Spying Collection (page 2)

The Eavesdropper, Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa... ca
The Eavesdropper, Folio 47r from a Haft Paikar (Seven Portraits) of the Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami, ca. 1430

Spying in Glenfeshie, ca. 1858. Creator: Horatio Ross
Spying in Glenfeshie, ca. 1858

Mrs Stuart, J. C.s and Mrs d Aguilar, Barrackpore, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mrs Stuart, J.C.S and Mrs d Aguilar, Barrackpore, 1858

Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath), 1836. Creator: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
Diana and Actaeon (Diana Surprised in Her Bath), 1836

The Three Ages of Humans. Creator: Dosso Dossi
The Three Ages of Humans

Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Lieutenant Norman Baillie-Stewart, 1933. The Prisoner in the Tower. British army officer Lt Norman Baillie-Stewart (1909-1966)

The Captured Spy, 1895, (c1930). Creator: Arthur Melville
The Captured Spy, 1895, (c1930). A man, naked but for a loincloth, prostrates himself before a vizier shaded by a parasol

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

Lucretia Among Her Maidens, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Lucretia Among Her Maidens, 1890. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History Vol. II - Rome", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Have you a precedent of this Commission? I believe not any, c1820. Creator: Unknown
Have you a precedent of this Commission? I believe not any, c1820. Satirical cartoon showing British judge John Scott, Earl of Eldon, holding a telescope and a bag of money

Indelicate Investigation or the Spying D-glass s, 1813. Artist: George Cruikshank
Indelicate Investigation or the Spying D-glass s, 1813. Lady Douglas and her husband kneel on the floor, peering through spyglasses at the Princess of Wales lying on a sofa

Lady Godinas Rout or Peeping Tom spying out Pope Joan, 1796
Lady Godinas Rout or Peeping Tom spying out Pope Joan, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving)

How The Secret Got Out, 1911. From British Sports and Sportsmen Part 1. [British Sports and Sportsmen, London, 1911]

What makes you bad, Topsy?, 1929. A scene from Harriet Beecher Stowes Uncle Toms Cabin. Stowes anti-slavery novel was first published in 1852.From Uncle Toms Cabin [Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd

Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Artist: Monro Scott Orr
Flints Pointer, c1910, (1934). Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), first published in 1883. An illustrated scene of Captain Flint. From The Bookman - Special Christmas Number 1934

The Fountain of Job, 1855. Artist: David Roberts
The Fountain of Job, 1855. From The Holy Land, with historical notes by George Croly. vol. 1 (of 6 ), Jerusalem and Gaililee. [Day & Son, London, 1855]

Mr. Churchill Spies the Enemy, 1942. Winston Churchill pays a visit to the El-Alamein area, August 19th, 1942. From The War Illustrated Volume 6 edited by Sir John Hammerton

German spy escorted to military prison by the Canadian authorities, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The Keyhole, 1869, (1938). Artist: Pierre Edouard Frere
The Keyhole, 1869, (1938). From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford, Volume IV, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe. [Emrose and Sons Ltd

King Alfred the Great, disguised as a musician... (19th century).Artist: Grignion
King Alfred the Great, disguised as a musician, viewing the situation of the enemy in the Danish camp, previous to his defeating them on the borders of Hampshire, (19th century)

The Tea-Table, 18th century. Two men spy through the window at a group of women sitting chatting at the table, while on the left there seems to be a fight going

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

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

Papers! Papers! Papers!, 1864. Artist: John Tenniel
Papers! Papers! Papers!, 1864. John Russell says: Please, My Lord, Them Toris Would Be Much Obleeged for Papers. Lord Palmerston replies: Papers! Haven t They Got The Standard and the Herald

Looking Out for The Next Derby, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
Looking Out for The Next Derby, 1863. Dizzy (The Tout) comments: Foreign Policy - Church - And Finance - Blow d If We Shall Win With That Lot

Basile Fouquet, 1658. Creator: Robert Nanteuil
Basile Fouquet, 1658

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