Joseph Blake (criminal)
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Joseph "Blueskin" Blake was an 18th-century English highwayman and prison escapee.
There are no contemporary pictures of Blake but he is featured in the second image of "The Last Scene" engraved by George Cruikshank in 1839 to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's serialised novel, Jack Sheppard. The caption reads: "Blueskin cutting down Jack Sheppard". In reality Blueskin had himself already been executed by the time of Sheppard's execution.
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A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually travelled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot; mounted highwaymen were widely
Joseph Blake (criminal)
…Joseph "Blueskin" Blake (baptised 31 October 1700 – 11 November 1724) was an 18th-century English highwayman and prison escapee. Blake was the son of Nathaniel and Jane Blake. He was baptised at All-Hallows-the-Great in London. His parents had the means to…
Asalto al coche (Attack on a Coach), by Francisco de Goya
English highwayman James Hind depicted in an engraving now in the National Portrait Gallery
The execution of the French highwayman Cartouche, 1721
Dick Turpin riding Black Bess, from a Victorian toy theatre.