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Pickpockets
Thief who engages in pickpocketing
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A bogus wizard appears to raise a devil out of the ground for a customer whose pocket is picked by the wizard's accomplice. Coloured print after Thomas Rowlandson, 1800.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
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Date: 1800
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Reference: 46992i
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Two huntsmen in a clearing are surrounded by gypsies who read their palms as a decoy for stealing their belongings. Etching by J. Gillray, 1804, after B. North.
North, Brownlow, 1778-1829.
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Date: 20 November 1804
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Reference: 577916i
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A prostitute going out in a taxi to a client to steal his wallet; advertising the reality of prostitution in the Soviet Union. Colour lithograph after E. Osipov, ca. 1987.
Osipov, E.
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Date: [1987?]
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Reference: 660340i
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Crowds at Greenwich Park, dancing, watching side shows, etc. Engraving by A. H. Payne after A. Wray.
Wray, A. W., active 1840.
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Reference: 33082i
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A crowd has gathered outside Carlton House in London, as the carriage of Frederick Duke of York passes on its way to the palace; a pickpocket works the crowd. Coloured aquatint.
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Date: June 16 1821
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Reference: 32000i
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