Incognito Collection

Rosita Forbes
Joan Rosita Forbes (1890-1967) British traveller and writer. Forbes travelled extensively in the Middle East during 1921, often incognito

Philemon Baucis Myth Classical Humble Cottagers
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Olive Malvery serving in a sweet shop
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Fashion for large hats, roller skating and hobble skirts
Comic postcard - satire on the penchant for women to wear large and enveloping hats during this period. Also this card encompasses the fashion for Hobble skirts and roller skating! Date: circa 1911

Jack London and Bert hop picking
The writer Jack London (right) and a companion in Kent to experience hop-picking. London was in England for several weeks, living incognito amongst the poor in the East End of London. Date: circa 1902

Cartoon, Lorinne, or hidden love, WW1
Cartoon, Lorinne, or hidden love. A pretty young woman has been able to visit her soldier completely unnoticed, thanks to her disguise as a fruit seller! Date: 1916

James Greenwood
A portrait of James Greenwood who rose to prominence in 1866 after his colourful account of an incognito stay in the Lambeth workhouse tramps ward was published in the Pall Mall Gazette

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

Saladin & Leopard Knight
SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB Saladin on horseback (l) accompanied by Sir Kenneth, Earl of Huntingdon, Prince Royal of Scotland; incognito as the Knight of the Leopard

Napoleon I Shopping
He goes, incognito, to the shops of the rue Saint-Denis, Paris, to check on the prices he is quoted for the furnishing of his house

Talk with Peasant Woman
Incognito, he asks a peasant woman of Tarare, near Lyon, isn t Napoleon like any other tyrant ? - No, because they chose him, whereas the old kings were forced on them

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