingly prevalent in the late 18th

Title page of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886. Treasure Island, Stevensons (1850-1894) classic adventure novel for children was first serialised as The Sea Cook: or

Untitled (27), c. 1890. [Bridge of Sighs, Venice]. Creator: Unknown
Untitled (27), c. 1890. [Bridge of Sighs, Venice]. Photogravure, no. 39 from the portfolio " Calli, Canali e Isole della Laguna"

Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825. Artist: Theodore Lane
Playing rackets, Fleet Prison, London, c1825

Brixton purgatory, 1822. Prisoners Theodore Hook, William Cobbett, Henry Hunt and Thomas Wooler on the treadmill at Brixton Prison

The Little Robber-Maiden, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Little Robber-Maiden, c1930. An illustration from The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

A Rape in the Stone Age, 1888. Artist: Paul Joseph Jamin
A Rape in the Stone Age, 1888. From the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Reims, France

"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress'...in Bedford Gaol,...by G. F. Folingsby..., 1864
"John Bunyan Reciting 'The Pilgrim's Progress' to his friends in Bedford Gaol", by G. F. Folingsby, of Munich, in the exhibition of Fine Arts at Melbourne, Australia, 1864

Gen. Von Eichhorn, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Von Eichhorn, between c1910 and c1915.

The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. 'The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe

Disinfecting clothing of Russian prisoners, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Disinfecting clothing of Russian prisoners, between 1914 and c1915. Soldiers disinfecting clothing at a prisoner of war camp at Do¨beritz (now Dallgow-Do¨beritz), Germany during World War I.

Prison camp, Zossen, exercise, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Prison camp, Zossen, exercise, between 1914 and c1915. Prisoners exercising at Zossen prisoner of war camp, Wu¨nsdorf, Zossen, Germany, during World War I.

"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Creator: W Thomas. "After the Battle", by P
"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'A battle has raged in and around a Flemish village; the English have been victorious

Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda, on the 9th of October, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by one of the passengers

Horses at the slaughter, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Horses at the slaughter, 1911. From a collection of documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Sketches from Mexico: court-martial of Mexican brigands at Puebla, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from Mexico: court-martial of Mexican brigands at Puebla, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Beauce, an illustration relating to '...the capture of sixteen brigands

Sketches from Mexico: Banuelos José de Jesús, the famous Mexican brigand chief, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from Mexico: Banuelos Jose de Jesus, the famous Mexican brigand chief, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Beauce, '...a portrait of Banuelos Jose de Jesus

Paris Demolitions - covered promenade, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Paris Demolitions - the Hotel des Haricots, or prison of the National Guard of Paris: covered promenade, 1864. View of '...the Hotel des Haricots

Paris Demolitions - the Hotel des Haricots, or prison of the National Guard of Paris, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Felix Thorigny

The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates, landing crew and passengers off Musquash Harbour, Bay of Fundy, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Charles C. Ward

View of the Solovetsky Monastery from land, Solovetski Islands, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
View of the Solovetsky Monastery from land, Solovetski Islands, 1915. View of the Solovetskii Monastery, founded in the early fifteenth century on an island in the White Sea in the far north of

Exhibits of the Tomsk prison, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Exhibits of the Tomsk prison, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition, which took place in Omsk in 1911

Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Harvest-home at the Philanthropic Society's farm-school, Redhill, 1864. 'This institution...is designed for the instruction and moral reformation chiefly of boys under fifteen years of age

St Julianus Murdering his Parents. Creator: Spinello Aretino
St Julianus Murdering his Parents, Unknown date. In a schematic bedroom, drawn in perspective with open walls, St Julian is stabbing his parents to death as they sleep

Orator in Prison, late 18th century. Creator: Hubert Robert
Orator in Prison, late 18th century

The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. Creator: Francois de Nome
The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. The Trojan Horse (centre) was said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy

Le defaitisme et les grands proces; le proces Malvy; au cours des debats: M. Aristide... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Le defaitisme et les grands proces; le proces Malvy; au cours des debats: M. Aristide Briand a la barre des temoins. La Haute-Cour ne retint pas contre l'accuse les chefs d'accusation

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, 1590-1827. Creator: Guido Reni
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, 1590-1827

Portrait of a Young Woman as Portia Catonis, 1551-1603. Creators: Santi di Tito, Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of a Young Woman as Portia Catonis, 1551-1603

Calvary, 1923. Creator: Ludvig Karsten
Calvary, 1923

Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Namikiri Juzaboro with Drawn Sword, 1866. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond, 1865. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Nagazashi Gonji by a Lotus Pond, 1865. Series: Biographies of fine modern men

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