Hiding Place Collection

Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786, (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Scene from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro, 1786, (c1914). The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), a comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838)

Aethra Showing her Son Theseus the Place Where his Father had Hidden his Arms , 1768. Creator: Nicolas Guy Brenet
Aethra Showing her Son Theseus the Place Where his Father had Hidden his Arms , 1768

Were They Coming to That Very Room? (The Knights of the Square Table), c.1890. Creator: A. Monro
Were They Coming to That Very Room? (The Knights of the Square Table), c.1890

Marius a minturnes, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Marius a minturnes, 19th century. Ancient History - Marius at Minturnae

Joconde: Le lit. Creator: Charles Louis Lingée
Joconde: Le lit

Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. Creator: Randolph Caldecott
Paul and Virginia or the very Last of the Smugglers, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Coal-Cellar at the "George", Bankside, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Coal-Cellar at the "George", Bankside, 1850. Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau hides from a London mob who attacked him for his sanguinary

The Monmouth Ash, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Monmouth Ash, 1850. Tree in Dorset where James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, is said to have hidden after the Battle of Sedgemoor in July 1685: An ash tree

They Can't Keep Him Hid, from Puck, n.d. Creator: Louis Dalrymple
They Can't Keep Him Hid, from Puck, n.d

The Domyoji Scene (Domyoji no dan), from the series "Sugawara's Secrets (Sugawara denju)", c. 1830/44. Detail from a larger artwork

The Domyoji Scene (Domyoji no dan), from the series "Sugawara's Secrets (Sugawara denju)", c. 1830/44. Detail from a larger artwork

Turpin's Oak at Finchley, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Turpin's Oak at Finchley, [now in North London], 1850. The notorious Dick Turpin was, in his time, accustomed to take up his station behind this tree when he was intent upon a freebooting errand

The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Bed-Room in which Marshal Haynau was Concealed, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Late Attack upon Marshal Haynau - the Bed-Room in which Marshal Haynau was Concealed, 1850. After being attacked by angry workers during a visit to a brewery in Southwark, London

"The Fugitive Royalists", by Miss Solomon, in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
"The Fugitive Royalists", by Miss Solomon, in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Engraving of a painting....the exhibition this year is remarkable for the number of interesting

Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree, c. 1758. Creator: Torii Kiyoshige
Minamoto no Yoritomo Hiding in a Tree, c. 1758

The Domyoji Scene (Domyoji no dan), from the series " Sugawaras Secrets (Sugawara denju)", c. 1830/44

Wooded Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr, 1764. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Wooded Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr, 1764

Interior of the old house, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the old house, 1844. Building in Clerkenwell, London. The mode in which this house is internally disposed denotes it to have long been " a den of thieves" ;

The Proscribed Royalist, January 15, 1858. Creator: William Henry Simmons
The Proscribed Royalist, January 15, 1858

Pioneers Cabin, 1865-66, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Pioneers Cabin, 1865-66, printed ca. 1876

Looking Up Plutos Chimney, 1865-66, printed ca. 1876. Creator: Carleton Emmons Watkins
Looking Up Plutos Chimney, 1865-66, printed ca. 1876

An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare, June 19, 1823. June 19, 1823
An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare, June 19, 1823

An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare, July 18, 1805. July 18, 1805
An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare, July 18, 1805

Anysis Concealed in the Marshes of the Delta, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Anysis Concealed in the Marshes of the Delta, 1890. Anysis may have been Pharaoh Tefnakht, of the 24th dynasty, Third Intermediate Period

Enforcing prohibition, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1920s. Law enforcement agents examining at a cache of 191 pint bottles found underneath a sailors mattress on a steamer putting in at Norfolk, Virginia

German machine-gun emplacement destroyed by British artillery fire, France, World War I, 1916. During the Battle of the Somme

Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Machine gun nest, Poelcappelle, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Poelcappelle was the site of a battle during the larger Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres) in 1917

Anzacs on Guard in Egypt, 1940, (1940). Soldiers from New Zealand stationed in Egypt practicing the Bren gun technique. From The War in Pictures. [Odhams Press Limited, London, 1940]

The Royal Oak, the Penderell Family have no idea where Charles is!!!, 1850. Artist: John Leech
The Royal Oak, the Penderell Family have no idea where Charles is!!!, 1850. A satirical illustration of King Charles II escaping into exile

Youth, 19th century. Artist: John Everett Millais
Youth, 19th century

The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Artist: P Lightfoot
The Peril of the Queen Henrietta Maria, 19th century. Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) was the Queen Consort of King Charles I of England

Queen Henrietta, sheltering by a bank from the Parliamentarians, c19th century. Artist: J Rogers
Queen Henrietta, sheltering by a bank from the Parliamentarians, c19th century. Charles I escaping from Oxford

Charles II in the forest of Boscobel, 1651. Artist: Pouney & Rhodes
Charles II in the forest of Boscobel, 1651. After the execution of his father, Charles I, Charles II claimed the throne and invaded England in 1651

Captain Kidd Burying his Treasures, 1872. Anglo-American pirate William Captain Kidd (1654-1701) hiding his ill-gotten gains

Paul Deroulede, Battle of Montbeliard, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st May 1899

Siege of Lille, October 1792, (1892). A print from the Le Petit Journal, 15th October 1892

Gallent, c1820-1857. Artist: Achille Deveria
Gallent, c1820-1857

An observation point, 1915. A print from Le Pays de France, 10th June 1915

Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros, the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii
Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros (Greek island) revealed by Diomedes and Odysseus. From the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii

Capture of James, Duke of Monmouth after the Battle of Sedgmoor, July 1685. James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1684) was the illegitimate son of Charles II

Trojans Deceived, 1830. The raiding party secreting themselves in the great wooden horse. The story of the legendary wars between the Greek confederation and Troy

The Climbing, vintage French postcard, c1900

Tomorrow, vintage French postcard, c1900

Waldensian youth hiding his vernacular Bible c1200 (19th century). Waldenses (Valdenses:Vaudois:Valdesi) was a Christian sect originating 12th century France

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