Hiding Collection (page 4)

Lioness in long grass (Panthera leo). Ruaha National Park - Tanzania - Africa

Hazel Hen / Hazel Grouse - female sits on nest (Tetrastes bonasia). near river Negustyah, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; spring

European HEDGEHOGS - young behind mother, autumn (Erinaceus europaeus)

Common Sandpiper - on nest (Totanus hypoleucos). common but difficult to find on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan

Common Sandpiper - on the nest; common but difficult to find on taiga forest floor near river Negustyah, (Totanus hypoleucos)

Siberian Chipmunk - hiding on pine tree (Tamias sibiricus). Forest in North Ural Mountains, Russia

Bengal / Indian TIGER - close-up, snarling, in reeds. Camouflaged, facing camera (Panthera tigris). India

The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
The Last Man by William Heath Robinson, showing a gentleman perched precariously on the top of Nelsons Column while numerous women search for him below - a comment on the shortage of men

Moor FROG - watching beetle (Donacia sp), (Rana arvalis Nilsson). Russia

The Missing Mas-Cat by H. M. Bateman
The crew of a Royal Navy battleship search high and low for the ships cat, which is hiding mischievously in the barrel of one of the large guns. Date: 1918

Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, WW1
Cartoon, The Two Extremes of Public Opinion, Optimism and Pessimism, during the First World War. On the left is a smiling, patriotic man reading the financial news

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

Aeroplane raid over Afganistan, 1919
An aeroplane used over Afganistan as part of the North West India frontier war in 1919. British planes were sucessfully employed to bomb native tribesmen

Finns v. Russian tanks by G. H. Davis
Finns v. Russian tanks: bombing from pits under the snow during the Second World War. How Finnish bombers get to close quarters with tanks by hiding in camouflaged pits

Queen of Greece reading The Sketch
The Queen of Greece, formerly Princess Sophie of Prussia, hides herself from a photographer on the beach at Eastbourne with a copy of The Sketch magazine

Illustration to the story of Ali Baba
Design or illustration to the Arabian Nights story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, featuring a slim woman in eastern costume, discovering men hiding in jars

Up the Bole! by William Heath Robinson
Curious disguise assumed by wireless enthusiast to escape payment of his licence. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1925

Giants in hiding 1916
Heavily camouflaged British gun emplacement. The guns were disguised to hide them from scouting enemy aircraft. Date: 1916

Hiding Prohibition Booze
A young woman up a step ladder demonstrates the enormous lengths people went to to hide their bootleg booze during the Prohibition in the U.S.A.! Date: early 1930s

The Fleet in Japan - Attack Under Cover - A British Naval Officer enjoying the delights of Japan behind a paper umbrella. Date: 1906

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind screens
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese marching behind artificial screens to hide their movements. Date: circa 1905

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

Spanish Smugglers hiding out in a cave
Spanish Smugglers at home - hiding in the caves amid the hills on the Spanish / French border, also used as a storehouse for their illicit goods! Date: circa 1910s

Natives of Aru shooting Paradisaea apoda, greater bird-of-pa
Plate opposite page 443 from Alfred Russel Wallaces The Malay Archipelago (1874)

Children peering round a tree at Father Christmas
Father Christmas marches through the snowy countryside, carrying a sack bursting with presents. He is watched by two excited little children who hide behind a tree. c. 1920

Princess hiding a shiv. Source unknown

Juichidanme - act eleven of the Chushingura - discover Kiras hiding place. Print shows a scene during the attack on Kira Yoshinakas home by the 47 Ronin; the samurai discover Kiras hiding place

Close quarters. Date 1866

Hiding from bills and debt
A nursry verse wtih a grown up curse! The homeowner hides as various men he owes bills to come a knocking. Date: 1928- 1929

Hunt the slipper
All dressed up for the evening, just about to go out when she can t find one of her shoes. The maids look everywhere, and when asked, they just shrug their shoulders

Girl with snowballs. 20th century

Young Oxford Student, College Master and Bulldogs
A young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)

Two British soldiers shooting from behind a wall, WW1
Two British soldiers shooting from behind a brick wall, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Debris from ruined buildings can be seen across the road from them. Date: 1914-1918

Ned Kelly kills Police Officer Lonigan
While the Kelly gang were in hiding, the police launched a mission to find them, setting up camp at Stringbark, near where they suspected the gang were staying

H Miller. Hide & seek 2
Children playing Hide and Seek in a formal garden. 20th century

Seaching the cellars: Looking for the Hidden enemies
During the Great advance, German soldiers, cut off by the British curtain of artillery fire, without food for several days, surrender from the cellars knowing that the British troops are approaching

Soviet Counter Attack
Soviet counter-attack by hiding among cattle - as did Odysseus... Date: October 1941

Blind Mans Buff 1905
Five children playing Blind Mans Buff at a party, one hiding behind a door. circa 1905

The Two Sisters

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

Mr Prickles by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little blonde girl wearing a smart matching red coat and hat, comes across a little hedgehog which has curled itself up into a ball

Boy with cigarette behind the garden shed
A boy having a crafty cigarette behind the garden shed

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)

An Attack in the Rear
A mischievous young boy hides behind a pillar waiting to throw the snowballs that hes carrying at the next unsuspecting passer-by

Observation post 1918
A soldier in a canvas and steel observation post near Souchez on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1918

Pigs and man
A bearded man sits uncomfortably in the corner of a pigsty, his arms wrapped round himself for warmth, while piglets suckle at a sow. Perhaps he is a fugitve

Balloon Barrage by Renee Charron
A young woman, rumpled stockings just visible, hides beneath an eiderdown quilt with a bunch of balloons while a baby Cupid flutters above her bed waiting to strike. Goodness knows what is going on

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

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