In 1966, a group of robbers broke into Dulwich Picture Gallery and stole nine paintings, among them three Rembrandts and a drawing by Rubens. The theft made headlines and got a lot of publicity. It probably spooked the the thieves, as not long after some of the paintings were deserted in a bush and were found by me a men who walked his dog. The rest of the paintings were found later in a cemetery near by.

The archive revels original photograph from this famous robbery. This is part of our services – revealing original material to the public. In our possession photographs and a lot of original material on thefts from the beginning of the century. We will publish material on forged, recovered and missing paintings.

The current photograph was taken a year after the theft, in a special exhibition with the recovered paintings. In the photo: sir Gerald Kelly (on the right) talking to Dr. Johan Hell (who had restored the paintings).