Rob thief, or, The pilferers in masquerade [graphic].[1768]engTitle from item.Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.Publication date in Stephens: October 10, 1768, i.e., the date of the masquerade ball given by the King of Denmark.Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 1 (1768), p. 169.Temporary local subject terms: Britannia (Symbolic character) -- Stealing -- Money: bags of money -- Medical: crutch -- Nooses -- Executioners: Jack Ketch -- Executions: reference to Tyburn -- Devil -- Masquerade: masks -- Frenchmen -- Pickpockets -- Reference to the theft of the Duke of Bedford's snuff-box at the King of Denmark masquerade.