Policeman Collection (page 6)

Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, c19th century

Chartist Agitation, the Police Force on Bonners Fields, 1848, (1900). Policemen smoking clay pipes and drinking beer during political unrest in London

The Horse Car at Wimbledon, 1872. Horse-drawn public transport on rails. A print from The Graphic, (13 July 1872). Hand-coloured later

Policemen, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Policemen, Rotterdam, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Policeman by a canal, Rotterdam, 1898. Artist: James Batkin
Policeman by a canal, Rotterdam, 1898. Illustration from a book of photographs taken in Holland and Belgium by James Batkin, (1898)

Illustration from the childrens book Top-top-top, by Nikolay Aseyev, 1925. Artist: Vera Yermolayeva
Illustration from the childrens book Top-top-top, by Nikolay Aseyev, 1925. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Armed criminals fighting with the police, Place de la Bastille, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th August 1904

The suicide of Signor Rosano, Italian Minister of Finance, Naples, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd November 1903

The arrest of Francois Coppee, 1902. Coppee (1842-1908) was a French poet and novelist. Politically he was an extreme nationalist and was one of the founders of the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise

In London, Violent incident in the Chamber of Commons, 1901. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 24th March 1901

A police shootout, 4th January 1925. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th January 1925

Arrested by the police, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 23rd December 1900

A boy shot by a Prussian gendarme escaping from a correctional facility, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 4th March 1900

A cycle and water police officer, Paris, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
A cycle and water police officer, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 8th April 1900

A gun battle between a bandit and the gendarmerie, Corsica, 1898. Artist: F Meaulle
A gun battle between a bandit and the gendarmerie, Corsica, 1898. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 17th July 1898

Desertion of an Alsatian squad enlisted in Germany, Duchy of Luxembourg, 1896. Artist: Georges Carrey
Desertion of an Alsatian squad enlisted in Germany, Duchy of Luxembourg, 1896. A policemen disarming young soldiers from Alsace-Lorraine who refuse to serve in the German army

A Peel-er and a Re-pealer, 1833. Artist: A Ducotes
A Peel-er and a Re-pealer, 1833. A H B sketch No 290

The arrest of Arton, 1895. Artist: Frederic Lix
The arrest of Arton, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1st December 1895

Assassination of a Policeman by an Anarchist, 1895. Artist: Lionel Noel Royer
Assassination of a Policeman by an Anarchist, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 3rd March 1895

Fight between gendarmes and civilians in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Fight between gendarmes and civilians in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th July 1895

Gendarme and Poacher, Beziers, France, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Gendarme and Poacher, Beziers, France, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 10th March 1895

Fight on a barge, 1902. Two French gendarmes and three men fighting on board a boat. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 5th January 1895

Underground search for anarchists, Barcelona, 1894. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 15th January 1894

Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Arrest of the Cafe Terminus bomber, Paris, 1894. Police apprehending Emile Henry, an anarchist who expoded a bomb at the Cafe Terminus near the Gare St Lazare on 12th February 1894

A Study from Life on Princes Landing Stage, Liverpool - Destroyed by Fire July 28, 1874. Passengers waiting on the quay which was later burnt down

The Senate House, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1892. A print from the Illustrated London News, (6 Febuary 1892)

Opening of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, 1864. Work began on the bridge in 1836 under the supervision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but stopped due to lack of funds

The Corsican Bandit, Jacques Bellacoscia, Surrendering to the Police, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Corsican Bandit, Jacques Bellacoscia, Surrendering to the Police, 1892. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 16th July 1892

The Arrest of Ravachol, 1892. Artist: Francois Claudius Koeningstein
The Arrest of Ravachol, 1892. Francois Claudius Koeningstein, known as Ravachol, (1859-1892), was a French anarchist best known for terrorism, and responsible for several bombings in Paris

Police Charge Rioters At The Tribune Office, c1860s. In 1863, during the American Civil War, opponents of conscription rioted at the offices of the Daily Tribune in New York

Children in the stocks, Hong Kong, 1908. Postcard

A coolie in the stocks, Hong Kong, 1908. Postcard

Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Capitaine-Lieutenant, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Capitaine-Lieutenant, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Commandant d Escadron, petite tenue, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Commandant d Escadron, petite tenue, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, 1814-15. Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Petite Tenue and Tenue de Societe, 1814-15 Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Petite Tenue and Tenue de Societe, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Trumpeter, 1814-15. Artist: Eugene Titeux
Gendarmes de la Garde du Roi, Trumpeter, 1814-15. Histoire de la Maison Militaire du Roi de 1814-1830, volume 2

Trial of French members of the Gestapo, Paris, 1-12 December 1944. The defendants, from left to right, are Henri Lafont, Pierre Bonny and Paul Clavie, Lafonts nephew

World War 2: Liberation of Paris, 1944. French civilians celebrating the Liberation and holding banners saying Vive la Republique and Vive de Gaulle

Gardien de la Paix Publique, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Print from a series titled Souvenirs du Siege de Paris. After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Commissaire de Police, Paris Commune, 1871. Cartoon from a series titled Types de la Commune. The Paris Commune was established when the citizens of Paris, many of them armed National Guards

Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer, c1880. Artist: Nadar
Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer, c1880. In 1880, when Chief of the Paris identification bureau, Bertillon (1853-1914)

Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)

Standard Metre in the Petit Luxembourg, Paris, 1904. Set up when metrification was introduced by the French National Assembly between 1791 and 1795

Public witness of the solar eclipse, London, c1870. Depicting a street scene with a crowd of people all gazing up at the sky. This plate was taken from Illustrated London News, Vol 57

Cyclist in busy London traffic riding a machine of the Rover safety type, 1895. Artist: Stephen T Dadd
Cyclist in busy London traffic riding a machine of the Rover safety type, 1895. A police constable looks on as the cyclist rides alongside a horse bus (omnibus)

Gendarmes taking census forms to an encampment of itinerant gipsies in their caravan, 1895. A boy in the foreground leads a muzzled dancing bear. From Le Petit Journal. (Paris, May 1895)

Lady in Rational cycling dress, 1897. Cover of The Sketch Cycling Supplement (London, 24 November 1897) celebrating 21 years of the Stanley Cycling Club

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