Deceptive Collection

Theatre Villains, Old Style and New Style Date: 1863

Food adulteration, 1845
London improvements : adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down, bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin. Date: 1845

Cartoon, Peace, WW1
Cartoon, Peace. An allegorical female figure, Peace, holding the flags of the Allied nations, looks down at Kaiser Wilhelm kneeling in front of her and rejects his deceptive offer. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Ententes Reply, WW1
Cartoon, Ententes Reply. An allegorical female figure, representing Entente (Agreement), responds to the German peace suggestion by sitting on it/him. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The trap, WW1
Cartoon, The trap. Kaiser Wilhelm and Crown Prince Wilhelm find that their trap labelled Peace has not caught any enemy soldiers, even though it was well prepared. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The useless trap, WW1
Cartoon, The useless trap. Kaiser Wilhelm asks Chancellor Bethmann if he thinks the enemy will recognise his dove, which is really a two-headed eagle with white feathers. Date: 1917

Ceratosaurus & Apatosaurus
Ceratosaurus overlooks a herd of Apatosaurus. Ceratosaurus was a large powerful predator with long curved fangs. Apatosaurus was one of the largest herbivores growing to 21 metres in length

Apatosaurus, previously known as Brontosaurus
A solid pillar-like femur, or thigh bone that once supported the 20 to 30 tonne dinosaur, Apatosaurus. This specimen is 1.5 metres long

A false Paris outside Paris: A city created to be bombed, 1920
A page from the Illustrated London News, 1920, illustrating a sham Paris, created to trick German pilots flying at night into thinking they were bombing Paris during World War One

Shepherds and a false Star in the East
Once again, the Shepherds see a star in the East -- only this time its a motor car bringing neither comfort nor joy

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