Intrigue Collection

Arrested by an undercover police officer
An undercover female police officer springs her Honey Trap on an unsuspecting criminal, who goes from a jolly evening with a fetching lady to staring down the barrel of a revolver!

Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letter
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880

Photographer approached by interested bystander
A photographer is outside with his camera as he is approached by an interested member of the public. He asks for the possibility for the man to capture his portrait

Lady receiving a rose from a gentleman in a park under a statue. She says, Its not a favor, its only fair. She thinks, You intrigue me

Illustration, Riddles of Love. 1870

COUNT FERSEN MURDERED
HANS AXEL, Count von FERSEN, friend of Marie Antoinette, returns to Sweden where after the 1809 revolution he is accused of reactionary intrigue and murdered by a mob. Date: 1755 - 1810

Salmon Fly Date: 1950

Archibald 6th Earl Angus
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, 6th earl of ANGUS whose marriage to Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII, led to a lifetime of complicated political in- fighting and intrigue. Date: 1489 - 1557

French Theatre / Beronte
Beronte ( receleur ) A character from L Intrigue des Filous by Claude de Lestoille. Date: 1689

William, Baron Crofts
WILLIAM, baron CROFTS of Saxham : Royalist courtier, serving Charles I and Charles II on diplomatic missions, his career enlivened with scandal and intrigue. Date: 1611 - 1677

Anna Vyrubova, lady-in-waiting to Tsaritsa Alexandra
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (1884-1964), lady-in-waiting, best friend and confidante to Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna. She became involved in an intrigue relating to Rasputin. Date: circa 1916

North Yorkshire, Filey Sands - Bleriot Light Type Monoplane (likely to have been) of Robert Blackburn, a pioneer of powered flight in the area. Date: circa 1910

Thomas Overbury / Harding
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613

Thomas Overbury (Oval)
SIR THOMAS OVERBURY - English poet and victim of court intrigue (poisoned in the Tower of London). Date: 1581 - 1613

Matchmaking in Ireland - two old women negotiate a match over a cup of tea as the potential bride and groom look on with keen interest Date: circa 1908

Masks of Lucifer Ballet
A striking scene from The Masks of Lucifer, portraying Satan as Intrigue, Hate and Fear, performed by Madame Bosenweisers Ballet, Austria. Date: 1930

Courtiers at Versailles
There is little for the aristocrats attending the king at Versailles to do except gossip and intrigue

Carr, Royal Love
ROYAL LOVE (Kathryn Carr) Looks like shes got the young man drunk in order to steal the secret papers she knows hes carrying - but oh dear, heres a man with a gun !

Queen of Scots Escapes
Mary Queen of Scots escapes from Loch Leven Castle (vignette version)

Japan / Military Education
Primary school children are educated in all aspects of the military

Pineapples Hit London
Pineapples from the West Indies intrigue Londoners

Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffes Gothic romance The Mysteries of Udolpho

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