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Gas-masked horse and horseman at AldershotOwing to the increased of poison-gas in World War One, soldiers were trained in the usage of gas-masks in centres, in England, before being allowed to go to the front
Zulu Warriors DancingA large body of Zulu warriors form a circle around masked dancers. Date: 1936
Palace entertainers - Hue, VietnamPalace entertainers and dancers in demonic costume at Hue, the capital city of Thua ThienHue Province of Vietnam. Date: 1907
Sula dactylatra, masked boobyFf. 107. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Pelecannus piscator and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Somateria mollissima, common eiderPlate 246 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Pitta gurneyi, Gurneys pittaPlate 5 from John Goulds A Monograph of the Pittidae (1880). Hand coloured lithograph
Clangula hyemalis, long-tailed duckPlate 312 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Javanese Masked DancerA masked Javanese dancer. Date: early 1930s
Masked Lady / Pierrot 1898A masked lady and her companions during the Munich fasching Date: 1898
The Toilette of the Rose by BrunelleschiStylised illustration showing a beautiful woman in 18th century costume representing a rose, admires her reflection as a masked harlequin spies on her from behind a tree. Date: 1927
Art deco sketch Gestures, 1921Art deco sketch Their Gestures: how they wear it by A. Pecoud (models wearing masks), 1921 Date: 1921
Parade Float for Harknetts MenagerieA fantatsic postcard photograph depicting a Parade Float for Harknetts Menagerie, with lots of willing circus employees dressed up as a variety of wild animals!! Date: circa 1910s
The Scarlet Pastorale by Aubrey Beardsley. A masked harlequinned pierrot on a stage with other masked characters behind. Date: 1890s
Melodie, by BrunelleschiStylised illustration showing a couple in eighteenth century costume in a fantasy landscape. The woman, wearing a pink dress, plays a lute and a gondola floats nearby. Date: 1927
A Venetian Ball - CostumesLe Bal Venetian A woman in a black and red dress having her hand kissed by a male companion as she walks beneath a red arch. Date: 1923
Lady at a Masked Ball displaying a toothy grin Date: circa 1904
Street music: Queen serenaded, 1870A street serenade by masked musicians to Isabella II, the exiled Queen of Spain. Date: 1870
Gustav III of Sweden is killed at a masked ballGustav III, king of Sweden, is assassinated while attending a masked ball at the Opera House, by Jakob Johan Anckarstrom. 1792
Sketch front cover - Lady Pamela Smith as CamargoLADY PAMELA SMITH (1915 - 1982), younger daughter of the 1st earl of Birkenhead. In 1936 she married Hon. William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell, and was later styled Baroness Hartwell
18Thc Frnc / At the BallAn amorous masked man at an aristocratic French ball Date: 18th century
THE RADIUM MASTER (Jim Vanny) Earth explorers on Urania are prisoners of a robot controlled by the masked Emperor Date: 1930
Poster advertising a masked ball during a national fair in Switzerland, from 2 to 4 March 1936
Before the Ball 1926Preparing herself for a masked ball, she checks her reflection in a hand mirror
Front Cover of The Bystander 1928This image called The Mischievous Monkey by Winifred C. Honey was used to illustrate the cover of the Chrismas number
Social / Japan YoshivaraScene in the Yoshivara : a passer-by, right, chats up the girls while hiding his face, a masked buffoon hails a young man who is doubtless seeking female companionship
Masked Lady 1897Lady at a masked ball during the Munich carnival
1920S / WitchcraftMasked Germans celebrate Walpurgisnacht on the Brocken mountain, a notorious site of witchcraft sabbats
Masked Ball / Paris / 1800A masked ball in Paris
Verdi / Ballo / Liebig 5Act 3 scene 8 : at the masked ball Oscar reveals what costume Riccardo will be wearing
LA Fenice, VeniceA masked ball is held in the auditorium of La Fenice, Venice Date: 1866
Masked Lute-PlayerA masked performer plays the lute
Carnival ChampagneBubbly Bath : a swooning, or perhaps drunk, woman is embraced by a man in pierrot costume while another masked woman pours champagne over her
HENRY IV AT THE GLOBEMasked and pipe-smoking ladies in the " Pit" watching a performance of Shakespeares " Henry IV"
Munich Masked Ball 1890SPeople at a masked ball in the Deutschen Theater, Munich
Social / German Mask BallGuests at a German masked ball
The Masked King / HolmesA SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA The masked King visits Holmes & is immediately recognised
Terentius / Terence / AnonPUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER (known as TERENCE ) Roman writer, depicted with two masked actors
