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Spy Collection (page 7)

Background imageSpy Collection: Wartime poster warning against careless talk

Wartime poster warning against careless talk. A man wishes an RAF pilot " Good luck tomorrow", he is overheard, and there are unfortunate repercussions. Careless Talk Costs Lives. 1940s

Background imageSpy Collection: Joseph Gillis Biggar / Spy

Joseph Gillis Biggar / Spy
JOSEPH GILLIS BIGGAR Irish statesman Date: 1828 - 1890

Background imageSpy Collection: Milne / Spy Junior

Milne / Spy Junior
A A MILNE the English author, best known for Winnie the Pooh, 1926, and The House at Pooh Corner, 1928 Date: 1882 - 1956

Background imageSpy Collection: David Cornwell - John le Carre

David Cornwell - John le Carre
British spy novelist, David Cornwell (1931-), better known by his pen name, John Le Carre

Background imageSpy Collection: Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941

Crowd at a football match - Ankara, 1941
Section of the crowd at a football match which took place in Ankara in December 1941 (during World War Two). Features British Embassy staff (front bottom right)

Background imageSpy Collection: Man with large telescope

Man with large telescope
A man in a flat cap sits and looks through an unfeasibly large telescope which appears to be installed in his back garden. Bet his wife was pleased about that purchase

Background imageSpy Collection: Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl

Burns / Lass O Ballochmyl
THE LASS OF BALLOCHMYLE With careless step I onward strayed, My heart rejoiced in natures joy, When musing in a lonely glade, A maiden fair I chanced to spy

Background imageSpy Collection: A Nasal Reconaissance

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

Background imageSpy Collection: Turkish Spy

Turkish Spy
A Turkish spy is captured by Herzegovinian guerillas, and summarily despatched to the Muslim paradise

Background imageSpy Collection: Lloyd George / Golf / Spy

Lloyd George / Golf / Spy
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE British politician and golfer

Background imageSpy Collection: Arrest of a suspected Prussian spy; Franco-Prussian War, 187

Arrest of a suspected Prussian spy; Franco-Prussian War, 187
Illustration showing the arrest of suspected Prussian spy in the busy Boulevard des Italiens, Paris, during the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1

Background imageSpy Collection: SERBIA NIS

SERBIA NIS
(formerly k a Nish) A person - possibly a spy - lies contemplating the town from a distance

Background imageSpy Collection: Santa on the Front Line

Santa on the Front Line
Father Christmas Somewhere in France. " Hang it all - its quite annoying enough to have to get down this blinking chimney without being mistaken for a German spy!"

Background imageSpy Collection: A Spy!!! Or the Blessings of a Convention Bill

A Spy!!! Or the Blessings of a Convention Bill

Background imageSpy Collection: Baron Trenck / W Museum

Baron Trenck / W Museum
FREDERICK, BARON TRENCK Military spy and conspirator

Background imageSpy Collection: Man Walks in Sunshine

Man Walks in Sunshine
A man walks through Fountains Court, Temple, London, in the morning sunshine

Background imageSpy Collection: Jacket / Balkan Spy

Jacket / Balkan Spy
BALKAN SPY By Don Betteridge

Background imageSpy Collection: Persian Spy Observes

Persian Spy Observes
A Persian spy hides behind some rocks observing the Spartan troops of Leonidas before reporting back to Xerxes, his king, that the Greeks are few in number

Background imageSpy Collection: Northcliffe (Spy)

Northcliffe (Spy)
ALFRED HARMSWORTH, lord NORTHCLIFFE newspaper proprietor

Background imageSpy Collection: Black Arrow

Black Arrow
The evil Sir Isenbart de Belame and his lords, seated around their table at Wrangby, are startled by the Black Arrow which Robin and his men fired through the spy hole

Background imageSpy Collection: Snowy London

Snowy London
A businessman with his briefcase walks alone across a Trafalgar Square in the dirty snow

Background imageSpy Collection: William Fraser

William Fraser
SIR WILLIAM FRASER - Writer, statesman and collector

Background imageSpy Collection: Sir Oliver Lodge / Spy Jnr

Sir Oliver Lodge / Spy Jnr
SIR OLIVER LODGE English physicist

Background imageSpy Collection: Rus / Jap War: Spy Caught

Rus / Jap War: Spy Caught
SPIES : at Port Arthur, Russians find a Japanese spy attempting to sneak into the town in a coffin, which saves them the expense of finding one for him

Background imageSpy Collection: George Grossmith / Spy

George Grossmith / Spy
GEORGE GROSSMITH (JNR) English actor, best known for his man-about-town roles

Background imageSpy Collection: Cunninghame-Graham / Spy

Cunninghame-Graham / Spy
ROBERT BONTINE CUNNINGHAME-GRAHAM Scottish writer, traveller, radical politician and nationalist

Background imageSpy Collection: Beaufort / 8th Duke / Spy 93

Beaufort / 8th Duke / Spy 93
Henry Charles Fitzroy 8th Duke of Beaufort Sportsman

Background imageSpy Collection: Beaufort / 8th Duke / Spy 76

Beaufort / 8th Duke / Spy 76
HENRY CHARLES FITZROY 8TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT The Duke of Sport

Background imageSpy Collection: Major John Andre - 3

Major John Andre - 3
MAJOR JOHN ANDRE Military in America, where he was captured and hanged as a spy

Background imageSpy Collection: Man Studying Map

Man Studying Map
A man in a raincoat studies the Westminster City Guide map at night in Piccadilly Circus

Background imageSpy Collection: Verdi / Trovatore / Iii. 1

Verdi / Trovatore / Iii. 1
IL TROVATORE Act 3, Scene 1 the Count di Lunas camp - the gipsy Azucena has been captured as a spy

Background imageSpy Collection: Treasure Isle / Jim Spies

Treasure Isle / Jim Spies
Jim Hawkins spies on the pirates: " I lay for some time watching the bustle which succeeded the attack."

Background imageSpy Collection: Twist / The Meeting

Twist / The Meeting
Nancy meets Olivers grandfather and agrees to bring Oliver to him. Unfortunately Bill Sykes spy is eavesdropping on them

Background imageSpy Collection: FANTOMAS COVER 2

FANTOMAS COVER 2
FANTOMAS : AGENT SECRET (Pierre Souvestre et Marcel Allain) - A female spy takes the opportunity to stuff the plans of the French defences in her handbag

Background imageSpy Collection: Loder by Spy, 1906

Loder by Spy, 1906
Sporting Major Eustace Loder in a double-breasted pin- stripe suit with trousers that taper at the ankles, a wing collar, striped shirt, bowler hat, cane, town boots & gloves

Background imageSpy Collection: British Identity Cards 2

British Identity Cards 2
During World War Two, every British citizen must carry his or her identity card at all times. Otherwise you may be arrested as a spy or saboteur

Background imageSpy Collection: British Identity Cards 1

British Identity Cards 1
During World War Two, every British citizen must carry his or her identity card at all times. Otherwise you may be arrested as a spy or saboteur

Background imageSpy Collection: LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 3

LOUVRE SALON 1843 - 3
At the Salon exhibition, the pictures in the Salon carre are hung so high that some visitors bring spy-glasses to see them

Background imageSpy Collection: Goose Girl Combs Hair

Goose Girl Combs Hair
The Goose Girl combs her long blond hair

Background imageSpy Collection: The Turkish Spy 17th C

The Turkish Spy 17th C
MAHMUT THE TURKISH SPY who is said to have written letters from Paris between 1637 and 1682 to his people, discussing political and cultural subjects

Background imageSpy Collection: Roger L estrange

Roger L estrange
SIR ROGER L ESTRANGE royalist imprisoned as a spy but reprieved : journalist. setting up newspapers : writer and translator. with his autograph

Background imageSpy Collection: Otto III & Adalbert

Otto III & Adalbert
Emperor Otto III at the tomb of saint Adalbert of Prague, a somewhat devious cleric who was murdered on suspicion of being a Polish spy while working as a missionary

Background imageSpy Collection: Wagner Conducts / Spy / Vf

Wagner Conducts / Spy / Vf
Richard Wagner, the German musician conducts

Background imageSpy Collection: Benedict Arnold and Major Andre

Benedict Arnold and Major Andre
Benedict Arnold persuades Major Andre to conceal papers in his boot, causing him to be hanged as a spy when captured by the patriots



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