One of the seven Acts of Mercy: Free the captives. Line engraving by S. Bourdon after himself. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015023/image-horse-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a seated patient while a woman steals from his bag. Etching by J.J. van Vliet. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13977765/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA chicken-thief in Yunnan Province, China, punished by being attached to a tree by his arms, watched by a crowd of people.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13981811/image-cartoon-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseAmoy (Xiamen), Fukien province, China: a thief with his thumbs chopped off. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13988588/photo-image-face-people-artFree Image from public domain licenseA convicted thief stands on trial in a packed law court while his sister weeps. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021654/image-people-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA convicted thief sits in prison with his distraught sister who has been acquitted. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848, after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021103/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licensePolicemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993600/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAbyssinia. Thieves in Stocks at Senafe. by Ronald Ruthven Leslie Melville https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14322010/abyssinia-thieves-stocks-senafe-ronald-ruthven-leslie-melvilleFree Image from public domain licenseOverval door struikrovers (1657 - 1733) by Jan van Huchtenburg https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13761227/overval-door-struikrovers-1657-1733-jan-van-huchtenburgFree Image from public domain license