Dazzle Collection

Chelsea Arts Club Ball
An impression of the Dazzle Ball of the Chelsea Arts Club held to celebrate the Allied victory at the end of World War One. Costumes were inspired by the dazzle

The Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball
A flamboyant fancy-dress ball given by the Chelsea Arts Club at the Albert Hall. It was based on the principles of Dazzle

Olympic arrives at Halifax, WW1, dazzle painting
The troopship Olympic arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia with a cargo of 6000 Canadian soldiers. It was the premier troopship in the world and throughout the First World War transported 70

WW1 - Aircraft Carrier - HMS Argus - Camouflaged - served in Royal Navy 1918-1944. Converted from an Ocean Liner under cnstruction at the start of WW1. Date: circa 1918

The Queen of Diamonds - Shirley Kellogg in Elspeth Phelps
Actress Shirley Kellogg pictured wearing an exquisite fringed dress of peau de soie embellished with silver and diamonds, the starring costume in the theatrical show

Revellers in pierrot costumes at the Chelsea Arts Club Dazzle Ball held at the Albert Hall in March 1919. The theme was inspired by the technique of dazzle painting

Camouflage
This painting shows a large war ship in dazzle camouflage, used as a form of deception for enemy aircraft, mainly during WW1, not necessarily to conceal

Camouflaged Ship
This painting shows a large war ship in dazzle camouflage, used as a form of deception for enemy aircraft, mainly during WW1, not necessarily to conceal

White Star Line, RMS Olympic, carrying troops, WW1
White Star Line, RMS Olympic - poster in sepia of the White Star Line Triple Screw Steamer Olympic Carrying Troops to the Great War

RMS Olympic - three postcards, one depicting the ship in dazzle paint during WW1

Shirley Kellogg in Razzle Dazzle! - a revue by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and Basil Macdonald Hastings, with music by Herman Darewski and Manuel Klein

Minesweepers in the North Sea, WW1
Minesweepers in the North Sea, First World War. 1914-1918

American poster, Shoot Ships to Germany, WW1
American poster, design by Adolph Treidler, Shoot Ships to Germany and help America Win, First World War. 1917

Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, WW1
Convoys in Peril, by Claude Muncaster, First World War. Showing a British freighter dead in the water after a torpedo attack, with the crew escaping by lifeboats. 1914-1918

Leicester Square, London, by night 1926. Date: 1926

Razzle Dazzle revue by Albert de Courville, Wal Pink and Basil Macdonald Hastings; music Herman Darewski and Manuel Klein. First produced at Drury Lane, 19th June 1916

Costumes from The Dazzle Ball
Attendees of The Dazzle Ball in costumes inspired by dazzle camouflage from the First World War, at the Albert Hall, March 12 1919. Date: 1919

Chelsea Arts Dazzle Ball
People dancing in dazzle costume at The Dazzle Ball, Albert Hall, March, 1919 Date: 1919

Women in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball
Examples of women dressed in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball at the Albert Hall in March 1919. Date: 1919

Three Arts Ball at The Albert Hall
An impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919

Sketch cover - striped parasol and stockings, dazzle fashion
Zebra effects in hosiery and parasol. Front cover of The Sketch demonstrating the popular vogue for the stripe, influenced in part by the success of dazzle camouflage during the First World War

Dazzle style fashion on the beach, 1919
Dazzle fashion, inspired by the dazzle camouflage pioneered by the British Navy during the First World War, seen in evidence on a beach in 1919, complete with matching parasol and head scarves

Dazzle painting, WW1
Photograph showing the experimental theatre on which dazzle designs, to camouflage ships were tested, The officer on the right is observing a model through a periscope

Beechams Pills camouflage themed advertisement
There is no camouflage about Beechams Pills. Advertisement based on the topical interest in camouflage which had been pioneered during the First World War to great effect such as in the case of

The Dazzler by Higgins, Norman Wilkinson
Lieut.-Commander Norman Wilkinson, R.N.V.R. at work in his studio. The success achieved by this gallant officer in beating the U-boats was entirely due to copious experiments carried out regardless

British Monmouth class cruiser, WW1
A British Monmouth class cruiser, possibly HMS Cornwall, seen here with camouflage paint during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Another Secret out - Old Bill in camouflage, Bystander cover
Front cover of The Bystander featuring Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, attired in a uniform of dazzle camouflage. The caption reads, Another secret out

Convoy of dazzled ships, English Channel, WW1
A convoy of dazzled British ships in the English Channel during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in camouflage
HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in dazzle camouflage, with a Renown class battlecruiser in the distance. Date: 1918

A fashionable woman wearing pearls and smoking
A 1920s fashionable flapper woman wearing pearls and smoking a cigarette. The caption reads: " Dazzle lights". Date: 1928- 1929

HMS Argus aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Argus, aircraft carrier painted in dazzle camouflage, launched 1917, seen here at sea during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

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