George Barrington robbing a Nobleman at Court. Barrington taken prisoner on the Race Course, John Fairburn and Rodney Disney Davidson (1829)

CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE. “Barrington robbing a Nobleman at Court; Barrington taken prisoner on the Race Course,” in John Fairburn and Rodney Disney Davidson, Fairburn’s Edition of the Life, Amours, and Wonderful Adventures of that Notorious Pickpocket, George Barrington, giving a full account of his trial, and conviction, with many curious anecdotes of this notorious character, (London: J. Fairburn, 1829), SR 364.162092 B276F / nla.obj-490740899, National Library of Australia via Trove.

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Michaela Ann Cameron, “George Barrington: The Prince of Pickpockets,” St. John’s Online(2021).