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Fortuna by Ernest BoardPainting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911
Initiation of a freemasonThe initiation ceremony of a freemason (central detail); watercolour in the Musee du Grand Orient de France de la Franc-Maconnerie Europeene. Date: 19th Century
Helen Duncan - Ectoplasm & Teleplasmic handPiece of card showing two undated photographs of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand"
Paris Masons, 1740Freemasons in a Masonic Lodge in Paris perform a ritual. A symbol covered banner is laid on the floor while a blindfolded man, an arm & shoulder bared, is led forth
Sculpture on Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FranceSculpture on the Synagogue, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France, a Romanesque revival building which was destroyed during the Second World War. Date: circa 1920s
The House that Jack BuiltPromotional postcard for The House that Jack Built, Howard and Wyndhams Royal Pantomime, at the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, 14th December 1911
Justice PersonifiedJustice holding scales to symbolise even-handedness, stability and equality
The blindfolded Austrian officer at the Battle of Ulm, 1805The blindfolded Austrian officer (Prince Maurice Liechtenstein) forced to capitulate to Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Ulm, 1805
Chinese rice mill with blindfolded mules turning a millstone, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Hope by George Frederick Watts. late 19th century
Tableau of HopeMrs Ernest Platt performing a tableau of Hope at the Ritz Hotel in London. She is representing a painting of the same name by the artist George Frederic Watts, painted in 1886. Date: 1910
Allegory of the French Revolution. French citizen blindfolded trying to take the liberty, equality and fraternity, which mocked by exposing him to trip over rocks, fall, or meet with death
Music cover, The Gondoliers Waltz, P BucalossiMusic cover, The Gondoliers Waltz, by P Bucalossi, based on music from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Gondoliers. 1889
Unknown medieval gameA man calls to a blindfolded man with a club to strike a cauldron, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus
Medieval games: boy diving for apples on a bench while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk the boy in the tub (top)
Merveilleuses playing the game of blind mans buff. A blindfolded woman runs in a garden as one woman strokes her hand and another grabs her muslin dress
Fashionable people playing the game of Guess the KisserFashionable people at a party play the game of Guess the kisser, a parlour game where a blindfolded girl has to guess who is kissing her on the cheek
Tatler cover Clothes Worth Stealing 1961Front cover of The Tatler featuring an art thief contemplating a portrait of the latest fashions for 1961 in an art gallery. Date: 1961
Blind Mans Buff at a childrens party Date: early 19th century
Game of Blind Mans Buff at a childrens partyA game of Blind Mans Buff (or Bluff) at a childrens party in the early 19th century. Date: circa 1830
German poster, What England Wants, WW1German propaganda poster, What England Wants, depicting a blindfolded man approaching the edge of a cliff with a heavy sack on his back at the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914
Sensible Roosevelt - A whipping-post for wife-beaters. Cover illustration showing man wearing mask whipping another man manacled to whipping post, as a woman with arm in sling looks
Initiation of the Knight KadoshTaking the left hand of the blindfolded candidate and placing it on the beating body of a sheep, the deceived candidate is then expected to plunge a knife into what he believes is the body of a
Kuda Bux and one of his experimentsUndated photograph of Kuda Bux and one of his experiments with " eyeless sight" : with head bandaged, he is duplicating shorthand characters drawn on a blackboard by Lucie Kay
Cupids with red heart and ladder on a Valentine postcard -- To my Valentine. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and a fortune teller, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm goes to consult a fortune teller to find out when the war will end. Date: 1916
People at a comic sports event in a fieldPeople taking part in a comic sports event in a field, which involves each man being blindfolded and apparently guided by a woman with a piece of string. Date: circa 1910s
Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Blind Mans BuffGarden Scene - Geisha - Japan - Four Geisha Girls playing a game (similar to Blind Mans Buff?) Date: circa 1905
Female Initiation - 3A candidate is initiated as a Mistress : blindfolded, she is placed on the Tower of Babel, much to her confusion when the blindfold is removed. Date: 1891
Roman Rotary QuernA Rotary Quern used by the Romans for grinding corn. A number were found intact at the bakery in Pompeii
William Tell shooting the apple off his sons headWilliam Tell, mythical Swiss folk hero, shooting the apple off his sons head
Blindman s-Buff by Charles RobinsonBlindman s-Buff. Illustration of the childrens party game in full swing. 1906
Alls Well That Ends Well - title page - the blindfolded Parolles gives away military and other secrets. 1862
Blindfold boxing match on board the BerengariaA blindfold boxing match for the amusement of passengers on board the ocean liner, Berengaria in 1931. Life jackets are worn in case of fouls! Date: 1931
Studio photo, boy putting blindfold on dogStudio photo, boy putting a blindfold on a dog, perhaps to avoid a flash from the camera. Date: circa 1920s
France. Par?=?s. Notre Dame cathedral. Portal of St. Anne. Synagogue. AllegorycaI statue depicted with his eyes covered, her crown falling on the floor, the tables of the law reversed
Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915
Family playing blind mans buff on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Sphere cover - First Armistice between Russians & GermansThe First Armistice by Fortunino Matania, showing Russian emissaries presenting their credentials to German officers. The first step towards peace negotiations was taken by the Russian
Dutch boy scouts training their sense of smellDutch boy scouts wearing blindfolds, training their sense of smell
Scouts blindfold boxing in Ghana, West AfricaScouts entertaining visitors with blindfold boxing, one of many activities at a Founders Day celebration in Ghana, West Africa
Armed against fate and flags by F C BoyleA man out walking his dog realises the only way he can avoid flag sellers in wartime is to go out blindfolded and with headphones on his ears
President Woodrow Wilson draft selection, USAPresident Woodrow Wilson being blindfolded before he makes the first serial number selection for American men to be drafted into service in World War One. Date: September 1917
Mowing the Cocks Head73 Year-old Sam Bennett demonstrates the old Warwickshire custom of Mowing the Cocks Head. Blindfolded, he tries to cut off the top of a clump of grass. Date: 1930s
Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfoldedUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan blindfolded during a sance, producing " ectoplasm" and a " hand". The photograph is annotated to show fraudulence
First US army recruitsA blindfolded official picks out first recruits for the US army in WW1
OBSTACLES PARTY GAMEA blindfolded man has to negotiate obstacles with the promise of a kiss from the prettiest girl if he succeeds. But the obstacles are removed and tricked, he kisses a man!
Blindfold Reading - 2Two teenagers from Nancy, France, seem to demonstrate BLINDFOLD READING, while controlled by Labadie picture 2 of 2
Blindfold ReadingTwo teenagers from Nancy, France, seem to demonstrate BLINDFOLD READING, while controlled by Labadie picture 1 of 2
Driving BlindfoldFrench motorist drives an accident-free 3 kilometres, blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back
Game of Blind Mans Buff at a childrens partyA game of Blind Mans Buff (or Bluff) at a childrens party in the early 19th century
