Lure Collection

Recruitment / Callot
Potential raw recruits are given the once over before they take the Kings shilling. Experienced troops on parade look dashing to encourage & lure those in two-minds

WW2 Q-Ship And Royal Navy Radio
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a lady wearing a pink dress, standing on the deck of a Q-ship

Salmon Fly Date: 1950

Bucktail Caddis Fly Date: 1950

LURE OF LEICESTER SQUARE
THE LURE OF LEICESTER SQUARE (William J Elliott) A young girl seeks to entice passing males... Date: circa 1938

Dummy injured soldier used during training, WW1
A dummy injured soldier used during training at Camouflage School, Kensington Gardens, during the First World War. The Germans would dress up a dummy in captured khaki to look like a British soldier

Folklore / Lupeux
A sinister creature of the night in Berry, central France, the mocking cry of the LUPEUX can lure the unwary passer-by into dangerous bogs

LULLY / ARMIDE
Armide has seduced all the other crusading knights : will she also lure Renaud to his downfall ? Yes, but since its all done by magic it doesn t count... Date: first performed 1686

Melanocetus johnsonii, humpback blackdevil
Specimen jar containing a humpback devilfish (Melanocetus johnsonii), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Woman blowing the Lure, Vasterbotten, Sweden (now Finland)
Woman of Westrobothnia, Vasterbotten, Sweden (now in Finland) blowing the Lur (Lure, Lurr), a long horn, from a hilltop. Its purposes included signalling and calling cattle. circa late 18th century

Hunting Birds / Decoy / 1890
A duck decoy, a netted funnel to lure wildfowl Date: 1890

The Lure by James Sabben
Promotional postcard for The Lure by James Sabben. First performed at the Strand Theatre, 25th March 1923. The image shows a masked man on the balcony; one of several characters with different

The Sins of a City by Nita Rae
Promotional postcard for The Sins of a City by Nita Rae. First produced at the Opera House, Morriston, 1st May 1902 and Terriss Theatre, Rotherhithe, 14th December 1903. For Winifred Maudes Co

Illustration from Paris Plaisirs number 63, September 1927
Illustration Le dollar-song a definitivement remplace la romance by Pavis from Paris Plaisirs number 63, September 1927 Date: 1927

Antennarius striatus, striped anglerfish
Watercolour 382 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Antennarius pictus, painted frogfish
Watercolour 382 by the Port Jackson Painter, from the Watling Collection

Melanocoetus johnsoni, deep sea angler
Specimen of the deep sea angler (Melanocoetus johnsoni), a small predatory fish which lives in the extreme depths of the ocean

The lure of the green eyes. Illustration shows a half-length portrait, facing front, of a beautiful woman with green eyes. Date 1914 April 18

The Song of the Siren
Two beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932

Spinning Fishing Lure
A spinner (spinning fishing lure). Date: 1960s

Fishing Plug
A fishing plug lure. Date: 1960s

Fianna Ensnared
The hideous faery daughters of Conaran lure their enemies the Fianna into an enchanted cave where they are overtaken by a feebleness & bound

Mythical Irish Dogs
The daughters of Conaran lure the Fianna into an enchanted cave, but their dogs refuse to enter & snarl at the caves mouth, sensing their masters danger

The Lure of Spring by Edmund Blampied
Coloured fantasy illustration by Edmund Blampied showing a soldier being lured by a cupid and fairy like girls against a spring background

A Nasal Reconaissance
Three British bobbies on the beat during WWI, attempt to lure a suspected German spy from his flat in Tottenham Court Road in London, by frying some delicious looking sausages beneath his window

Duck shooting with decoys, hoping they will encourage other ducks to alight on the water and be slaughtered

Papal Invasion Uk 1852
PAPAL INVASION OF ENGLAND - the Catholic Church is depicted letting loose a swarm of monks, whose purpose is to lure honest Englishmen into the arms of the Scarlet Woman

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