EditorialThe ride to York, - Dick Truprin leaps Black Bess over the horses of the York mail coach'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He...
EditorialLife of John Stevens, the highwayman. Life of Joseph Lorrison. Lives of the most notorious highwaymen footpads and murderers. London : Published by E. Lloyd, 44, Wych Street, Strand ; [Manchester] : Heywood, Manchester ; [Liverpool] : Smith, Liverpool ...
EditorialGentleman (Paul) Clifford'. 'The three highwaymen saluting Dick Turpin as Captain'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a...
Editorial'Dick Turpin pursued by the huntsman'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He ...
EditorialDick Turpin starts for York'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also k...
EditorialDick Turpin and Tom King stopping the Royal Mail on Hounslow Heath'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burgl...
EditorialTurpin's ride to York'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known f...
EditorialDick Turpin gains possession of Black Bess'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and kille...
EditorialRichard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional 200-mile ...
EditorialDick Turpin gives the ostler's potion to his exhausted mare'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, hors...
Editoriallife of old Mob, the highwayman. Life of William Duncan. Lives of the most notorious highwaymen footpads and murderers. London : Published by E. Lloyd, 44, Wych Street, Strand ; [Manchester] : Heywood, Manchester ; [Liverpool] : Smith, Liverpool ; [Por...
EditorialDoubulres of Characters; ? or ? striking Resemblances in Phisiognomy.? If you would know Men's Hearts, look in their Faces?. Relationship of facial features to moral nature; upper row: Charles James Fox (1749-1806); Duke of Norfolk (1746-1815) as Sil...
EditorialClaude Duval, the French highwayman, robbing a Mr Roper. A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, pirates, street-robbers, and thief-takers, etc. London, 1758. Source: 10804.l.22, opposite 98.
EditorialThe highwaymen's attack on the prisoners' van'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and ki...
EditorialDick Turpin and Tom King stopping the Royal Mail on Hounslow heath'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burg...
EditorialDick Turpin stops the Lord Mayor's coach'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer....
EditorialWilliam Wells, the highwayman. Lives of the most notorious highwaymen footpads and murderers. London : Published by E. Lloyd, 44, Wych Street, Strand ; [Manchester] : Heywood, Manchester ; [Liverpool] : Smith, Liverpool ; [Portsea] : Bonney, Portsea .....
EditorialColonel Jack (fictional highwayman) robbing Mrs Smith. A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, pirates, street-robbers, and thief-takers, etc. London, 1758. Source: 10804.l.22, opposite 50.
EditorialDick Turpin stops the Lord Mayor's carriage'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and kill...
EditorialRichard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also known for a fictional 200-mile ...
EditorialDu Vall robbing Squire Roper, master of the Royal buckhounds to Charles II, in Windsor forest. Claude Du Vall (1643 – 21 January 1670) was a French-born gentleman highwayman in post-Restoration Britain. A General History of the Lives and Adventures o...
EditorialThe escape from the burning house'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is ...
EditorialDick Turpin on his horse, Black Bess'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He ...
Editorial"Turpin shoots Mr Thompson's man". Illustration depicting Richard (Dick) Turpin, the English highwayman. . A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the most famous highwaymen, murderers, pirates, street-robbers, and thief-takers, etc. London, 1...
EditorialThe adventures of Jack Ovet, a highwayman. Life of William Spiggott. . Lives of the most notorious highwaymen footpads and murderers. London : Published by E. Lloyd, 44, Wych Street, Strand ; [Manchester] : Heywood, Manchester ; [Liverpool] : Smith, Li...
EditorialSixteen-string Jack's return from Tyburn.' John "Sixteen String Jack" Rann (1750 – 30 November 1774) was an English criminal and highwayman. He was a prominent and colourful local figure renowned for his wit and charm, he would later come to be know...
EditorialDick Turpin shooting Tom King'. Richard "Dick" Turpin (bap. 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. He was a poacher, burglar, horse thief and killer. He is also...
EditorialWilliam Parsons, thief, fraud, cheat and highwayman, executed 1750. Copperplate engraving after George Cruikshank from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialRichard Turpin or Dick Turpin, celebrated thief and highwayman, executed at York, 1739. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialHenry Cook, notorious highwayman hanged at Tyburn, 1741. Copperplate engraving by R. Grave from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialJames Macleane, Scottish highwayman known as the ladies' hero, hanged at Tyburn in 1750. Copperplate engraving after George Cruikshank from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.
EditorialWilliam Page, Gage or Williams, notorious robber and highwayman hanged on Pennenden Heath, Kent, in 1758. Copperplate engraving from John Caulfield's Portraits, Memoirs and Characters of Remarkable Persons, Young, London, 1819.