Criminal Collection (page 26)

Is Detection a Failure?, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Is Detection a Failure?, 1888. Punch points out the drawbacks inherent in the footsteps of the policeman being dogged by journalists

The Nemesis of Neglect, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Nemesis of Neglect, 1888. Crime, armed with a viciously sharp knife, stalks the streets of the capital. This was the day of Jack the Ripper, and fear abounded in the slums

Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Blind-Mans Buff, 1888. The policeman faces insurmountable odds in his attempts to catch the many villains operating on the streets of Britains towns and cities

The Habitual Criminal Cure, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
The Habitual Criminal Cure, 1869. This cartoon refers to what might be called an early stop and search. Recently, the Habitual Criminals Act passed through the House of Lords

Prevention Better Than Cure, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Prevention Better Than Cure, 1869. The message implicit in this cartoon is that more bobbies on the beat will prevent crime

Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Pity The Poor Prisoners?, 1868. A satirical look at the state of the nations prisons in the mid-Victorian period. Here, a group of lower-class prisoners, probably enjoying, (in the view of Mr Punch)

The New Workhouse Porter, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
The New Workhouse Porter, 1866. Master Prig (prig is a contemporary word for thief) bemoans the fact that a policeman is now checking prospective entrants to the workhouse

Colonists and Convicts 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Colonists and Convicts, 1864. Australian Colonist says: Now, Mr. Bull! Don t shoot any more of your Rubbish here, or I shall Quarrel

English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
English Assassin Painted by France, 1864. The distance between France and Britain at this time is illustrated by the comment made by M Le Verrier

The Garotters Friend, 1862. Artist: John Tenniel
The Garotters Friend, 1862. Let Go, Bill, Can t Yer - Its Our Kind Non-Interfering Friend, Sir George Grey! London at this time was subjected to a rash of garrotting attacks

How to Get Money, 1859. Two con men sit at a table in a coffee house hatching a plan to fleece members of the public. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 3, 1859

The Crucifixion, 1527. Creator: Hans Burgkmair, the Elder
The Crucifixion, 1527

The author of this attack is a delicate little wolf from Scenes from the Private and Public Life of Animals, ca. 1837-47

Letter L. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter L

Letter D. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter D

Letter I. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter I

Letter V. Creator: Hans Holbein the Younger
Letter V

Portrait of la Voisin, . n. d. Creator: Antoine Coypel
Portrait of la Voisin, .n.d

The Abduction of Helen, 1547. Creator: Andrea Schiavone
The Abduction of Helen, 1547

A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, June 25, 1735. Creator: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, Plate 4, June 25, 1735

A Harlots Progress, Plate 1, April 1732. Creator: William Hogarth
A Harlots Progress, Plate 1, April 1732

Postal Hochi Newspaper no. 645, Englishman raping a wine shopkeepers daughter (Yubin Hochi shinbun, roppyaku yonju gogo), August, 1875

The Halfway House, Kensington, 1850, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The " Halfway House", Kensington, 1850, (c1876). The Halfway House Inn, where spies for the highwaymen of Hounslow Heath would see who was travelling

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