Criminal Collection (page 20)

The Lottery Contrast, 1760. The entrance to Touchpenny, Fortune and Winalls State Lottery Office; clerks are at a table within; oyster woman exulting over winnings

Old Bailey, Sessions House, London, c1770. Artist: T White
Interior view of the Sessions House, Old Bailey, London, c1770, showing a man receiving punishment in the form of branding

Assassination attempt on King George III, 1786. Artist: Francis Jukes
Scene depicting the attempt made by Margaret Nicholson to assassinate King George III at the entrance to St Jamess Palace, London, on August 2, 1786; showing the assassin approaching the King

The idle prentice executed at Tyburn, plate XI of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The crowds gather at Tyburn to watch Idles execution

A Rakes Progress, 1735, plate III of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735, plate III of VIII. Tom Rakewell is in the Rose Tavern, on Drury Lane, London, being relieved of his pocket watch by two women

Innocence betrayed, or the journey to London, plate I of The Harlots Progress, 1732; shows Mary Hackabout arriving at the Bell Inn, Wood Street, London

A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1735; plate IV of VIII. Tom Rakewell, heads for a royal levee at St Jamess Palace, London, in his sedan chair. He is stopped by two bailiffs, who arrest him for debt

The idle prentice at play in the church yard... plate III of Industry and Idleness 1747
The idle prentice at play in the church yard during divine service, plate III of Industry and Idleness, 1747; The idle apprentice plays hustle-cap with some pickpockets

The Reward of Cruelty, plate IV from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero, having been hanged for murder is undergoing dissection theatre

Second Stage of Cruelty, plate II from The Four Stages of Cruelty, 1751. Tom Nero, as a coachman, is beating his disabled horse savagely

Marriage a la mode, Plate V, 1745. Artist: Simon Francois Ravenet
Marriage a la mode, Plate V, 1745; Silvertongue has escorted the countess to the Turks Head bagnio. The nobleman follows. Silvertongue shoots him dead in a duel

Silenced, 1908. Artist: John Seymour Lucas
Silenced, 1908; scene of a murdered man sprawled on the floor of a room with the attackers standing in one corner

Siegfrieds death, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Siegfrieds death, 1924. Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods. Siegfried, distracted by Wotans ravens, is then stabbed in the back

Seize the despoiler! Rescue the gold! Help us! Help us! Woe! Woe!, 1910. Artist
Seize the despoiler! Rescue the gold! Help us! Help us! Woe! Woe!, 1910. Illustration from The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie

The Murder of Setapo, 1916. Artist: Evelyn Paul
The Murder of Setapo, 1916. Setapo was a wealthy and evil man of Babylon who was murdered by Sinonis. Illustration from Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria by Lewis Spence, 1916

The Queen cried to him to forbear, 1905. Artist: Dora Curtis
The Queen cried to him to forbear, 1905. The Queen tries to poison her stepson Tristram, when her husband nearly drinks the poison instead

They ran him by hill and plain, c1910. Artist: Stephen Reid
They ran him by hill and plain, c1910. A giant murders a young maiden so the Fian clan chase after him into the sea to avenge his wrongdoing

Clarence Hatry, failed British financier, 1929. On 20 September 1929 trading in shares in Clarence Charles Hatrys (1888-1965) company, the Hatry group, was suspended by the London Stock Exchange

Gangsters in a patrol wagon, New York, USA, mid 1930s. Hiding their faces from the camera as they are on their way to the office of Special Prosecutor Thomas E Dewey

Richard Whitney being sworn in at a public hearing regarding his misappropriation of funds, c1938. Richard Whitney (1888-1974)

Jack Legs Diamond, temporarily in the hands of the law in Troy, New York, USA, July 1931. Diamond (1897-1931) was a Prohibition-era Irish-American gangster in New York

Yakov Yurovsky, chief executioner of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, early 20th century. A watchmaker from Perm, Yurovsky (1878-1938)

Murder of Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, 1170 (1864). Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket (1120-1170) clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of

The assassination of Henry III of France, 1589. King from 1574, Henry (1551-1589) was assassinated by a Dominican friar, Jacques Clement, for his opposition to the Catholic Holy League

Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. The Lenox Avenue Gang was one of the most violent New York organised crime gangs of the pre-Prohibition period

The McNamaras on their way back to jail having changed their pleas to guilty, 1911
The McNamara brothers on their way back to jail, California, USA, 1911. John and James McNamara were Los Angeles trade unionists who bombed the offices of the Los Angeles Times in 1910 during a

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

A mugger. Artist: Filonov, Pavel Nikolayevich (1883-1941)
A mugger. Private Collection

Ambushing a Group of Bandits at the Cueva del Gato. Artist: Barron y Carrillo, Manuel (1814-1884)
Ambushing a Group of Bandits at the Cueva del Gato. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

The seedy men, 1882. Artist: Savitsky, Konstantin Apollonovich (1844-1905)
The seedy men, 1882. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Robber. Private Collection

An Arrant Knave (Arrested person), 1873. Artist: Perov, Vasili Grigoryevich (1834-1882)
An Arrant Knave (Arrested person), 1873. Found in the collection of the State History Museum, Moscow

The End of Julius Caesar, 1852. Artist: John Leech
The End of Julius Caesar, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]. (Colorised black and white print)

The Robbers and the Donkey, c. 1860s, (1946). Artist: Honore Daumier
The Robbers and the Donkey, c.1860s, (1946). Lithograph after Daumiers painting The Thieves And The Donkey, 1858-1860. From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries

K the Knavish, 1903. Artist: John Hassall
K the Knavish, 1903. An initial letter K from a child alphabet. From An A.B.C. of Everyday People, by G. E. Farrow. [Dean & Son Limited, London, 1903]

Edward, Prince of Wales, Son of Henry III, killing the Saracen Assassin, c1787
Edward, Prince of Wales, Son of Henry III, killing the Saracen Assassin, who had wounded him with a poisons dagger in Palestine, c1787

Have Mercy! He Shrieked, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Have Mercy! He Shrieked, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, c1484. Artist: William Caxton
Martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, c1484. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162, Becket clashed almost incessantly with King Henry II over the question of the independence of the Church from

Testis Ovat, Titus Oates in the pillory, 17th century (c1905). Testis Ovat is an anagram of Oates name. An Anglican priest, he made up the story of the Popish Plot of 1678

I Clapped A Pistol To His Head, 1892. Artist: Sidney E Paget
I Clapped A Pistol To His Head, 1892. Illustration from The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet by Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Vol. III

Melancholy End of Tib Gracchus, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Melancholy End of Tib Gracchus, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Assassination of Viriathus, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Assassination of Viriathus, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Kurdish mountain brigands, Armenia, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Prisoners going to dinner, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, London, c1903 (1903). HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs is a Category B mens prison opened in 1891

Whitechapel, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Whitechapel, 1888. The Whitechapel Murders were making headlines everywhere. The police were overstretched, particularly in such deprived areas

Captain Morgan, 17th century buccaneer, c1880. Born in Wales, Captain Henry Morgan (1635-1688) was a notorious pirate and buccaneer who, with the tacit support of the English government

La Tete De Flore (Madame Deshayes), 1769, (1913). Artist: Louis Marin Bonnet
La Tete De Flore (Madame Deshayes), 1769, (1913). Catherine Deshayes Monvoisin, known as La Voisin, (c1640-1680), French fortune teller and poisoner. After Francois Boucher (1703-1770)

Smugglers, c1785. Artist: Catherine Brass Yates
Smugglers, c1785. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping