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Propaganda poster: careless talk costs livesSecond world war propaganda poster warning people that careless talk costs lives. Tell nobody -- not even her
WW1 - German Espionage - in disguise as a womanWW1 - The Little German Maid - German Espionage - a German soldier prepares to get into disguise as a woman in order to infiltrate an approaching band of allied cavalry troops. Date: 1915
Alfred A. G. Hales, Vanity Fair, SpyALFRED ARTHUR GREENWOOD HALES (1860-1936) Australian novelist and war correspondent. Caption: Peace and War Date: 1860 - 1936
Thomas Colleton Garth, Vanity Fair, SpyTHOMAS COLLETON GARTH (1822-1907) Master of the Garth foxhounds for over 50 years. In riding clothes, wearing boots and spurs. Caption: A Very Old Master Date: 1822-1907
Sir Charles Cox, Vanity Fair, SpyCHARLES COX (1810-1892) Held various positions in the Colonial Office between 1829 and 1879. Caption: Colonial Date: 1810 - 1892
Earl of Clarendon, Vanity Fair, SpyEDWARD HYDE VILLIERS, 5th Earl of Clarendon (1846 -1914) Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870. British Liberal Unionist politician and sportsman. Caption: The Lord Chamberlain Date: 1846 - 1914
John Passmore Edwards, Vanity Fair, SpyJOHN PASSMORE EDWARDS MP (1823 - 1911) Liberal Member of Parliament for Salisbury, Philanthropist, British journalist, owner and editor of the London newspaper The Echo
Napoleon and SpyglassMounted on his horse Marengo, He watches the progress of a battle with the aid of a spy- glass
Ranjitsinhji / Spy / V. FairRanjitsinhji Vibhaji Rajput nobleman and English cricketer who played for Sussex
Military spy - a camera carrying pigeonA pigeon as a military spy. A camera small enough to be attached on a bird to capture ariel images, ideal for war time spying. The camera is automatic and takes a photograph at regular intervals
MATA HARI/WALERY PARISMata Hari (1876 - 1917), (Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Dutch-born exotic dancer, became a German spy in 1916, then a double agent for the French; she was executed
Frederick Leverton Harris, Vanity Fair, SpyFREDERICK LEVERTON HARRIS (1864-1926) British Politician, statesman and Member of Parliament for Tynemouth (1900-1906), Stepney (1907-1910) and East Worcestershire (1914-1918) Date: 1864 - 1926
Lord Elcho, Vanity Fair, SpyHUGO RICHARD CHARTERIS, 11th Earl of Wemyss and 7th Earl of March (1857-1937), styled Lord Elcho from 1883 to 1914. Scottish Conservative politician. Caption: Derby Day Date: 1857-1937
Admiral Edward Hobart SeymourAdmiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour in a Vanity Fair cartoon by Spy. Seymour (1840 - 1929) was a Royal Navy officer and Commander-in-Chief of the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion
Sir Polydore de Keyser, Vanity Fair, SpySir Polydore de Keyser (18321898) - a lawyer and the first Roman Catholic since the Reformation to be elected Lord Mayor of London (October 1887 to November 1888)
Thomas Merthyr Guest, Vanity Fair, CGTHOMAS MERTHYR GUEST (1838-1904) Wealthy landowner, shown on horseback in red hunting jacket, smoking a pipe. Caption: Blackmore Vale Date: 1838 - 1904
6th Earl of Donoughmore, Vanity Fair, SpyRICHARD WALTER HELY-HUTCHINSON, 6th Earl of Donoughmore (1875-1948) Irish peer and politician. Caption: A most discreet under secretary, drawn for the first time Date: 1848 - 1900
Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, SpySIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957
Invisible inkCoded invisible ink message demonstrated by German spy Kurt H de Rysbach, 1915 Date: 1915
Cheeky American Military postcardA GI uses his position to his advantage, stopping and searching a pretty young girl who he accuses of being a spy! I think he has just spied something else however... Date: 1941
LIONEL BUSTER CRABB Commander Crabb, underwater sabotage agent and alleged double-agent, who disappeared whilst investigating the Russian cruiser Ordkhonikidze Date: 1910 - 1956
Rudyard Kipling / SpyEnglish writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Man & Woman Costume 1806Man: top hat, top boots, drab coat with sleeves padded & gathered at the shoulder, breeches. Woman: close bonnet, blue pelisse, short cape, vandyked falling collar
Js Mill (Spy)JOHN STUART MILL philosopher
E. W. Beckett MP, Vanity Fair, SpyERNEST WILLIAM BECKETT MP, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe (1856-1917) born Ernest William Denison. British banker and Conservative politician. Caption: Whitby Date: 1856-1917
Major EsterhazyMAJOR MCFW ESTERHAZY French Major and German spy, connected with the Dreyfus Case Date: 1847 - 1923
World War I spy drawingWhat appears to be an innocent landscape drawing is in fact a plan of a harbour and its forts. The sketch has been made in accordance with a secret pictorial code known to the government in whose
George BlakeMI6 agent George Blake pictured with his mother on his return to Britain after internment in North Korea during the Korean War
Lord Balcarres MP, Vanity Fair, SpyDAVID ALEXANDER EDWARD LINDSAY, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of BALCARRES (1871-1940), styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913. British Conservative politician and art connoisseur
Rev. Edward Hale, Vanity Fair, SpyReverend EDWARD HALE (1828- ) Master at Eton College, England, here dressed in gown and mortar board. Caption: Badger Date: 1828-
Cartoon, They have ears! WW1Cartoon, They have ears! Three fashionable French women are afraid that two Dachshunds might be German spies. Date: 1916
Kurt RysbachGerman spy Kurt H de Rysbach in German military uniform, 1925 Date: 1925
Arthur Bourchier / Vf 1896Black tailcoat & trousers, white waistcoat with roll collar & cut low revealing an expanse of shirt front, stand collar & white tie, gold watch chain & orchid buttonhole
Sherlock Holmes / PipeHIS LAST BOW Holmes is employed by the government to foil the German spy Von Bork
Entrance to the dockyard, PortsmouthEntrance to the dockyard at Portsmouth, where Lieutenant Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Buster Crabb (1909-1956) disappeared on 19 April 1956
Goblins spying on witches on a Christmas cardGoblins spying on two witches with a cooking pot on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Ethel Gee, Portland Spy RingEthel Elizabeth (Bunty) Gee (1914-1984), member of the Portland Spy Ring, arrested in 1961 and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Date: 1961
Henry (Harry) Houghton, Portland Spy RingHenry (Harry) Frederick Houghton, (1905-1985), member of the Portland Spy Ring. He was arrested in 1961 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Date: 1961
Le Curieux - Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable ladyLe Curieux - A Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable lady in a bedroom
Le Contretemps - Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable ladyLe Contretemps - A Peeping-Tom spying on a fashionable lady in a bedroom
Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Statue of / Monument to Lievin Bauwens (by sculptor Pieter De Vigne)Ghent (Gand), Belgium - Statue of/Monument to Lievin Bauwens (by sculptor Pieter De Vigne) in the Lieven Bauwensplein Square
WW2 - A. R. P. SpyAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, A.R.P. Spy, written by Capt. A. O. Pollard, V.C. M.C. D.C.M. The image portrays a young woman, bound on the floor, speaking into a telephone
WW2 - Atlantic SpyA front cover illustration for a WW2 children's story book, Atlantic Spy, written by Frank Elias. The image depicts an explosion from a direct hit on a large ship. Date: 1940
WW2 - North Sea SpyAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, North Sea Spy, written by Frank Elias. The image shows some Merchant Navy crew gesturing towards a large ship. Date: circa 1940s
Sir Forest Fulton, Red Judge, The Recorder Date: 1903
Prince Francis of Teck, Frank Date: 1902
Major General Sir Henry Trotter, Home District Date: 1902
Sir Edmund Gosse, English poet, author and critic, by Imre Laszlo Unvardy aka Spy Junr Date: 1927