Cunning Collection

Sixth Column Strategy
Stout patriots dislodge an enemy machine gun post from the dome of St. Pauls using the usual Heath Robinson cunning! Please note

The Fox and the Crow
The cunning fox is able to trick the crow into dropping the cheese from her beak by implying that she cannot sing

Press photographer with hidden camera in his hat
A rather shifty looking press photographer cunningly conceals a camera behind his hat with the lens poking through a convenient hole. Date: 1914

WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men

Puss in Boots presents a rabbit from his Master to the King
Puss in Boots presents a gift of a rabbit from his Master to the King. Illustration to a fairytale by Charles Perrault, first published 1697

HASTINGS TRICK
The cunning Norsemen use all kind of subterfuges in their invasion of France : their leader Hastings feigns death to gain entry into a besieged city. (Doubtless a legend !) Date: circa 880

Fable English Fox Myth Fables La Fontaine Circa
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STAGE GESTURE / CUNNING
RUSTIC CUNNING Date: 1807

Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

The Fox Without a Tail
THE FOX THAT LOST ITS TAIL A fox that lost its tail in a trap and mourned its loss, tried to convince his brethren that they would be better off without their tails

Posada, Story of the Wolf and the Fox
Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

The Suffragette and Cupid. Suffragette with flag and sash rejects Cupids advances but, You may think it fun, poor Cupid to snub, with the hand of a suffragette, But hes cunning and smart

A Clever Ruse by Heath Robinson
Two cunning German officers bamboozle a British sentry by disguising themselves as humble farming folk, while their cannon is a very convincing bull. Date: 1915

Mr Fox the Lawyer 1851

Cat hunting bird
A splendidly sly looking cat creeps through the branches of a tree so as not to drop the bird from its mouth which it has just caught

Fable / Lion, Wolf & Fox
THE LION, THE WOLF AND THE FOX: An old lion, wishing to find a cure, summons his animals. The wolf slanders the fox, but finds he comes off worst in the end

Fable / the Fox and Goat
THE FOX AND THE GOAT A fox and goat, feeling very thirsty, jump into a well to drink; unable to escape, the fox suggests he climb upon the goat, only to then run off

Puss in Boots - 6
Happy ending ! The Marquis de Carabas marries the Princess, thanks to Pusss devious and deceitful cunning. All shall live happily ever after !

Puss in Boots - 5
Puss with the ogre who has made his home in the castle of the Marquis de Carabas, but not for much longer thanks to the cats cunning

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