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Disguise Collection (page 28)

"Unveiling the Art of Disguise: From Tutankhamun's Gold Mask to Carnival Revelry" Step into the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt

Background imageDisguise Collection: Concealed mobile phone mast

Concealed mobile phone mast. Camouflaged mobile phone mast on a brick chimney

Background imageDisguise Collection: Trojan horse, conceptual artwork

Trojan horse, conceptual artwork
Trojan horse, conceptual computer artwork. The trojan horse, a type of malicious computer program, is represented by the horse figure (green), which is covered by electronic circuitry designs

Background imageDisguise Collection: NATI2A-00160

NATI2A-00160
Southeastern Native American hunters disguised as deer, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a DeBry engraving of Le Moyne illustration

Background imageDisguise Collection: NATI2A-00125

NATI2A-00125
Arrival of the ceremonial Shalako in Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDisguise Collection: EVRV2A-00058

EVRV2A-00058
Colonists dressed as Indians dumping tea in Boston harbor, 1773. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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EVRV2A-00017
Patriots dressed as Indians destroying tea in Boston harbor, called the Boston Tea Party, 1773. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageDisguise Collection: Costumes and masks during Venice Carnival, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Costumes and masks during Venice Carnival, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again

Swan Lake ballet, the unfortunate girls become swans again
Siegfried and Odette are about to embrace when the evil Rotbart disguised as a large owl appears, and the unfortunate girls become swans again

Background imageDisguise Collection: Olive Malvery as street singer

Olive Malvery as street singer
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageDisguise Collection: Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house

Olive Malvery serving in a cheap coffee house
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports of Londons poor, especially women

Background imageDisguise Collection: Olive Malvery selling fruit

Olive Malvery selling fruit
In the early 1900s, Olive Malvery, an established singer and reciter of verse, became known for her investigative reports on Londons poor, especially women

Background imageDisguise Collection: Frank Gray, Liberal MP

Frank Gray, Liberal MP
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Background imageDisguise Collection: Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp

Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Background imageDisguise Collection: Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930

Gebrauchsgraphik front cover 1930
Simple, striking front cover of Gebrauchsgraphik, the journal of international advertising art, featuring a stylised image of a woman wearing a party mask

Background imageDisguise Collection: Charmouth, Dorset - Hiding place of King Charles

Charmouth, Dorset - Hiding place of King Charles
Charmouth, Dorset - The Queens Armes Hotel, an early 16th century house, re-faced in the 18th century. After the house became an Inn (it was formerly part of Forde Abbey)

Background imageDisguise Collection: Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha

Music cover, spinning wheel scene from Martha
Music cover for the comic opera entitled Martha, or the Market at Richmond by Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883), set in the early 18th century

Background imageDisguise Collection: Camouflaged street WWI

Camouflaged street WWI
A street camouflaged against hostile aircraft on the Western Front during World War I

Background imageDisguise Collection: How to disguise oneself as a boy

How to disguise oneself as a boy
If only Willie Clarkson had helped Miss Le Neve. Advice given by Mr Willie Clarkson, the theatrical costumier, on how to disguise a young lady as a young man days after the disguise of Dr Crippen

Background imageDisguise Collection: The Hold up by Webster Murray

The Hold up by Webster Murray
A highwayman, looking suspiciously like Cupid, holds up a pretty lady riding in a carriage

Background imageDisguise Collection: Disguised pill box

Disguised pill box
Concrete pill box near Poperinghe camouflaged as a ruined cottage on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in August 1918

Background imageDisguise Collection: Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label

Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label
Rather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party

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Fairly Tree d
A soldier disguised rather improbably as a tree, scampers gingerly through the mud of the West Front, doing his best to avoid a cluster of enemy shells falling nearby

Background imageDisguise Collection: A quick change of front

A quick change of front
A German Shopkeeper hides his origins following the outbreak of war with Germany

Background imageDisguise Collection: Lusitania Painted Grey

Lusitania Painted Grey
The Lusitania is painted war- grey early in the war on its trip back from New York in 1914, a disguise which does not save it from being torpedoed on 7 May 1915

Background imageDisguise Collection: Sven Hedin to Tibet - 5

Sven Hedin to Tibet - 5
Guided by lama Schereb, the caravan proceeds to Arka-Tag : at the Tibet frontier Hedin and two companions disguise themselves as pilgrims

Background imageDisguise Collection: Police / Anti-Gas School

Police / Anti-Gas School
A group of officers from the Metropolitan police pose for a photograph wearing their gas masks at the anti-gas training school at Devonport, Plymouth. 2/2 pictures. See 10193283 for

Background imageDisguise Collection: Battus into a Rock

Battus into a Rock
Hermes asks peasant Battus to watch over cattle hes stolen from Apollo, then to test him, comes in disguise and asks where they are, he tells him, so he turns him into a rock

Background imageDisguise Collection: Royal Evasion - 1

Royal Evasion - 1
Louis and Marie Antoinette escape from the Tuileries in disguise, hoping to cross the frontier of France altogether. The authorities are alarmed and the populace dismayed

Background imageDisguise Collection: Charles Ii / Royal Oak

Charles Ii / Royal Oak
Charles II is advised to hide amid the branches of the Royal Oak in Boscobel Wood, part of the park of Boscobel House following the Battle of Worcester

Background imageDisguise Collection: Charles and Jane Lane

Charles and Jane Lane
CHARLES II ESCAPES After being defeated at Worcester, Charles escapes by disguising himself as Jane Lanes maidservant

Background imageDisguise Collection: Odysseus in Disguise

Odysseus in Disguise
Odysseus, having returned from his travels, but disguised into an old man to fool his wife Penelopes Suitors, is recognised by old nurse Eurycleia, who washes his feet

Background imageDisguise Collection: Demosthenes in Disgrace

Demosthenes in Disgrace
DEMOSTHENES Athough later regarded as the greatest of Greek orators, he is seen here hiding his face after the failure of his first badly delivered speech

Background imageDisguise Collection: Sri Lankan mask, Paris, France, Europe

Sri Lankan mask, Paris, France, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Carnival, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Masked dancer at religious festival with many visitors, Paro Tsechu, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Masked dancer at religious festival with many visitors, Paro Tsechu, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Dancers, Bayon Temple, late 12th century, Buddhist, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap

Dancers, Bayon Temple, late 12th century, Buddhist, Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Theatre in ancient Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Theatre in ancient Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Mask at the theatre, in ancient Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Mask at the theatre, in ancient Ostia, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Venice Carnival, San Marco Square with San Giorgio island in the background

Venice Carnival, San Marco Square with San Giorgio island in the background, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Background imageDisguise Collection: Hemis Festival, Lama dancing, Ladakh, India, Asia

Hemis Festival, Lama dancing, Ladakh, India, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Lamas dancing at the Hemis Festival, Ladakh, India, Asia

Lamas dancing at the Hemis Festival, Ladakh, India, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Dancers in costume at Tsechu (festival), Gangtey Gompa (Monastery), Phobjikha Valley

Dancers in costume at Tsechu (festival), Gangtey Gompa (Monastery), Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Dancers in costume at Thangbi Mani Tsechu (festival), Jakar, Bumthang, Chokor Valley

Dancers in costume at Thangbi Mani Tsechu (festival), Jakar, Bumthang, Chokor Valley, Bhutan, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Man displaying traditional masks, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Man displaying traditional masks, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Carved wooden masks, Tampaksiring village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Carved wooden masks, Tampaksiring village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: Barong dancer, Batubulan village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Barong dancer, Batubulan village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Background imageDisguise Collection: El Palacio de los Mascarones (Palace of Masks). Kabah, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

El Palacio de los Mascarones (Palace of Masks). Kabah, Yucatan, Mexico, North America




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"Unveiling the Art of Disguise: From Tutankhamun's Gold Mask to Carnival Revelry" Step into the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, and marvel at the exquisite gold mask of Tutankhamun. This ancient artifact reveals not only a symbol of power but also a clever disguise that concealed the young pharaoh's true identity. Traveling back in time to WW1, we uncover tales of German espionage where agents went undercover as women to gather crucial information. These daring disguises blurred gender lines and challenged conventional notions of warfare. Venturing across continents, witness Native American Indians engaging in a buffalo hunt under the watchful eye of White Wolf Ski. Their elaborate costumes blend seamlessly with nature, enabling them to approach their prey undetected. In colonial India during the 1800s, Sir Richard Burton donned various disguises as he immersed himself in local cultures. His ability to adopt different personas allowed him unparalleled access and insights into this vibrant land. Even Communist leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin understood the power of disguise. Hiding his true intentions behind an inconspicuous facade enabled him to navigate treacherous political landscapes while spreading his revolutionary ideals. The Carnival of Basel in Switzerland takes us on a journey through Europe's rich tradition of masked revelry. Colorful costumes conceal identities as people lose themselves in joyous celebrations that transcend social boundaries. Venice's UNESCO World Heritage Site comes alive during its famed carnival season. Elaborate masks transform ordinary individuals into enchanting characters straight out of fairy tales – an ode to centuries-old traditions steeped in mystery and allure. Illustrator C. H. Shepard captures the essence of Venice's carnival spirit with whimsical depictions that transport viewers into a world where reality intertwines with fantasy beneath intricately designed masks. Meanwhile, CID officers proudly display their "Sunday best, " showcasing how even law enforcement personnel embrace disguise for ceremonial purposes or blending seamlessly into diverse communities they serve.