Spying Collection (#7)

A transport police officer scans the tracks with his binoculars

Belgium officers inspect a staff car which had been captured by the Germans along with its occupants. The Germans had donned the captured officers uniforms

A Couple Kissing in the park all the while being watched by a dirty old man Courting couple touching each other on a park bench Voyeur Stalking August 1960

John Profumo with his son David - August 1963 arriving in Scotland The former Minister for War resigned after misleading Parliament about his involvement with Christine Keeler

What are these nippers underneath the tent adjoining the big-top of Billy smarts Circus looking at? Are they stealing a peep at the show? No - not on your life

Bird watcher. Sir Martin Furnival Jones. Ex MI5 Boss. Britains top spy catcher revealed the secret of his success with birds yesterday

Three Sleeping Sprites with a Satyr, 1769. Creator: Salomon Gessner
Three Sleeping Sprites with a Satyr, 1769

Cartoon, Two German spies. Two fat men at a table laden with food agree that its worth being spies and risking their lives, when they can eat so well. 1916

The exterior of a pigeon-loft in the rue Magenta, Paris, where birds would arrive carrying messages from outside the city (2 of 2) Date: Jan-Feb 1871

The interior of a pigeon-loft in Paris, where birds would arrive carrying messages from outside the city (1 of 2) Date: Jan-Feb 1871

Desire, February 21, 1800. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
Desire, February 21, 1800

Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers), 18th century. Creator: Rene Gaillard
Les Amans Surpris (The Surprised Lovers), 18th century. After Francois Boucher

Pan spying on the nymph Syrinx who is seated on a rock, combing her hair, ca. 1516-20. Formerly attributed to Marcantonio Raimondi

Emblemata Secularia, 1611. Creator: Theodore de Bry
Emblemata Secularia, 1611. [Oversute puer foecundi insertor amoris]

Variety Act 12: One for All, All for One or a Glimpse through the Keyhole (Varietenummer 1... 1907)
Variety Act 12: One for All, All for One or a Glimpse through the Keyhole (Varietenummer 12: Eine fur Alle, Alle fur eine oder ein Blick Durch's Schlusselloch. Pariser Schwank mit 20 Akten, 1907

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

METRO-VICKERS TRIAL 1933
Russian lawyers confront the British engineer, Thornton, and his secretary, Kutosuova, accusing them of spying and sabotage. Metropolitan-Vickers trial, Moscow, Russia. Date: April 1933

GERMANS USE PERISCOPE
North Africa : a German soldier uses a periscope to observe the positions of the enemy line Date: July 1942

PEEPING WAITER 1879
A Parisian waiter checks on whats going on in a hotel bedroom, before he carries in the breakfast tray Date: 1879

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England, London, MI6 Headquarters on the Albert Embankment in Vauxhall, seen from Millbank with a Henry Moore bronze Locking Piece sculpture in the foreground

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

Man Wench man catches fallen drunk woman woman
Man with Wench, A man catches a fallen drunk woman. The woman has a pipe in the left hand, on the right a table with a wine jug, drunkenness, sleeping in chair, pipe, tobacco

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

On Reconnaissance, 1876 (oil on canvas)
WLT206795 On Reconnaissance, 1876 (oil on canvas) by Brandt, Jozef (1841-1915); 47.63x113.67 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; Polish, out of copyright

Frontispiece to Pelleas and Melisande, by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
XIR114503 Frontispiece to Pelleas and Melisande, by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) & Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) (engraving) by Rochegrosse

What The Butler Saw. A Waiter Spying Through A Keyhole. From Illustrierte Sittengeschichte Vom Mittelalter Bis Zur Gegenwart By Eduard Fuchs, Published 1909

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)

Divertissement aquatique renouvelé des Grecs, 1857. Creator: Honore Daumier
Divertissement aquatique renouvele des Grecs, 1857. Renewed aquatic entertainment of the Greeks. Series: Croquis d'ete, no. 20; Periodical: Le Charivari, 16-17 August 1857

Meeting between Tsar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II, Wiesbaden, Germany, 1903. A portrait of Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey is on the wall

Sidney Reilly, Ace of Spies
Sidney George Reilly (c.  1873 c.  1925), commonly known as the " Ace of Spies", secret agent of the British Secret Service Bureau

WW1 - French arrest a decrepit old woman (a German spy)
WW1 - The Germans gave the old woman a new white blanket and bribed her to walk behind any French battery that might take up a position near a certain village on the Aisne

The Eavesdropper, 1868 (oil on canvas)
XKH234239 The Eavesdropper, 1868 (oil on canvas) by Hoff, Carl Heinrich (1838-90); 75x58.5 cm; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany; German, out of copyright

Colonial woman serving tea to a British officer
Patriotic American woman gathering information from a British officer, American Revolution. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an engraving

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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.