Arrested Alfred Thompson, Mugshot photograph, England
Name: Alfred Thompson .Arrested for: Larceny.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on; 31st August 1902.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-Alfred Thompson..These images are a selection from an ... More
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le Prévenu et l'Enfant (The accused and the child)
Public domain scan of 17-18th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Hogarth - Cruelty in perfection
A suburban or country churchyard where Tom Nero has been arrested for the murder; the body of his lover, Ann Gill, its throat cut, lies on the ground with the bundle of plate she has stolen from her mistress at... More
Dark prison with a courtyard for the punishment of criminals . . .(Car...
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720–1778 Rome) Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Hogarth - The reward of cruelty
An anatomy theatre where Nero's body is being dissected; on either side are skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Shigemasa Kitao - Ichimura uzaemon no kidōmaru
Print shows Ichimura Uzaemon as the bandit Kidōmaru riding a hobby horse. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. Format: Hosoban Nishikie. ... More
The poacher arrested, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 17th-18th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known fo... More
By his majestys royal letters patent - the new invented method of puni...
Print shows Britannia drawn and quartered at a crossroad by ropes attached to three horses, one labeled "Tyranny" racing down the road "to America", another labeled "Venality" racing down the road "to Spain", a... More
Wercke der Finsternis / D Chodowiecki del & sc 1781.
Print shows publisher Johann Thomas von Trattner as a highway man with two cohorts holding up publisher Friedrich Nicolai; von Trattner has a hold on Nicolai's collar, as his helpers, standing at the opening of... More
Shakspeare. King Richard the Third, act IV, scene III
Public domain image of infant, child, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gokuin sen'emon to okuri no onna
Print shows two actors in a kabuki play, one as a woman with a paper lantern standing next to Gokuin Sen'emon, one of the five chivalrous men.
Godanme, Katsushika Hokusai, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows Yoichibei, an old man, returning home after selling his daughter, Okaru, to a brothel to raise money so that his son-in-law, Kampei, can redeem himself. Yochibei is being robbed and murdered by Sada... More
Christian Gebauer - No title. (Bandits attacking carriage.)
Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, war, 17th, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Doctor Syntax, stopt by highwaymen, Thomas Rowlandson
Public domain image, 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor... More
Godanme, Utagawa Kuniyasu, Forty Seven Rōnin
Print shows a man (possibly the outlaw Sadakurô) holding an umbrella, glaring at a man (probably Yoichibei) holding a lantern, cowering in the rain; Sadakurô will rob and kill Yoichibei. Title and other descrip... More
Thomas Bewick - [Countryside scenes with figures]
Single sheet with nineteen separate drawings featuring outdoor scenes with figures of devils, criminals, animals and people caught misbehaving. Inscribed in pencil below image: wm paper 1824. Nineteen tailpiece... More
Caricature, J. Fieschi, public domain cartoon image
Public domain scan of 1830s woodcut print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The black robbers - Drawing. Public domain image.
Depicting a scene from "Nights at Sea; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War" by "The Old Sailor," a.k.a. Matthew Henry Barker. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
The evidence destroyed - Public domain dedication image
Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. Having drawn the Bumbles into his plot, Monks has apparently triumphed by destroying any proof of Oliver's being Edwin Leeford's legitimat... More
The meeting - Engraving, Public domain image
Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. Noah overhears Sikes's mistress disclosing the plans laid by Fagin and Monks to ensure that Oliver will never come into his inheritance. C... More
The Jew and Morris Bolter begin to understand each other
Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. This illustration marks the meeting of Oliver's old nemesis, the spindly-legged Noah Claypole (who has robbed Sowerberry's till and fled t... More
Mr. Fagin and his pupil recovering Nancy
Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. Fagin and his chief juvenile collaborators, Charley Bates and Jack Dawkins, assist the ailing Bill Sikes in recovering Nancy from an hyste... More
Es war aber mit jenen Kaufleuten ein frommer Pilger, welcher Clemens h...
Illustration for a story showing one of King Octavian's infant sons lying on the ground; Clement, a pilgrim, traveling with a group of merchants, sees the baby and purchases it from a band of outlaws. Caption ... More
Monks and the Jew - Public domain dedication image
Depicting a scene from "Oliver Twist" by "Boz", a.k.a. Charles Dickens. After the botched robbery, Oliver finds an adopted family in the Maylies, the owners of the substantial house near Chertsey, Surrey, which... More
The last scene - Drawing. Public domain image.
Depicting a scene from "Jack Sheppard" by W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq. Three images of the execution of Jack Sheppard; the first, Jack Sheppard bidding farewell to Mr. Wood from the cart, soldiers escorting him,... More
"The bold brigand" from our rocky tow'r on high on stone by A. Newsam ...
Print shows a "brigand" standing on rocks in the mountains, firing his gun, possibly to confuse his pursuers as to his whereabouts by the echo. Caption continues: Sung in the opera fra Dìavolo, with unbounded ... More
This accurate representation of Edward Oxford shooting at the Queen, o...
Print shows Edward Oxford shooting at Queen Victoria as she rode in a carriage with Prince Albert on Constitution Hill on June 10, 1840. In: Unpublished P&P checklist, "British Political and Social Cartoons, 1... More
The folly of crime - Engraving, Public domain image
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The bandits bride vide Herald May 5th 1847
Lith. & pub. by H.R. Robinson 142 Nassau St. N. York. Title appears as it is written on the item. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)
The "Ostend Doctrine," practical Democrats carrying out the principle
James Buchanan, U. S. Minister to Great Britain, was one of the formulators of the "Ostend Manifesto" which stated that the U. S. should first try to buy Cuba from Spain or if that didn't work the U. S. should ... More
Alphonse Legros - Tête d'un voleur
Public domain photo of man portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait photo of Edwin Booth, Glass Negative, 1860s
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, right: the 12. Actor. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More
Edwin Booth, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Win ne ba go, Head and Shoulders Portrait
Winnebago man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. Photo from Indian Wigwam, Julius Meyer, Omaha, Nebraska. E.L. Eaton on verso.
Booth and his associates. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Montages shows portraits of John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators in the assassination of Lincoln: George Azterodt, David Herold, Edmund Spangler, Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, and Lewis Powell alias P... More
[Grand Review of the Armies, Washington, D.C.; Jefferson Davis' cell a...
Full page includes four illustrations and an article describing Herold's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 441 (1865 June 10), p. 365. Herold's name erroneousl... More
Washburne Honorable E.B. Rep. Minister to France.
A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morte del fratello di Beatrice - Engraving, Public domain image
Print shows the execution of Beatrice's accomplice in the murder of her father; the method of execution is to crush his skull with a large club. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner:... More
Robert Butler. Museum of New Zealand collection
Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Sentenza di morte. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother in prison being informed that they have been sentenced to death.
Trasporto al partibolo - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci and her mother being transported in a horse-drawn cart to the place of execution. An artist sketches Beatrice from a window in the upper right corner. Title from contents on title pag... More
Travestimento e fuga di un complice
Print shows Beatrice Cenci's accomplice in the murder of her father, standing among a group of men with pack horses as he attempts to flee prosecution. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right ... More
La tortura - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows Beatrice Cenci's being tortured in prison in the presence of her mother, religious authorities and police. Title from contents on title page. Printed in upper right corner: 6. (DLC/PP-43735)
"Stop Thief!" / Th: Nast. - A drawing of a group of men playing a game...
Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly (stumbling over the curb), A. Oakey Hall, Tom Fields, James H. Ingersoll, and James Fisk, Jr. joining a crow... More
["Stop thief!"] - Political cartoon, public domain image
Illustration shows William "Boss" Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly (stumbling over the curb), A. Oakey Hall, Tom Fields, James H. Ingersoll, and James Fisk, Jr. joining a crow... More
Elizabeth Rule, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Elizabeth Rule (AKA Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Brown) was convicted of stealing clothing and bed linen 5 times between 1867 and 1872. For these convictions she served a total of 11 months 14 days...Age (on disc... More
Edward Shevlin, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Edward Shevlin stole a coat and was sentenced to 6 months in prison...Age: 32.Height: 5.5.Hair: Brown.Eyes:Blue.Place of Birth: Ireland.Work: Labourer.Status: Married..These photographs are of convicted crimina... More
John Park, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
John Park was convicted of stealing a violin, he had no previous convictions and served 1 month with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 19.Height: 5’6 1/2”.Hair: Dark.Eyes: Hazel.Place of Birth: Scotland.Statu... More
Catherine Cain King, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Catherine Cain King was convicted of stealing a pocket watch, she had previously served 7 days for drunken conduct, on this occasion she served 3 months with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 23.Height: 5’1 1... More
Jane Farrell, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Jane Farrell stole 2 boots and was sentenced to do 10 hard days labour...Age (on discharge): 12.Height: 4.2.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Blue.Pla... More
George Bell, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
For stealing a watch, George Bell was sentenced to 2 months in Newcastle City Gaol in 1873...Age (on discharge): 24.Height: 5.4½.Hair: Brown.Eyes: ... More
James Donneley, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Also know as James Darley, at the age of just 16, this young man had been in and out of prison, but on this occasion he was sentenced for 2 months for stealing some shirts...Age:16.Height:5.0.Hair: Brown.Eyes:H... More
Thomas Haigh, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Thomas Haigh was convicted of stealing a pocket watch, he had no previous convictions and served 1 month with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 17.Height: 5’3”.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Hazel.Place of Birth: Askern, ... More
Margaret Cosh, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Margaret Cosh was convicted of stealing a coat, she had no previous convictions and served 2 months with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 15.Height: 4’9”.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Blue.Place of Birth: Newcastle.Stat... More
Isabella Hindmarch, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Isabella Hindmarch was convicted of stealing money, she had no previous convictions and served 1 month with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 16.Height: 4’5 1/2”.Hair: Light Brown.Eyes: Dark Blue.Place of Bir... More
Robert Bolam, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Robert was a labourer and along with William Salmon and Thomas Garratty, they were sentenced to 6 months after stealing clothes...Age: 20.Height: 5.7.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Hazel.Place of Birth: Gateshead.Status: Si... More
William Badger, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
William Badger was sentenced to 6 months at Newcastle Gaol for stealing a watch in 1872...Age (on discharge): 20.Height: 5.0.Hair: Brown.Eyes: ... More
Thomas Tweedy, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Sentenced to carry out 4 months in Newcastle City Gaol, Thomas Tweedy was found guilty of stealing money in 1872...Age (on discharge): 20.Height: 5.4.Hair: Brow... More
Arrested Mustapha Irola, Mugshot photograph, England
Name: Mustapha Irola.Arrested for: False Pretences.Arrested at: North Shields Police Station.Arrested on: 19th August 1904.Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-55-Mustafa Inola..These images are a selection fro... More
John Reed, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
The young man above was sentenced to do 14 days hard labour and 5 years reformation for stealing money in 1873...Age (on discharge): 15.Height: 4.11.Hair: Light... More
Richard Rimmington, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Richard Rimmington was convicted of stealing a pipe from a shop and was expected to serve 14 days with hard labour. He was spared his sentence when his parents agreed to pay costs and the resulting fine...Age ... More
Kuruba Man, England - Public domain portrait print
Public domain photograph - portrait, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Mullen, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
John Mullen was convicted of stealing a watch and served 4 months with hard labour. This was his longest consecutive sentence having previously served time on 9 separate occasions totaling 3 months. ..Age (on ... More
James Scullion, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
James Scullion was sentenced to 14 days hard labour at Newcastle City Gaol for stealing clothes. After this he was sent to Market Weighton Reformatory School for 3 years...Age (on discharge): 13.Height: ... More
William Salmon, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Along with Robert Bolam and Thomas Garratty, William Salmon stole some clothes and was sentenced to 6 months after being convicted of the theft...Age:18.Height: 5.5.Hair: Brown.Eyes: Blue.Place of Birth: Dumfri... More
John Bolton, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
John Bolton was convicted of stealing leather, he had previously served 9 months for theft, on this occasion he served 6 months with hard labour. ..Age (on discharge): 26.Height: 5’4 1/2”.Hair: Dark Brown.Eyes... More
Sarah Cassidy, Criminal, Mugshot photo, England
Sarah Cassidy was convicted of stealing money and served 2 months with hard labour. In the previous two years she had been convicted 6 times for breaking by laws and had already served 42 days in prison...Age (... More
Our robber barons / Gillam. - Political cartoon, public domain image
Print shows several rogues, Jay Gould labeled "R. Road Monopolist", William H. Vanderbilt labeled "Corporations", Cyrus W. Field labeled "Telegraph Monopoly", Russell Sage(?) labeled "Stock Jobbing", and George... More
Criminals from "America revisited ... Illustrated, etc"
This image has been taken from scan 000112 from "America revisited ... Illustrated, etc". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flick... More
Congressional cracksmen / J. Keppler., Political Cartoon
Print shows "Policeman Puck" and Uncle Sam investigating a robbery at the U.S. Treasury, a safe has been broken into and a barrel labeled "150,000,000 $ Surplus" is empty; there is a hole in the floor which lea... More
Duty, dedicated to the London police
Six vignettes satirizing the London policeman's overzealous sense of duty. The police arrest a card player, a man walking his dog, a child playing with a top and an intoxicated man, but ignore criminals, murde... More
[Dead man lying on ground next to rifle--U.S. Army expeditions in Cent...
Forms part of: Edgar A. Mearns Collection. Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Blaine will be vindicated in November" --N.Y. Tribune / Gillam.
Illustration shows James G. Blaine, dressed like a Roman statesman, standing on a pedestal that states "What are you going to do about it", a phrase attributed to Boss Tweed. The ghost of Tweed stands behind Bl... More
Helping the rascals in - a burglarious scheme that may be suddenly spo...
Illustration shows James G. Blaine wearing a top hat with three plumes, a sack labeled "For the Plunder" hanging from his neck, and a paper tied at his waist that states "20 Years on the Make", attempting to br... More
An old saying twisted / F. Opper.
Illustration shows Peter B. Olney, N.Y. District Attorney, passing a paper that states "Charges Against the Central Office Detectives - Peter B. Olney, Dist. Att'y" over the head of Fredericka Mandelbaum to Tho... More
There's a new policeman on the beat
Illustration shows two crooks labeled "Robeson" and "Roach" walking down a sidewalk, whistling; they are being trailed by William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, as a policeman. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Caricature, "Next!" / Gillam., public domain cartoon image
Illustration shows a view inside a "Prison Barber-Shop" with two men labeled "Budensiek" and "J.D. Fish", wearing prison stripes and "Close Crop" haircuts by the prison barber, who is holding a shaving mug labe... More
Scientists assert that all diseases can be prevented by inoculation / ...
Illustration shows Puck standing on a stack of bound PUCK volumes between a row of people on the left identified as a "Bank President, Cashier, Teller, Clerk, [and] Janitor" as well as a scrub-woman and an offi... More
There's a new policeman on the beat / Gillam.
Illustration shows two crooks labeled "Robeson" and "Roach" walking down a sidewalk, whistling; they are being trailed by William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, as a policeman. Caption: "Cheese it!" Illus.... More
[Henry Chadwick, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]
Portrait used for police identification purposes, Manchester, England. George Grantham Bain Collection.
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tasmanian Convicts. Collection of Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Offic...
Tasmanian Convicts Public domain image of a criminal, arrest mugshot, conviction, prisoner, crime, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description