Intelligence Collection (page 2)

Steam-ships reconnoitring at Sveaborg, in the Gulf of Finland, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam-ships reconnoitring at Sveaborg, in the Gulf of Finland, 1854. Crimean War: Royal Navy ships off Russian-held Sveaborg [modern Suomenlinna]

Industrie, Patience, Intelligence - birds trained by Emilie Vandermeersch, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Industrie, Patience, Intelligence - birds trained by Emilie Vandermeersch, 1850. This young lady...has applied herself from an early age to the training of birds...she exercises over them an

Reconnaisance, from Souvenirs d'Italie: Expédition de Rome, 1858. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Reconnaisance, from Souvenirs d'Italie: Expedition de Rome, 1858

Beavers cutting down trees, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Beavers cutting down trees [in London Zoo], 1862. The beaver...commenced to bite off the bark about twelve inches above the ground...The rapid progress he made was...most astonishing; the animal

The War in America: a night alarm in the Federal camp - signalling from the right bank... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The War in America: a night alarm in the Federal camp - signalling from the right bank of the Potomac to head-quarters at Washington, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Kazuenokami Kato Kiyomasa Observing a Monkey with a Writing Brush, 1883. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Kazuenokami Kato Kiyomasa Observing a Monkey with a Writing Brush, 1883. Series: Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Manchurian Horsemen Scouting from a Distance the Japanese Camp Near Sauhoku (Sokako... 1894 / 95)
Manchurian Horsemen Scouting from a Distance the Japanese Camp Near Sauhoku (Sokako fukin Nichijin enbo Manshu kihei iso shutsujin no zu), 1894/95

Bust of Seneca, 1500 / 1600. Creator: Unknown
Bust of Seneca, 1500/1600

Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, September 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner
Signal Tower on Elk Mountain, Maryland, September 1862. Albumen print, pl. 22 from the album " Gardners Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I" (1866)

Lockheed U-2C, 1955. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, used by CIA, NASA, and USAF. This U-2 flew the first operational mission over the USSR on 4 July 1956

Heliogabalus and the Wise Women, 1589. Creator: Raphael Sadeler
Heliogabalus and the Wise Women, 1589

Eagle, c. 1941. Creator: Hester Duany
Eagle, c. 1941

Two Scouts, 1887. Creator: Winslow Homer
Two Scouts, 1887

A Sioux War Party, 1861 / 1869. Creator: George Catlin
A Sioux War Party, 1861/1869. Reconnoitering an Ojibbeway village, at sunset. Calhoun, upper Mississippi. 1832

Dr. Joseph Parrish and an Idiot, ca. 1858. Creator: Frederick Gutekunst
Dr. Joseph Parrish and an Idiot, ca. 1858

Front page of Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer, February 1643, (1945)
Front page of " Mercurius Civicus: Londons Intelligencer", February 1643, (1945). Portraits of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria

Sr. J, Hawkwood, (c1323-1394), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sr. J, Hawkwood, (c1323-1394), 1830. Sir John Hawkwood (c1323-1394) English soldier and condottiero, known as Haukevvod, Giovanni Acuto

They found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, c1840. Creator
They found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, c1840. Biblical scene, from Luke 2: 46: And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple

Christina, (1626-1689), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Christina, (1626-1689), 1830. Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689) the only surviving legitimate child of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, had interest in religion, philosophy

Alfred the Great, Disguised as a Harper, Playing Before Guthrum, (878), 1890. Creator: Unknown
Alfred the Great, Disguised as a Harper, Playing Before Guthrum, (878), 1890. Alfred the Great (c847-899) King of Wessex 871-c886 and King of the Anglo-Saxons c886-899

Frederick the Great escapes danger through quick thinking, 1758, (1936). Creator: Unknown
Frederick the Great escapes danger through quick thinking, 1758, (1936). Friedrich Der Grosse Entgeht Durch Geistesgegenwart Einer Gefahr, 1758

Sir Arthur Wellesley commanding at the Battle of Assaye, (1803), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Sir Arthur Wellesley commanding at the Battle of Assaye, (1803), 1816. Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) and the British East India Company defeated the Maratha Empire at the Battle of Assaye in 1803

The Women of Weinsberg, 21 December 1140, (1936). Creator: Unknown
The Women of Weinsberg, 21 December 1140, (1936). Die Weiber Von Weinsberg, 21 Dezember 1140. Conrad III (1093-1152), King of Germany, laid siege to the town of Weinsberg

Alfred, disguised in the Character of a Harper, viewing the Danish Camp, 1773. Creator
Alfred, disguised in the Character of a Harper, viewing the Danish Camp, 1773. After Samuel Wale (1721-1786). King Alfred the Great (849-899) From " A New and Complete History of England

A Station Intelligence Room, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
A Station Intelligence Room, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II

The Late Sir James Alfred Ewing, KCB, 1937
The Late Sir James Alfred Ewing, K.C.B. presided over the cryptographic staff of the Naval intelligence division for some time during the war of 1914-18, 1937

Interrogating a German prisoner to obtain information, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Interrogating a German prisoner to obtain information, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail. (Colorised black and white print)

Serious study, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Serious study, 1941. An officer points out the battle plan to a group of soldiers. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Clever Child (Kluges Kind), 1937, (1939). Artist: Paul Klee
Clever Child (Kluges Kind), 1937, (1939). The painting is held by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia. From Verve - Nos. 5-6, July-October 1939. [Verve, France, 1939]

Sending up one of the French war kites, to which a camera is attached, 1914, (1915). From The Manchester Guardian History of the War Vol. III - 1915.. [John Heywood Ltd, London, 1915]

A Desert Scout, c1880, (1904). Artist: Robert George Talbot Kelly
A Desert Scout, c1880, (1904). From Egypt, by R. Talbot Kelly. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904]

Puck, from A Midummer Nights Dream, c19th century
Puck, c19th century. From A Collection of Prints illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by Josiah Boydell. [, London, c19th century.]

Surprise of the Cato Street conspirators, London, 1820 (1906). Artist: Paul Hardy
Surprise of the Cato Street conspirators, London, 1820 (1906). The Cato Street Conspiracy involved the planned assassination of British Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and his entire cabinet

British military intelligence officers of World War II, 1943. A good Intelligence Officer must have something of the qualities of Herodotus, Socrates and Voltaire. From Coastal Command

H. M. The King learns details of the R. A. F. raid on the Ruhr dams on May 17, 1943, 1943-44
H.M. The King learns details of the R.A.F. raid on the Ruhr dams on May 17, 1943, 1943-44. George VI (1895-1952) learning details of the raid on the Ruhr dams, which was part of Operation Chastise

The Property Room of a Clever Cartoonist, c1890. Artist: Frederick Richardson
The Property Room of a Clever Cartoonist, c1890. From the pen drawing by Fred Richardson. 1905-6. From The Studio Volume 36 [The Offices of the Studio Ltd. London, 1905-6]

Anson Receives Intelligence that the Centurion is on Fire, 1904
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697-1762) was a British admiral, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role in the Seven Years War

General McClellans headquarters, Antietam, Maryland, American Civil War, 1861-1862 (1955). Only a few federal officers knew that the man seated with a cigar in his hand was Allan Pinkerton

Captured German prisoner giving information to his captors, World War I, 1914-1918. A German prisoner captured in a raid pointing out to staff officers the disposition of his unit

British Naval and Air Force officers working at Area Combined Headquarters, c1940 (1943). The officers worked side by side in two offices fronting the plot on which every new movement in the Battle

The Return of the Balloon, Artois, France, 10 June 1915, (1926). Artist: Francois Flameng
The Return of the Balloon, Artois, France, 10 June 1915, (1926). Observation balloons were used extensively by both sides on the Western Front as a means of determining enemy positions

Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster of Queen Elizabeth I, (1824). Artist: W Holl
Sir Francis Walsingham, spymaster of Queen Elizabeth I, (1824). Walsingham (c1530-1590) was one of the queens principal secretaries of state

Portrait of Mika Morosov, 1901. Artist: Valentin Serov
Portrait of Mika Morosov, 1901. Serov, Valentin Alexandrovich (1865-1911). Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The facial characteristics of a strict, intellegent person, 1808. Artist: Johann Kaspar Lavater
The facial characteristics of a strict, intellegent person, 1808. A print from le Le Lavater Portatif, Hocquart, Paris, 1808. Physiognomical portraits

The Duke of Osuna and his Family, 1788. Artist: Francisco Goya
The Duke of Osuna and his Family, 1788. Found in the collection of the Prado, Madrid, Spain

Chekhov and Tolstoy, late 19th century. Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian writer, left, with Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian writer, philosopher and mystic

Thomas Young (1773-1829), physicist and Egyptologist, 19th century
Thomas Young (1773-1829), English physicist and Egyptologist. Discovered the undulatory (wave) theory of light. Managed to decipher the Rosetta Stone

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician, 1801
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783). Swiss mathematician, 1801

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping