Crime Collection

Ned Kellys Last Stand
Ned Kelly, Australian legend, makes his last stand

The Thief - painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa
Postcard image after a painting by Antonio Maria Fabres y Costa La Ladrona (" The Thief" ) in the los Tiros art gallery in Granada, Spain

Christie Poirot Cover
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, featured on the cover of the Strand magazine containing Christies story The Crime in Cabin 66

Carbolic Smoke Ball / 1893
Advertisement for The Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. which claimed to offer a cure for a wide variety of ailments. This led to a court case on grounds of deception & a landmark ruling

William Hogarth Gin Lane
Vintage engraving of showing a scene from William Hogarths Beer Street and Gin Lane. They depict the evils of the consumption of gin as a contrast to the merits of drinking beer

Brighton Rock (1947) UK One Sheet
Richard Attenborough as Pinkie Brown in the poster for Brighton Rock

H. M. Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
A view of Peterhead Prison and the North Sea beyond, Aberdeenshire. The prison opened in 1888 and was Scotlands only convict prison

CHARLES LUCKY LUCIANO (1897-1962). American gangster. Photographed by the New York City Police Department, 1936

The Wild Bunch
Members of The Wild Bunch in Fort Worth, Texas: sitting (l to r): Harry A Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker

Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London
Living Room of 221B Baker Street, part of a Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London, reconstructed by Michael Weight. Details included are Holmess pipe and his violin. Date: 1951

A prison guard on patrol in B wing of Britains top security prison Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight November 1984

The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853. Artist: John Everett Millais
The Order of Release, 1746, 1852-1853

The First Fleet
Some of the First Fleet - eleven British Navy ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, which took 750 British convicts to Botany Bay

MORIARTY POSTER
Poster for Moriarty, a Hollywood movie featuring the ex-Professor described by Holmes as the Napoleon of crime Date: circa 1922

Spring-Heeled Jack winged monster
Winged man-monster who terrified residents of Blackheath and other London suburbs from 1837 for many years but was never caught Date: 1830s

CARTOON: TWEED RING, 1871. The Tammany Tiger Loose. Thomas Nasts powerful indictment of Tweed and his ring, published on the eve of the New York municipal and state elections of 1871. Cartoon, 1871

A production still image from Brighton Rock (1947)
A production still taken on set a Welwyn Studios during the filming of Brighton Rock in 1947, featuring Richard Attenborough and based on Graham Greenes novel

A still image from Brighton Rock (1947)
Richard Attenborough as Pinkie, the gangster and Carol Marsh as Rose in John Boultings Brighton Rock (1947)based on Graham Greenes novel

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Ronald Buster Edwards. Date: 1963

Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London
Living Room of 221B Baker Street, part of a Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London, reconstructed by Michael Weight. A dummy version of the man himself can be seen in the far window. Date: 1951

BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1933. American criminal Bonnie Parker (1911-1934) playing at holding up her partner, Clyde Barrow (1909-1934). Photographed in 1933

AL CAPONE/1931 PHOTO
Alphonse Scarface Capone, Chicago gangster Date: 1931

Posters warning those guilty of illegal oaths were liable to deportation, (1834), 1934
Posters warning that people found guilty of uttering illegal oaths were liable to deportation, 1834

Illustration of Ned Kelly wearing home made armour and shooting handgun

Petworth Jail - c1860
Copy of an old print of the notorious Petworth House of Correction, as seen from the Tillington Road on which is seen a horse and carriage and several pedestrians

French revolutionary politician Jean-Paul Marat
DAVID: THE DEATH OF MARAT. French revolutionary politician Jean-Paul Marat, fatally stabbed in his bath by Charlotte Corday, 13 July 1793. Oil on canvas, 1793, by Jacques Louis David

Pentonville Prison, Islington, North London
An aerial view of Pentonville Prison in Islington, North London. The prison was opened in 1842 as the new Model Prison, on the separate system

Wandsworth Prison, south west London
A galleried wing of Wandsworth Prison in south west London. Two warders inspect the cells

Fingerprint Sheet
Fingerprints on a fingerprint record sheet from the New Scotland Yard criminal record office. Metropolitan Police

Smugglers Unload Goods
A band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men

Agatha Christie 1891-1976
Agatha Christie (1891-1976) English novelist and crime fiction writer, photographed C.1925

Victorian London - A shady place
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. A dark alley in Whitechapel circa 1870

Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Tom Rakewell and a companion consorting with harlots in a tavern

The Wild Bunch, 1901, gang of American outlaws, bank and train robbers, led by Butch Cassidy, seated right

American Gangster Al Capone
Chicago, Illinois: January 1, 1930. A portrait of American gangster, Al Capone

The Great Train Robbery, 8th August 1963. Wanted Poster for Bruce Reynolds. 1963

The Eastcastle Street Robbery, 1952
A page from the Illustrated London News, detailing the Eastcastle Street Robbery of 1952, when a Post Office van was hijacked and its contents, 200, 000 in soiled notes, were stolen

Salvatore Giuliano
The Italian bandit, Salvatore Giuliano, posing outside his mountain hideout in Sicily. Date: 1950s

British passport

Lie detector test
MODEL RELEASED. Lie detector test. Pulse meters on a mans fingers during a lie detector, or polygraph, test

PROHIBITION, 1922. Revenue agents with confiscated bootleg liquor at Washington, D.C. Oct. 14, 1922

MEYER LANSKY (1902-1983). American gangster. Mugshot photograph, 1930s

RUSSELL: STAGE ROBBER. A stage robber pointing a shotgun. The vignette in the right corner shows the robber with a treasure box and a dead messenger as the stagecoach drives off

Gunfight in the street of a western town. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

General view of Exeter Prison, Devon
A general view of Exeter Prison in Devon. Railway lines in the foreground carry a variety of rolling stock including both goods wagons and passenger carriages

Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
Aerial view of Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. It was opened as a convict prison in 1883 then used as a local prison from 1890

State Penitentiary at Stateville, Joliet, Illinois, USA
Interior view of a cell block at the Illinois State Penitentiary at Stateville, near Joliet, Illinois, USA. The prison was designed using the panopticon principle promoted by Jeremy Bentham

Officers at Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset
Three uniformed prison officers stand in front of Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset. The prison was originally established as a House of Correction in 1625

Highwayman Cottington
John Cottington (aka Mulled Sack) robs an army pay wagon on Shotover Hill, near Oxford, and relieves it of 4000 pounds. He will hang in 1656 aged 45

Col. Blood / Jewel Thief
Colonel Thomas Blood, an audacious rogue known as the Man who stole the Crown Jewels from the basement of the Tower of London

Long John Silver / Parrot
For generations of readers, the archetypal pirate is Long John Silver, the devious and malevolent villain of Robert Louis Stevensons Treasure Island - parrot and all !

Blackbeard & Crew / Pirate
Blackbeard the Pirate & his jolly buccaneers, including Abdallah, Captain of the Mogul

HENRY MORGAN 1635-1688
Sir Henry Morgan, a Welsh buccaneer in the English service, carrying out many raids on the Spanish, favoured by Charles II and appointed Governor of Jamaica

John Paul Jones
Americans would be indignant to see their gallant naval hero portrayed on the London stage as a PIRATE ! - yet here he is, as acted by Mr Elsgood with bravo galore

NED KELLY/BUSHRANGER/C19
Portrait photograph of Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, taken the day before his hanging at the age of 24. Date: 1880

Interior of the Prison Chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall
Interior of the prison chapel at Bodmin Gaol, Cornwall. The prison dates from 1779

Fishy! by W. Heath Robinson
The Poacher. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

SMUGGLER
Though technically criminals, smugglers are often popular heroes, as is this fellow, Will Watch the Smuggler Bold who will die bravely in a fight with the revenue men

Police evidence bags for illegal drugs
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

A speed camera
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Belle Starr / Bandit / C19Th
Belle Starr, noted companion of Western outlaws, jumps bail in Indian territory & leaves town on horseback

Ship Flying Jolly Roger
A typical pirate ship flying the jolly roger flag

Smugglers landing their cargo
The sun dispelling a mist, with smugglers landing their cargo

PROFESSOR MORIARTY
THE FINAL PROBLEM The evil professor Moriarty; named by Holmes the Napoleon of Crime'. Date: First published: 1893

Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Christie (1891-1976) English novelist and crime fiction writer, pictured in caricature as a figure looming over a rather humorous crime scene

Turpin at Hornsey Gate
Dick Turpin bilking the toll at Hornsey Gate on his ride to York

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875

Nineteenth century courtroom scene
A man, smiling evilly, is being question by a lawyer in a Victorian courtroom. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocksas Hunt.a by Rs Surtees and illustrated by John Leech

Lincoln Assassination
LINCOLN ASSASSINATION. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre, Washington, D.C. 14 April 1865. Lithograph, 1865, by Currier & Ives

GRANGER MOVEMENT. The Grange Awakening the Sleepers. American cartoon, 1873, inspired by the Vanderbilt system of secret rebates, showing a farmer trying to rouse the country to the railroad menace

Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles
Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Trusdale Nettles are arrested by local police on August 28, 1974

The Strawberry Thief, 1883. Artist: William Morris
The Strawberry Thief, 1883

Constance Smith in Brighton Rock (1947)
Constance Smith as the singer in John Boultings Brighton Rock (1947)

U. s. Grant Cartoon, 1880
U.S. GRANT CARTOON, 1880. American cartoon by Joseph Keppler from Puck Magazine, 1880, attacking the corruption of the Grant administration and opposing a third presidential term

LINCOLN ASSASSINATION. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theatre, Washington D.C. 14 April 1865. Contemporary lithograph

Skull and Crossbones
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ships crew as pirates

The Good Thief (Saint Dismas), 1450-1460. Creator: Unknown
The Good Thief (Saint Dismas), 1450-1460

Lese Majeste - Tableau I (colour litho)
964636 Lese Majeste - Tableau I (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lese Majeste - Tableau I. From Truth, 25 December 1897.); © Look and Learn

NYPDs 41st Precinct Station House at 1086 Simpson Street in the Bronx, New York. 13th February 1981

The cast of CATS Eyes. TV Detective series. C. A. T. S
The cast of CATS Eyes. TV Detective series. C.A.T.S. Eyes was a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987

1977 Jaguar XJS with Ian Ogilvy as The Saint tv character. Creator: Unknown
1977 Jaguar XJS with Ian Ogilvy as The Saint tv character

Clerkenwell Close, London, 1883. Artist: John Crowther
View of Clerkenwell Close, London, 1883; with the House of Detention in the distance

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"Exploring the Dark Underbelly: Crime Through Time" Ned Kelly's Last Stand: Unraveling the Legend of Australia's Notorious Outlaw The Thief - A Captivating Glimpse into the Shadows of Deception and Intrigue Carbolic Smoke Ball (1893): When a Promising Cure Became an Infamous Fraud Christie Poirot Cover: Unlocking the Mind of Agatha Christie, Queen Fiction Brighton Rock (1947) UK One Sheet: Delving into the Sinister World of Graham Greene's Classic Noir Thriller Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London: Stepping into Holmes' Domain to Solve Mysteries and Crimes Charles Lucky Luciano (1897-1962): Portrait of an American Gangster Captured by New York City Police Department in 1936 H. M Prison, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire: Exploring Scotland's Infamous Penitentiary with a Haunting Past The Wild Bunch: Riding alongside Outlaws in Sam Peckinpah's Iconic Western Crime Drama Wandsworth Prison, South West London: Behind Bars at One of Britain's Most Notorious Correctional Facilities Ned Kelly/Bushranger/C19: Immersing Ourselves in the Untamed Life and Crimes of Australia’s Legendary Bushranger Victorian London.