*'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."
"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."
"The Kalee-poojah [feast] of the
Thugs," from Harper's Weekly, 1858
Source: ebay, Nov. 2010
"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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