disguise mask political mask Guy Fawkes mask http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2017000132 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13905 A stylized depiction of Guy Fawkes, the best-known member of the Gunpowder Plot, an attempt to blow up the House of Lords in London on 5 November 1605. The use of a mask on an effigy has long roots as part of Guy Fawkes Night celebrations. Illustrator David Lloyd stylised a smiling face with red cheeks, a wide moustache upturned at both ends, and a thin vertical pointed beard; the design came to represent broad protest after it was used as a major plot element in V for Vendetta (1982–1989) and its 2005 film adaptation. After appearing in Web forums it became a well-known symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous, used in Project Chanology, the Occupy movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, and other anti-government and anti-establishment protests around the world. Anonymous mask Fawkes mask Guy Fawkes masks