"Death of Dhoondiah" (an engraving, 1839), hunted down by
Wellesley in 1799; the story was recounted in 'Romantic
History of Dhoondiah: An Oriental Bandit, the Greatest Robber the
World Ever Knew. Who Styled Himself King of the Two Worlds! And Who
Brought to the Fields His Twenty Thousand Men, Ravaged Cities and
Towns, Laid Provinces Under Contribution, and Was Finally Pursued
With a Large Army, and Killed By the Duke of Wellington
[=Wellesley]....' by C. Frank Powell (1840's)
Source: ebay, Mar. 2013
*'Thugs'
(literally
"thags," or practitioners of "thaggi") deceived and strangled
travelers: drawings by an Indian artist, for Capt. James
Paton, Assistant to the Resident at Lucknow, 1829-1840*
(BL)
"1) Thugs distract their victim. Description: (Whole folio)
Coloured drawing of two Thugs pointing upwards to the sky to
distract their victim, whilst another creeps up behind ready to
strangle him.
2) Thugs strangling a traveller. Description: (Whole folio)
Coloured drawing of thugs strangling a traveller on the floor."
"Capture of the robber chief, Rundheer Singh, of Syfabad, in
Oude," from the Illustrated London News, 1852
Source: ebay, Mar. 2014
"Hindoo thugs and poisoners.-- from
a drawing by Mr. W. Carpenter, Jr.," from the Illustrated London
News, 1857; click on the image for a very large scan
Source: ebay, May 2009
From the original caption by the artist:
"In the Illustration there are two Thugs--one with the roumal or
handkerchief in his hands, exactly as they hold it behind their
victims when on the point of throwing it over their heads; the other
squats fronting the spectator. The man with a bundle over his
shoulder is a nujeeb--i.e., policeman in disguise, [in order to act]
as a detective; the other to the right is in his ordinary dress. The
rest are poisoners."
"A party of thugs, in India," from 'Harper's Weekly', 1857
Source: ebay, Dec. 2012
"The Kalee-poojah [feast] of the
Thugs," from Harper's Weekly, 1858
Source: ebay, Nov. 2010
*"Les thugs
(etrangleurs de l'Inde.--D'apres un tableau de M. Schaeft,
expose au salon de 1857," from 'L'Illustration', 1867*
Source: ebay, Feb. 2012
"Thugs in prison at Aurangabad," a print from 'Le Tour du
Monde', Paris, 1869; click on the image for a very large scan
Source: ebay, Aug. 2008
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