The following images may be viewed in one of at least two different ways.

Which image do you see first?

What is this? A beggar or a face?

Can you see a dog in this jumble?
Photograph: Ronald C. James. Dalmatian Dog. 1966

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Hint: The dog's tail and right back leg make up the right hand side of this image. The splodge in the centre of the image is the dog's chest.

A vase or head to head?

My wife and my mother-in-law
W. E. Hill ~ 1915

Hint: The old hag is looking from right to left, the white triangular shape, bottom centre, is her chin. The young woman is looking away from us; the white triangle is now her chest.

A photographic version of the old hag or young woman image

A male representation of the old hag / young woman
My husband and my father-in-law ~ Jack Botwinick

A variation of the face pictures above ~ this one contains three.

As well as the young girl and the old woman this one also contains a mustashioed, large nosed, bald man who is looking to the right.

An Indian or an Eskimo?

Hint: The Indian head is looking to the left, the Eskimo to the right

Duck or Rabbit?

Hint: The duck is looking left, the rabbit, right

There's a piece of cheese missing, or is there?

Can you find it?

Is this drawing of a convex or a concave object?

How many people can you see in this picture?

What do you see here ? A donkey or a seal ?

Do you see an old man or a kissing couple ?

Can you see the three hidden faces?

Can you find the five hidden faces?

One face or two ?

Saxophone player or a woman's face ?

Can you see a skull or a woman sat at a vanity table ?

RetroActive by Nels Isralson

A skull or a couple drinking ?
L'Amour de Pierrot c. 1905

A pair of gossips or the devil?
Gossip and Satan by George A. Wotherpoon

Is this the face of a liar ?

Old People or Spanish Scene?

Can you see the knight in the trees?

This page created 3rd June 1999, last modified 3rd July 2005