Paul Gallery

The Youngers, American outlaws, c1868-1876 (1954)

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. The gang robbed banks, stagecoaches and trains across the West between 1869 and 1876. A fourth brother, John, was killed in a gunfight with Pinkertons agents in 1874. The surviving three Youngers were wounded and captured by a posse after the gang robbed a bank in Northfield, Minnesota on 7th September 1876. All three were sentenced to life mprisonment after pleading guilty to their crimes in order to avoid hanging. A print from the Pictorial History of the Wild West, by James D Horan and Paul Sann, Spring Books, London, 1954

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Paul Wettin - crew member on the Preussen, Bay of Bengal, 1898

Paul Wettin - crew member on the Preussen, Bay of Bengal, 1898. Portrait of one of the crew on the North German Lloyd ship SS Preussen, en route for Singapore. Paul Wettin. Am Bord der Preussen, In Bay of Bengal'. From "Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers. [Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, 1898]

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A Military Camp in St. James Park During the Gordon Riots, 1780, c1783, (1944)

A Military Camp in St. James Park During the Gordon Riots, 1780, c1783, (1944). Troops were stationed in St James's Park, Westminster, London, as a response to the Gordon Riots, several days of unrest based on anti-Catholic feeling. There was widespread rioting and looting, including attacks on Newgate Prison and the Bank of England. The army moved in and started shooting, resulting in an estimated 300-700 deaths. From "British Soldiers, by S. H. F. Johnston. [Collins, London, 1944]

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