Spying Collection (page 3)

Secret Service Santa
Cartoon showing how even Father Christmas has a role to play in the war effort. Date: 1940

Spitting Image puppet of Margaret Thatcher
A puppet of Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister, used on the satirical TV programme, Spitting Image. The book is Spycatcher by Peter Wright

Donald Maclean, English diplomat and KGB spy
Donald Duart Maclean (1913-1983), the former English Foreign Office diplomat and member of the Cambridge Spies, who spied for the KGB during the Second World War and beyond

Tray, 1772 (soft paste porcelain)
7394065 Tray, 1772 (soft paste porcelain) by Boucher, Francois (1703-70) (after); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Associated person(s)

Hjalmar (ink & wash on paper)
471376 Hjalmar (ink & wash on paper) by Doudelet, Charles (1861-1938); Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; (add.info.: Hjalmar)

Camouflage
Lucie Gagnon

Gipsy Dancer; Notes on Albania, 1875. Creator: Frederick A. Lyons
Gipsy Dancer; Notes on Albania, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Belle Boyd, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Belle Boyd, between 1855 and 1865. [Confederate spy in the American Civil War]

Pauline Cushman, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Pauline Cushman, between 1855 and 1865. [Actress, spy for the Union Army during the American Civil War]

Greenhow, Mrs. & daughter (imprisoned in old Capitol Prison in Wash. D. C. ), between 1865 and 1880. Creator: Unknown
Greenhow, Mrs. & daughter (imprisoned in old Capitol Prison in Wash. D.C.), between 1865 and 1880. Confederate spy

Isalde speaks to the birds, 1837 (engraving)
7273671 Isalde speaks to the birds, 1837 (engraving); 13.2x9.5 cm; JMK Archiv, Bremen, Germany; (add.info.: Illustration from the folk books, " 13 & 14. Tristan and Isalde")

Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service (litho)
7168513 Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info.: Popular Misconceptions, Life in the Secret Service)

The Old Man and the Servant, 1800 (oil on canvas)
XIR221141 The Old Man and the Servant, 1800 (oil on canvas) by Teniers, David the Younger (1610-90); 46x64 cm; Prado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: The Old and the Handmaid; )

Moon of Beauty, illustration for The Arabian Nights, 1895 (colour engraving)
PER224723 Moon of Beauty, illustration for The Arabian Nights, 1895 (colour engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Thousand and one Nights ; )

Krishna with the Cow Girls clothes, Tehri-Garhwal, c. 1820-30 (w / c on paper)
BAL4507 Krishna with the Cow Girls clothes, Tehri-Garhwal, c.1820-30 (w/c on paper) by Pahari School (19th Century); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

The Blue Shadow - Rebel Spy - Steampunk Wars 1911
Daniel Springgay

Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, ca. 1860-1865. Creator: Unknown
Belle Boyd, Confederate spy, ca. 1860-1865

The Babes in the wood, c. 1900 (w / c & pen & ink on paper)
LIS244428 The Babes in the wood, c.1900 (w/c & pen & ink on paper) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); 38.1x21.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Portrait de Felix Dzerjinski (1877-1926), revolutionnaire bolchevique, fondateur et dirigeant de la Tcheka (Feliks E)
FIA5386223 Portrait de Felix Dzerjinski (1877-1926), revolutionnaire bolchevique, fondateur et dirigeant de la Tcheka (Feliks E)

Advertising poster for the illustrious daily newspaper Excelsior, 1910
7243320 Advertising poster for the illustrious daily newspaper Excelsior, 1910 by de Losques, Daniel (Thouroude) (1880-1915); Private Collection; (add.info)

Man spying on a young woman bathing (colour litho)
7201309 Man spying on a young woman bathing (colour litho) by Usabal, Luis (1876-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man spying on a young woman bathing)

Mata Hari (1876-1917) in 1906 (photo)
1699203 Mata Hari (1876-1917) in 1906 (photo) by Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy, Lucien Walery) (1863-1935); (add.info.: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle called Mata Hari (1876-1917)

Young Girl in a Garden, illustration from The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads published by Stodder and Houghton
IL314806 Young Girl in a Garden, illustration from The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads published by Stodder and Houghton, c.1910 (colour litho) by Fortescue-Brickdale

King Alfred in the camp of the Danes in the guise of a minstrel (colour litho)
7185266 King Alfred in the camp of the Danes in the guise of a minstrel (colour litho) by Crane, Donn P. (1878-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Alfred the Saxon King, Disguised as a Minstrel, in the Tent of Guthrum the Dane, c. 1852 (oil on canvas)
TW426904 Alfred the Saxon King, Disguised as a Minstrel, in the Tent of Guthrum the Dane, c.1852 (oil on canvas) by Maclise, Daniel (Croquis, Alfred) (1806-70); 122.2x219.4 cm; Laing Art Gallery

Project for a siege tower, illustration from De re Militari by Roberto Valturio (1405-75)
XIR217235 Project for a siege tower, illustration from De re Militari by Roberto Valturio (1405-75) 1470 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Capitolare, Padua

Ms Lat 623 P. 6. 23 f. 49r David and Bathsheba, from the Office of the Virgin (vellum)
ALG176822 Ms Lat 623 P.6.23 f.49r David and Bathsheba, from the Office of the Virgin (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Emilia-Romagna

Knight of Eon (1728-1810), French secret agent for the king, he used to cross-dress, engraving colourized document
1715991 Knight of Eon (1728-1810), French secret agent for the king, he used to cross-dress, engraving colourized document by Bradel, P

Knight of Eon (1728-1810), French secret agent for the king, he used to cross-dress, engraving
1703330 Knight of Eon (1728-1810), French secret agent for the king, he used to cross-dress, engraving by Bradel, P. Jean Baptiste (fl.1768-83); French, out of copyright

David watching Bathsheba bathing (engraving)
7172359 David watching Bathsheba bathing (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: David watching Bathsheba bathing (2 Samuel 11)

A Serenade, 1893 (w / c on paper)
OVR368832 A Serenade, 1893 (w/c on paper) by Kittelsen, Theodor Severin (1857-1914); 27x22 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: from the series Do the Animals Have a Soul ); Photo © O. Vaering

The wife of Prussian general Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeld asking Napoleon to spare her husbands life (litho)
7184940 The wife of Prussian general Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeld asking Napoleon to spare her husbands life (litho) by French School

Be Lurking (w / c on paper)
OVR328441 Be Lurking (w/c on paper) by Bergslien, Nils (1853-1928); 21.5x15 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Le bain des femmes (The Bathhouse Women ) - Oeuvre de Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), estampe (18x13, 5 cm)
FIA5372334 Le bain des femmes (The Bathhouse Women ) - Oeuvre de Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815), estampe (18x13, 5 cm), vers 1790 - Private Collection by Kiyonaga

Un espion (A Spy) (episode de la guerre hispano americaine ou desastre de 98 (avril a aout 1898)
FIA5358492 Un espion (A Spy) (episode de la guerre hispano americaine ou desastre de 98 (avril a aout 1898) - Peinture de Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Vassili Verechtchaguine) (1842-1904)

Susanna and the Elders, 1856 (oil on panel)
XIR216663 Susanna and the Elders, 1856 (oil on panel) by Chasseriau, Theodore (1819-56); 40x31 cm; Louvre, Paris, France

L arrestation d un espion (The Arrest of a Spy). Peinture de Gottfried (Bogdan Pavlovich) Willewalde (1818-1903)
FIA5368159 L arrestation d un espion (The Arrest of a Spy). Peinture de Gottfried (Bogdan Pavlovich) Willewalde (1818-1903), huile sur toile, 1869. Art russe 19e siecle. Dim. : 85 x 115, 5cm

Les espions. Peinture de Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), tempera sur toile, 1900. Art russe, 20e siecle, symbolisme
FIA5350822 Les espions. Peinture de Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), tempera sur toile, 1900. Art russe, 20e siecle, symbolisme. State Art Museum, Nijni Novgorod (Russie)

The Last Ambush, March 1894. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
The Last Ambush, March 1894

As in Ninety-Three, 548. Creator: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
As in Ninety-Three, 548. (1901)

The Schoolmaster from The Songs of Beranger, 1829. Creator
The Schoolmaster from The Songs of Beranger, 1829

Moura Budberg - Baroness Maria Ignatyevna Budberg (1891-1974), Anonymous. Photograph, c
FIA5404983 Moura Budberg - Baroness Maria Ignatyevna Budberg (1891-1974), Anonymous. Photograph, c. 1930, Private Collection by Anonymous; Private Collection; Photo eFine Art Images; out of copyright

Affiche du film Miss Mend (ou Les aventure des trois reporters) - Movie poster Miss Mend
FIA5409774 Affiche du film Miss Mend (ou Les aventure des trois reporters) - Movie poster Miss Mend, by Stenberg, Georgi Avgustovich (1900-1933). Colour lithograph, 1927

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"Unveiling the Shadows: A Glimpse into the Intricate World of Spying" In times of war, secrets whispered can unleash devastation. As a chilling reminder, a propaganda poster from World War I boldly declares, "Careless talk costs lives. " The art of espionage took on many disguises during this era; one such example was German spies masquerading as women to gather intelligence undetected. Fast forward to 1960 when the U-2 spy plane soared through the skies with fictitious NASA markings. This remarkable aircraft pushed boundaries and blurred lines between truth and deception. Meanwhile, military spies found an unlikely ally in pigeons equipped with cameras, capturing enemy territory from above. Delving further back in time reveals Curiosity's enchanting presence in Pears Annual Christmas edition of 1892. Even then, curiosity fueled mankind's desire for hidden knowledge. In August 1940, Old Bill and Co. , armed with determination and wit, embarked on daring missions that would shape history. George Blake's name echoes through time as he defied loyalties during the Cold War era. His betrayal sent shockwaves across nations and exposed vulnerabilities within intelligence networks. La Vie Parisienne paints a picture of intrigue in 1920s France—a world where secrets danced behind closed doors. The allure of invisible ink adds another layer to this clandestine realm—messages concealed within plain sight yet only revealed by those privy to their existence. During the US Civil War, observation balloons floated above battlefields like silent guardians watching over troops below. World War I brought forth skilled artists who captured vital information through drawings—an ingenious blend of creativity and espionage at its finest. Finally, Lockheed U-2 spy aircraft emerged in the 1950s as technological marvels capable of penetrating even the most fortified defenses.