Disguise Collection (page 3)

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

All That Was Taxed was His Ingenuity by Heath Robinson, WW1
An intelligent young pup disguised as a parakeet to avoid the increased licence duty - raised on pet dogs in Britain in 1917. 1917

A Clever Ruse by Heath Robinson
Two cunning German officers bamboozle a British sentry by disguising themselves as humble farming folk, while their cannon is a very convincing bull. Date: 1915

Concealing a British hospital from enemy, WW1
Spreading mud on a hospital marquee at Salonika in order that it shall not form an easy target from the sky by enemy bombers. Date: 1916

Andrew Horatio Reed - 1
ANDREW HORATIO REED Governor of Kansas - removed for incompetency and land speculation : fled in disguise, becoming a Free State spokesman. Date: 1807 - 1864

Andrew Horatio Reed - 2
ANDREW HORATIO REED Governor of Kansas - removed for incompetency and land speculation : fled in disguise as shown here ! Became Free State spokesman. Date: 1807 - 1864

Three runaway schoolboys enlisted by an old salt sea captain
Three runaway schoolboys in nautical disguise enlisted by an old salt sea captain. Date: 1898

Burglar in disguise - not the most convincing transformation
Extract from an interview with a celebrated burglar - " The Old style of Crib Crackers is all done away with now-a-days

General Picquart - Satire - Dreyfus Affair
Marie-Georges Picquart disguises himself by strapping on a tight corset. This cartoon is a sature on Picquarts position as head of the counter-espionnage bureau during the Dreyfus Affair

Disguising a German Shop - Start of WWI
Postcard sent within six weeks of the start of WWI, depicting a German Shopkeeper in Britain hastily changing the livery of his store to something perfectly British

Alfred before the Danish General
Disguised as a minstrel, King Alfred the Great stands before the Danish leader Guthrum. Date: 878

Revelations on Honeymoon
Revelations - 1st Chapter A hilarious postcard showing a couple on their honeymoon, revealing to each other (for seemingly yht efirst time!) their physical shortcomings

Little Red Riding Hood by Felix de Gray
Little Red Riding Hood visits her Grandma only to find that her facial hair problem has got somewhat ou of control. Date: 1934

Tatler front cover, 2 March 1960
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a girl in a fancy dress mask, getting changed behind an antique screen, a fur coat and bouquet of roses lying on a chair nearby

Disguise for Ostrich Pic
How to take a close-up photograph of an ostrich... Date: 1927

Toad in Disguise / Grahame
Toad in disguise: " She arranged the shawl with a professional fold, & tied the strings of the rusty bonnet under his chin." Date: First published: 1908

Princess / Swineherd Kiss
The prince (disguised as a swineherd) tricks the princess into kissing him. Date: 1932

Luther in Disguise
MARTIN LUTHER After being proscribed by the Diet of Worms, he has to go into hiding, protected by the Elector of Saxony : he is disguised as Junker George Date: 1483 - 1546

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Olive Malvery as street singer
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Olive Malvery selling fruit
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women

Frank Gray, Liberal MP
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930
Simple, striking front cover of Gebrauchsgraphik, the journal of international advertising art, featuring a stylised image of a woman wearing a party mask

Charmouth, Dorset - Hiding place of King Charles
Charmouth, Dorset - The Queens Armes Hotel, an early 16th century house, re-faced in the 18th century. After the house became an Inn (it was formerly part of Forde Abbey)

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

Camouflaged street WWI
A street camouflaged against hostile aircraft on the Western Front during World War I

How to disguise oneself as a boy
If only Willie Clarkson had helped Miss Le Neve. Advice given by Mr Willie Clarkson, the theatrical costumier, on how to disguise a young lady as a young man days after the disguise of Dr Crippen

The Hold up by Webster Murray
A highwayman, looking suspiciously like Cupid, holds up a pretty lady riding in a carriage

Disguised pill box
Concrete pill box near Poperinghe camouflaged as a ruined cottage on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in August 1918

Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label
Rather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party

Fairly Tree d
A soldier disguised rather improbably as a tree, scampers gingerly through the mud of the West Front, doing his best to avoid a cluster of enemy shells falling nearby

A quick change of front
A German Shopkeeper hides his origins following the outbreak of war with Germany

Lusitania Painted Grey
The Lusitania is painted war- grey early in the war on its trip back from New York in 1914, a disguise which does not save it from being torpedoed on 7 May 1915

Sven Hedin to Tibet - 5
Guided by lama Schereb, the caravan proceeds to Arka-Tag : at the Tibet frontier Hedin and two companions disguise themselves as pilgrims

Police / Anti-Gas School
A group of officers from the Metropolitan police pose for a photograph wearing their gas masks at the anti-gas training school at Devonport, Plymouth. 2/2 pictures. See 10193283 for

Battus into a Rock
Hermes asks peasant Battus to watch over cattle hes stolen from Apollo, then to test him, comes in disguise and asks where they are, he tells him, so he turns him into a rock

Royal Evasion - 1
Louis and Marie Antoinette escape from the Tuileries in disguise, hoping to cross the frontier of France altogether. The authorities are alarmed and the populace dismayed

Charles Ii / Royal Oak
Charles II is advised to hide amid the branches of the Royal Oak in Boscobel Wood, part of the park of Boscobel House following the Battle of Worcester

Charles and Jane Lane
CHARLES II ESCAPES After being defeated at Worcester, Charles escapes by disguising himself as Jane Lanes maidservant

Odysseus in Disguise
Odysseus, having returned from his travels, but disguised into an old man to fool his wife Penelopes Suitors, is recognised by old nurse Eurycleia, who washes his feet

Demosthenes in Disgrace
DEMOSTHENES Athough later regarded as the greatest of Greek orators, he is seen here hiding his face after the failure of his first badly delivered speech

St Luke / Royaumont 1724
SAINT LUKE the Evangelist busy writing his book; hes fond of the bull, but he keeps a vase of flowers between it and him, to disguise the smell

Charles II in Hiding
Charles hides in the Oak tree at Boscobel during his flight from England

Louis-Philippe / Anon Lith
LOUIS-PHILIPPE Dover, October 1849, when he arrived in exile after fleeing France, in disguise

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