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Covert Collection

Background imageCovert Collection: Pheasant shoot 1912

Pheasant shoot 1912
PHEASANT - covert shooting. A good bag of pheasant and a few brace of hare into the bargain

Background imageCovert Collection: Silhouettes of hunting field scenes

Silhouettes of hunting field scenes

Background imageCovert Collection: Comic Postcard - Oxford - A Run with the Man-pursuing Hounds

Comic Postcard - Oxford - A Run with the Man-pursuing Hounds
A Run with the ανθρϖπο θηρϖμενοι Hounds has sketches of the proctors and bulldogs (Oxford University constables)

Background imageCovert Collection: Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531

Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531
CIA / Air America - Boeing RB-17G Flying Fortress 531 (msn 8440, ex 44-85531). at Clark Field in the Philippines, either before, or after, covert missions over Tibet

Background imageCovert Collection: Turkey. Constantinople. The Bazaar

Turkey. Constantinople. The Bazaar
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). The Bazaar. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Background imageCovert Collection: Ottoman domination. Acre. Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre

Ottoman domination. Acre. Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre
Ottoman domination. Acre (today Akko in northern territory of Israel). Bazaar at Saint Jean d'Acre. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vormser and Lepetit

Background imageCovert Collection: Schweizer RG-8B Twin Condor 8103

Schweizer RG-8B Twin Condor 8103
United States Coast Guard - Schweizer RG-8B Twin Condor 8103, used for covert surveillance of drug smuggling operations. Date: circa 1999

Background imageCovert Collection: Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair

Telegram excuse sent by husband to disguise affair
Telegram excuse sent by an older man to his wife to disguise the affair he is having with his young Secretary. Date: 1909

Background imageCovert Collection: Weedon Bushes, Grafton Hunt area, Northants

Weedon Bushes, Grafton Hunt area, Northants
View of the landscape around Weedon Bushes, a covert in the Grafton Hunt area of Northamptonshire. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Manton Gorse, Cottesmore Hunt area, near Oakham

Manton Gorse, Cottesmore Hunt area, near Oakham
View of Manton Gorse, a covert in the Cottesmore Hunt area, near Oakham, Leicestershire. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Clawson Thorns and Belvoir Hunt, Leicestershire

Clawson Thorns and Belvoir Hunt, Leicestershire
Clawson Thorns, a covert popular with the Belvoir Hunt, Leicestershire Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Ashe Gorse, Meynell Hunt area, Staffordshire

Ashe Gorse, Meynell Hunt area, Staffordshire
View of Ashe Gorse, a popular covert in the Meynell Hunt area, Staffordshire. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Copson Gorse, Atherstone Hunt area

Copson Gorse, Atherstone Hunt area
View near the Copson Gorse covert, looking towards Three Pots, in the Atherstone Hunt area (Warwickshire and Leicestershire). Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Shuckburgh, in the Warwickshire Hunt area

Shuckburgh, in the Warwickshire Hunt area
View from Shuckburgh, showing a popular covert in the Warwickshire Hunt area. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Watergall, in the Warwickshire Hunt area

Watergall, in the Warwickshire Hunt area
View from Watergall, showing a popular covert in the Warwickshire Hunt area, with a hunt in progress. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Foxhounds with their hackles up

Foxhounds with their hackles up as they dash through the covert. Date: 1926

Background imageCovert Collection: Berrydale, covert of the Pytchley Hunt, Northamptonshire

Berrydale, covert of the Pytchley Hunt, Northamptonshire
Berrydale, a good covert used by the Pytchley Hunt, Northamptonshire. Date: 1936

Background imageCovert Collection: Monument to French spy Louise Marie Henriette de Bettignies

Monument to French spy Louise Marie Henriette de Bettignies
Monument to Louise Marie Henriette de Bettignies (1880-1918) in Lille - French spy (WWI) who worked for the British under the pseudonym of Alice Dubois

Background imageCovert Collection: Algerian woman behind the veil

Algerian woman behind the veil
An absolutely stunning photograph of an Algerian Veiled Woman. Her piercing gaze is the only clue to her hidden visage. A study in reserved modesty Date: 1906

Background imageCovert Collection: Country Clothes C. 1890

Country Clothes C. 1890
Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, covert coats. Girls: cloth Tam-O Shanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, reefer jackets, fur coat & high crowned white bonnet

Background imageCovert Collection: Man Studying Map

Man Studying Map
A man in a raincoat studies the Westminster City Guide map at night in Piccadilly Circus


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