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  • Postcard: mosquito net to be worn as a veil.
  • Postcard: mosquito net to be worn as a veil.
  • A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
  • A man in drag, wearing a large hat and veil, posing in a garden.
  • A woman wearing a traditional burqua or Muslim veil. Gouache painting by a Persian artist, Qajar period.
  • A woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing a bridal? dress and veil, in front of a plain backdrop.
  • An old woman wearing a black veil, identified as Rembrandt's mother. Etching by or after Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631.
  • Two Muslim women wearing white burkas, one with her face covered with a veil. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • A witch in the moonlight, opening her hand to a mandrake plant dressed in a white veil. Drawing by or after H. Fuseli.
  • A witch in the moonlight, opening her hand to a mandrake plant dressed in a white veil. Drawing by or after H. Fuseli.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • A convalescent soldier (Lance-Corporal R.C. Thomas) poses in drag, wearing a silk dress and sitting with a mourning veil. Photographic postcard, 1916.
  • A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
  • A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
  • The head and shoulders of a woman in profile to the right wearing a wedding head-dress and veil. Coloured line block, 1876, by Rigolet (?).
  • A masquerade: two men in masks pretend to play musical instruments for a young woman who is wearing a veil. Engraving after Jacques de Gheyn II.
  • A young woman posing naked but for a long veil, leaning back in a chair, in a photographic studio, in front of a curtain. Stereo photograph, ca.1900.
  • The heads and shoulders of five women with their hair combed back and dresed with high chignons and flowers; the central figure wears a wedding veil. Coloured line block, 1876.
  • A monk, praying by a brick wall, turns into a turkey; above, a modest nun with a purple veil, with whom he is in love. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A monk, praying by a brick wall, turns into a turkey; above, a modest nun with a purple veil, with whom he is in love. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1969.
  • A young woman wearing a veil and black clothing mourning at a tombstone, with her dog attending on her. Mezzotint by H. Quilley after a painting by C. Hancock, 1836.
  • A woman, seated, wearing a black dress and veil; her hands are in her lap as though she is praying. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, c. 1865.
  • The head and shoulders of a woman in profile to the left wearing a high chignon decorated with flowers and a wedding veil. Coloured line block, 1875, by A. Max after Saug (?).
  • The Virgin of Loreto with a piece of the actual veil with which it was covered on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday of an unspecified year; attached with a paper seal. Woodcut with attached cloth.
  • (Above) Zeuxis painting the portrait of Juno from the features of five different women; (below) Parrhasius deceives onlookers with a painting of a veil over a painting, and birds with a painting of grapes. Etching by J.J. von Sandrart after J. von Sandrart.
  • The body of a naked man covered in a transparent veil holding a condom packet bearing the logo of The Hot Rubber Company near his genitals; a safe sex advertisement by the Hot Rubber Company Deutschland, [a department of the Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V]. Lithograph by Vincent von Ballmoos.
  • A veiled woman, kneeling, begs for alms before her swaddled baby. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1809.
  • Two winged genii standing outside a veiled arch hold up the dedication to the Roman calendar. Engraving, 1761.
  • A veiled young woman looking out from a balcony at night. Engraving by J. Rogers after A.M. Huffam.