Plundering Collection

United Irishmen Upon Duty, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1798 (coloured engraving)
TPG171799 United Irishmen Upon Duty, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1798 (coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

The French revolution, 1793
1575276 The French revolution, 1793; (add.info.: The French revolution 'The plundering of the King's cellar' Paris, 10th August, 1793.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Eugene Grailly in the role of Kernoc in Les Naufrageurs de Kerougal, by Boule, Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Yves
FLO4631448 Eugene Grailly in the role of Kernoc in Les Naufrageurs de Kerougal, by Boule, Chabot de Bouin and Saint-Yves, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1844

A bear plundering a beehive
5310051 A bear plundering a beehive; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a bear plundering a beehive. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Creator: W Thomas. "After the Battle", by P
"After the Battle", by P. H. Calderon, A.R.A., 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'A battle has raged in and around a Flemish village; the English have been victorious

The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. Creator: Francois de Nome
The Burning of Troy with the Flight of Aeneas and Anchises, early-mid 17th century. The Trojan Horse (centre) was said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy

The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Firing and Sacking of the Synagogue, 1857. Scene from "Master Walter, the Physician. A Tale of Old London": "They have fired the Synagogue"...[Muriel] said quietly

A travers le champ de bataille; apres notre reoccupation de Breny (Aisne), un pretre... 1918. Creator: Unknown
A travers le champ de bataille; apres notre reoccupation de Breny (Aisne), un pretre, caporal brancardier, deballe d'une caise de grenades, prete a etre expediee en Allemagne, un ostensoir

A travers le champ de bataille; une ferme de Breny, pres d'Oulchy-le-Chateau, ou les... 1918. Creator: Unknown
A travers le champ de bataille; une ferme de Breny, pres d'Oulchy-le-Chateau, ou les Allemands rassemblaient cuivre, bronze et broderie d'or sous forme de chandeliers d'autels

Chateau-Thierry delivre; une partie du butin entasse par l'ennemi dans l'eglise Saint... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Chateau-Thierry delivre; une partie du butin entasse par l'ennemi dans l'eglise Saint-Crepin et qu'il n'eut pas le temps d'emporter, 1918

Nos villes a sac; Salle a manger et façade d'une maison de la rue d'Essommes. L'etat dans... 1918
Nos villes a sac; Salle a manger et facade d'une maison de la rue d'Essommes. L'etat dans lequel l'ennemi laissa un certain nombre d'habitations a Chateau Thierry

Nos villes a sac; Chambre a coucher et facade d, une maison modeste de la rue Saint-Martin, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; Chambre a coucher et facade d, une maison modeste de la rue Saint-Martin, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Nos villes a sac; Une ville de la rue Saint-Martin et l'angle de son salon, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; Une ville de la rue Saint-Martin et l'angle de son salon, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Nos villes a sac; Un pavillon de la rue d'Essommes et sa cuisine ou avaient ete empiles... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; Un pavillon de la rue d'Essommes et sa cuisine ou avaient ete empiles de la lingerie et des vetements, 1918

Nos villes a sac; Une salle de la bibliotheque des avocats: comment les Allemands se... 1918. Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; Une salle de la bibliotheque des avocats: comment les Allemands se comporterent a Douai avant d'evacuer precipitamment la ville, le 16 october 1918, 1918

Nos villes a sac; L'interieur d'une librairie: comment les Allemands se comporterent a... 1918
Nos villes a sac; L'interieur d'une librairie: comment les Allemands se comporterent a Douai avant d'evacuer precipitamment la ville, le 16 octobre 1918, 1918

Nos villes a sac; La chapelle d'un etablissement religieux de la rue Victor-Hugo, profanee, 1918. Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; La chapelle d'un etablissement religieux de la rue Victor-Hugo, profanee, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Nos villes a sac; Statues, vases et tableaux que les Allemands avaient rassembles dans une... 1918 Creator: Unknown
Nos villes a sac; Statues, vases et tableaux que les Allemands avaient rassembles dans une salle du Musee de Douai pour les enlever et qu'ils durent abandonner, 1918

Sint-Bavo church stormed by Protestants in Haarlem, 1752. Creator: Anon
Sint-Bavo church stormed by Protestants in Haarlem, 1752. De Groote Kerk, in Haarlem, overwhelmed by soldiers, in the year 1578. Church interior of the Great Church in Haarlem, now the St

View of the intake and looting of Bergen op Zoom by the French in 1747, 1747-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the intake and looting of Bergen op Zoom by the French in 1747, 1747-1799

View of the intake and looting of Bergen op Zoom by the French in 1747, 1747-1799. Creator: Anon
View of the intake and looting of Bergen op Zoom by the French in 1747, 1747-1799

King Cyrus Handing over the Treasure Looted from the Temple of Jerusalem, 1655-1669. Creator: Ferdinand Bol
King Cyrus Handing over the Treasure Looted from the Temple of Jerusalem, 1655-1669. Other Title(s): King Cyrus Handing over the Treasure Looted from the Temple of Jerusalem. Solomon Receives Gifts

Les allies a Monastir; Les coffres-forts pilles par les Allemands dans la prefecture... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les allies a Monastir; Les coffres-forts pilles par les Allemands dans la prefecture incendiee, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Plundering of a Manor House, 1633-1647. Creator: Maerten Stoop
Plundering of a Manor House, 1633-1647

Plundering, 1650-1697. Creator: Abraham Jansz Begeyn
Plundering, 1650-1697

Crimean Heroes and Trophies, at Woolwich - from a photograph by J. Cundall and R. Howlett, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Crimean Heroes and Trophies, at Woolwich - from a photograph by J. Cundall and R. Howlett, 1856....Company Sergeant Christy (sitting), and Sergeant Samuel McGifford, both of the 4th Battalion

Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, apres un court sejour des allemands, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

A Vise, des officiers allemands degustent en plein air les vins requisitionnes, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Vicissitudes de Guerre; A Vise, des officiers allemands degustent en plein air les vins fins requisitionnes, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919

Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, apres un court sejour des allemands, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Nos Chateaux au Pillage; Quelques aspects du Chateau du Gue a Tresmes, pres de Congis, apres un court sejour des allemands, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I"

Les Italiens a Gorizia; Le lion de Saint-Marc. Que les Autrichiens avaient enleve, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Les Italiens a Gorizia; Le lion de Saint-Marc. Que les Autrichiens avaient enleve de la porte du Chateau ou il va etre replace, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hôtel de Ville, le 14 juillet 1789, between 1830 and 1838
Les vainqueurs de la Bastille devant l'Hotel de Ville, le 14 juillet 1789, (between 1830 and 1838). The conquerors of the Bastille at the Hotel de Ville in Paris, 14 July 1789

With Lord Dufferin in Burma - A Loot Auction in the Palace, Mandalay, 1886. Creator: Unknown
With Lord Dufferin in Burma - A Loot Auction in the Palace, Mandalay, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. Looting shops in Piccadilly, 1886. Creator: Unknown
'The Rioting in the West End of London, February 8th. Looting shops in Piccadilly, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Skull and Horns of a Wild Buffalo, shot in Central Assam, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Skull and Horns of a Wild Buffalo, shot in Central Assam, 1854. Distance between horns: 6 feet 8½ inches. The Buffalo is found of majestic growth in a wild state in the numerous tree-jungles of Assam

Pillage d'une église pendant la Révolution, c1793. Creator: Jacques François Joseph Swebach-Desfontaines
Pillage d'une eglise pendant la Revolution, c1793

La Violation des caveaux des rois dans la basilique de Saint-Denis, en octobre 1793, c1793. Creator: Hubert Robert
La Violation des caveaux des rois dans la basilique de Saint-Denis, en octobre 1793, c1793

Les polytechniciens portant le crucifix sauvé de la chapelle des Tuileries, lors des... 1848
Les polytechniciens portant le crucifix sauve de la chapelle des Tuileries, lors des emeutes du 24 fevrier 1848, 1848

The Archbishop Was Always a Rogue, 1831. Creator: Auguste Raffet
The Archbishop Was Always a Rogue, 1831

Comic Stories: The Plunderer Falls on the Goat, 1726. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Comic Stories: The Plunderer Falls on the Goat, 1726

Attack on a Coach, plate eight from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
Attack on a Coach, plate eight from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Plundering and Burning a Village, plate seven from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
Plundering and Burning a Village, plate seven from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Destruction of a Convent, plate six from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
Destruction of a Convent, plate six from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Plundering a Large Farmhouse, plate five from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
Plundering a Large Farmhouse, plate five from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Scene of Pillage, plate four from The Large Miseries of War, n.d. Creator: Gerard van Schagen
Scene of Pillage, plate four from The Large Miseries of War, n.d

Everyman, ca. 1558. Creators: Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Pieter van der Heyden
Everyman, ca.1558

The Ashanti Expedition, 1873-74: Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi, February 4, 1874, (1901). General Sir Garnet Wolseley (1833-1914) led the British campaign against the forces of Kofi Karikari

Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders, (1204), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Storming of Constantinople by Baldwin, Count of Flanders, (1204), 1890. Following the Sack of Constantinople in April 1204, during the Fourth Crusade, Crusader armies captured, looted

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"Unveiling the Dark Side: A Journey through Centuries of Plundering" Step into a world where chaos reigns and morality fades, as we explore the haunting depictions throughout history. From the United Irishmen Upon Duty to the Spanish Civil War, these captivating images offer a glimpse into mankind's darkest tendencies. In Hannah Humphrey's 1798 coloured engraving, "United Irishmen Upon Duty, " we witness the ruthless act during times of political unrest. The scene is set ablaze with tension and desperation as individuals succumb to their primal instincts in search of personal gain. Fast forward to the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), where a sacking scene unfolds before our eyes. This vivid portrayal captures both the physical destruction and emotional toll that plundering inflicts upon its victims. The once peaceful farmhouse now stands as a symbol of human greed and devastation. Travel back even further in time to Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece from ca. 1558 titled "Everyman. " Here, amidst an intricate landscape, we find hidden representations of caricatured figures engaging in acts of plundering. These cunningly concealed elements remind us that this dark practice has plagued societies for centuries. The Ashanti Expedition (1873-74) takes us on an expedition led by Sir Garnet Wolseley entering Kumasi on February 4th, 1874. This historical event serves as a stark reminder that even those entrusted with upholding justice can succumb to temptation when faced with power and opportunity. Moving onto more explicit portrayals, "Plundering Soldiers" depicted in oil on canvas offers an unfiltered look at soldiers taking advantage of their position during times of war. This raw depiction forces us to confront our own capacity for cruelty when placed within certain circumstances.