Cheating Collection

A cunning stroke by William Heath Robinson
A clever but unsportsmanlike contrivance to increase buoyance and prevent fatigue among Channel swimmers. A useful inflatable idea to help long-distance swimmers by the gadget king

Horrors, my wife! by Webster Murray
Wife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928

Mytton / Short Cut Home
The seat of John Mytton (1796- 1834), the eccentric English squire of Halston, Shropshire. The view is from the back showing a circular garden and extensive parkland. Date: 1820s

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
Sketches in the court case of the Royal Baccarat Scandal. British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century

WATERING THE WINE
The wine-merchant in his cellar at dead of night... 1905

Comic postcard, Scotsmen discuss football match Date: 20th century

In the witness box William Gordon-Cumming a decorated lieutenant colonel in the Scots Guards, was accused of cheating at baccarat, during a house party in September 1890

WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING (1854 - 1921), Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1880

Classroom scene: school boy cheats in exam, 1883
Schoolboy cheating at the back of the classroom. Date: 1883

The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay
Promotional postcard for The Sport of Kings by Ian Hay. First produced at the Savoy Theatre, 8th September 1924. Billed as a racing comedy

Royal Baccarat Scandal 1891
British gambling scandal, known as the Tranby Croft affair of the late 19th century, showing Sir William Gordon-Cumming and Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in court

Which is the tallest, by Hilda Cowham
Two small children attempt to measure their height, though it looks as if the little boy is giving himself some artificial help by standing on a book. Date: 1914

Gaming table at a club, with some possible cheating going on. circa late 18th century

William Gordon-Cumming
Sir WILLIAM GORDON-CUMMING Distinguished soldier, his career destroyed when he was accused of cheating at cards in the Baccarat scandal, at Tranby Croft, 1890. Date: 1854 - 1921

The Huns in Sport by H. M. Bateman, WW1
A series of sketches by humorous artist, H. M. Bateman, showing the Germans indulging in decidedly unsporting behaviour, a reflection - in the eyes of the British - of their conduct during the First

In the Firing Line
A smartly dressed man, which a perplexed expression, being caught with the woman in pink and being told to be sent away by the man in militray uniform, who has an angry expression. Date: 1918

E Lycett-Green
E LYCETT-GREEN Fox-hunter and gambler from Yorkshire, one of the witnesses in the Tranby Croft baccarat scandal who testified to Gordon-Cummings cheating. Date: circa 1892

Copying Schoolboy
A schoolboy tries to copy his neighbours work. Date: late 1960s

Cheating with Cards
A man tucks a card up his sleeve in an attempt to cheat. Date: late 1960s

Humorous postcard - LOVE
LOVE When a man is in love he says: " Darling, Nothing shall part us! For your sake I will even face DEATH!" - and then his WIFE somes round the corner! Date: 1913

Granpop Does a Bit of Animal Grab by Lawson Wood
A game of cards between an Granpop, a pig and a monkey becomes rather fraught. Date: 1934

False! by Florence Hardy
A little girl, dressed in a clown costume, is shocked to discover her Pierrot boyfriend is kissing another

Artful Cards
A gullible looking young man in plus fours and flat cap is encouraged to bet on a three card trick by a group of Jewish touts

Price Flashlight
Harry Price used this automatic flashlight during his sittings with Austrian medium Rudi Schneider at London : it may have detected Rudi cheating

Pyne - Wardmote Inquest
WARDMOTE INQUEST Each London ward has an inspector, whose job is to check the weights and measures used by market traders and the like, to prevent cheating

KATE FOX
CATHERINE (KATE) FOX [Mrs Jencken] pioneer spiritualist who later admitted cheating, then withdrew her admission

Classroom / Boy Cheating
Schoolboy at the back of the classroom cheating during the exams

Solicitor cheating a couple
An elderly couple are cheated by a solicitor

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