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In 1941, Roland Penrose became a game changer when The War Office published this Home Guard Manual<\/em>. Penrose shows how to accomplish seemingly impossible visual deceptions: While Penrose, a keen naturalist, drew on influences in the natural world, his Surrealist passion for mimicry is apparent throughout the book. Patterns, textures, shading: all these artistic devices now took on serious military currency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A facsimile of the practical manual, discussing the necessity for camouflage. “Officially approved by the War Office” in 1941 and written by Roland Penrose.
The Necessity for Camouflage
\nChief Problems of the Home Guard
\nNature as a Guide
\nApplication of Lessons learned from nature
\nSiting and camouflage discipline
\nDummies and Decoys
\nFixed Positions
\nMaterials and Equipment
\nIndividual camouflage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":65743,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21061],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-65742","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-reference","7":"author-by-author-roland-penrose","8":"publisher-lee-miller-archives","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHome Guard Manual of Camouflage - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Home Guard Manual of Camouflage, Pages: 102 Pages, Publish Date: 1st Jul 2025, Author: Roland Penrose, ISBN: 9780953238972. 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