Press Gang Collection

A Cribbage Party in St. Giless Disturbed By A Press Gang, October 26, 1787

Recruiters in the time of the Thirty Year War, 1618-1648, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Recruiters in the time of the Thirty Year War, 1618-1648, (1936). Werber Aus Der Zeit Des 30 Jahrigen Krieges. 1618-1648. Poor farming folk being rounded up to fight in mercenary armies

Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang, 1822. Creator: J Chapman
Mary Anne Talbot Resisting A Press Gang, 1822. Portrait of Mary Anne Talbot (1778-1808), also known as John Taylor, an Englishwoman who wore male dress and allegedly became a soldier

Trepanning A Recruit, c1791, (1930). Creator: George Keating
Trepanning A Recruit, c1791, (1930). A group of people outside a building with a sign reading Cumberland House D. Irwin from Carlisle

Manning the navy, Tower Hill, London, 1790. Artist: John Barlow
Manning the navy, London, 1790; showing a press gang with sabres and bludgeons on Tower Hill

The Press-Gang: Seizing a Waterman on Tower Hill on the Morning of His Marriage, (1878). After Alexander Johnston (1815?1891)

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