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Brigands and robbers

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  • The sergeant Louis Gillet discovers a woman who had been tied to a tree by brigands and fights with the brigands to free her. Line engraving by J.G. Wille after P.A. Wille.
  • The highwayman Dick Turpin, on horseback, sees a phantom riding next to him. Lithograph by W. Clerk, ca. 1839.
  • A brigand chief holding a firearm. Mezzotint by D. Lucas, 1828, after W. Bagg.
  • An episode in the novel Old London Bridge by G.H. Rodwell: an attack by robbers on a cottage on Putney Heath, London, is resisted with gunfire by two of the occupants, Edward Osborne and The Cripple of the Bridge. Etching by A. Ashley, 1848.
  • Bandits armed with guns drink with women outside an Italian country inn; in the foreground are a couple on horseback. Coloured etching by B. Pinelli, 1820.
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    People in a forest being attacked by robbers with guns and swords. Etching by J.B.C. Chatelain after Marco Ricci.

    Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729. | Date: 1700-1799 | Reference: 29611i
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    A warrior, a Turk and a bravo present a tablet inscribed with a dedication of etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer. Etching by John Hamilton Mortimer, 1778.

    Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779. | Date: Dec.r 8th 1778 | Reference: 2497722i
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    Two Italian bandits about to ambush a stagecoach on a mountain pass. Etching by H. Melling, 1854.

    Melling, Henry, active 1824-1854. | Date: April 10th. 1854 | Reference: 3162366i
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    Banditti in Italy: a brigand sleeps, a woman watches him, and another man stands guard. Mezzotint after C.L. Eastake.

    Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865. | Date: [between 1820 and 1829?] | Reference: 3162305i
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    A band of brigands robbing and killing men in a wild terrain. Etching by D.A. Fossati, 1743, after M. Ricci.

    Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729. | Date: [1743] | Reference: 42812i
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