Turned wood

Continental

c. 1840

figures from 1 1/2" to 2 1/4" high

Three figures from a chess set each has a hidden profile.

2743

Ebony

France

c. 1840

3 1/2" high

A needle case with a shadow image.

2744

Ivory & bone

America

c. 1780

Cane: 36" high

0951

Ivory & bone

Continental

c.1820

cane: 36" high

0478

Ivory

Contintental

c. 1840

36" high

A hidden figure of George Washington at the head of a shadow cane.

1446

Wood

Continental

c.1820

Cane:35" high

0479

Wood & metal

France

c. 1830

2 3/4" high

A shadow figure on the top of a seal.

2447

Porcelain

Great Britain

c. 1880

3" high

An egg cup with the words Find Gladstone. William Gladstone, whip served as prime minister four different times, has his profile on the side of the egg cup and can be seen as a shadow.

1296

Anonymous

Wood engraving

France

1792

4" x 5"

A rare seditious piece showing both the French and English king and queen.

0481

Anonymous

Etching & Engraving

France

1795

5 1/2" x 3 3/4"

Image of Louis XVI and his family.

1478

Hand-colored lithograph

Great Britain

c. 1830

10" x 11"

Print contains a full-length figure of Napoleon and a small hidden portraits of his son, both emperesses, Maria Louisa and Josephine, as well as Wellington, Murat, & the Duke d'Enhien.

2477

Lithograph

Great Britain

c. 1840

6 1/4" x 7 5/8"

This image not only has a hidden image of Napoleon in profile looking at his tomb, but a map of Europe as well as hidden images of Wellington, and Marat.

3085

Anonymous

Colored lithograph

America

c.1830

12" x 8"

Printed by Nathanial Currier. Napoleon, in profile, is hidden in between the trees.

2973

Tin

France

c.1820

2 3/4 x 4 1/2" x 3/4"

A small tin box with two hidden figures in profile in the trees.

0483