Title
Magic lantern slide WW1
Caption
Magic lantern slide WW1, 1914-1918, World war one images. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colours, interrupting and intersecting each other. Unlike other forms of camouflage, the intention of dazzle is not to conceal but to make it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed, and heading. Norman Wilkinson explained in 1919 that he had intended dazzle primarily to mislead the enemy about a ship's course and so to take up a poor firing position.[a]
Date
20th century
Credit line
Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/John Short
Reference
UMG20B22_443
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,4Mb (4,8Mb) / 17,7in x 13,3in / 5300 x 3984 (300dpi)