Doubtful Collection

Harvestman spider species (doubtful phalangium, Phalangium dubium). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Common heath, Epacris heteronema (Doubtful epacris, Epacris dubia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Trespass Offering of the Poor 1840
This depicts a trespass offering (also known as a guilt offering) which was a sacrifice made as a compensation payment for transgressions that were committed through ignorance

Rollerskating - Chatterbox
A doubtful turn Boys roller-skating on the pavement. Date: 1894

Cupid offering a red heart on a Valentine postcard
Cupid offering a red heart to a girl on a Valentine postcard. The girl looks rather uncertain about it. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, WW1
Cartoon, Critics from Shadowland, showing Kaiser Wilhelm I, Helmut von Moltke and Count Otto von Bismarck, as they appeared during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1

Caricature of the actors Edwin Booth and Henry Irving
Caricature of the American actor Edwin Booth (right) and the English actor Henry Irving (left). Booth wonders why Irving is being so civilised

Dewoitine D-520
French fighter with the doubtful honour of fighting on both sides during WW2 - against the Germans in 1940, for Germanys Vichy ally after Frances fall, and some for the Free French. Date: 1936+

Doubtful desmodium, Desmodium dubium.. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtiss The Botanical Magazine, Samuel Curtis

The Future, Republicanism in France
The Future, Republican, Friend of the People -- satirical print showing a smartly dressed man wearing a top hat and cockade, with the Pantheon in the background. 1831

Smallpox inoculation cartoon
Jack of Both Sides; Sympathetic, but doubtful, and by no means Bright Animals protest against the 1874 Act of Parliament which made inoculation against smallpox compulsory

Will It Bite? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girls puppy looks dubiously at a snail. Date: 1941

Racing Illustrated - A doubtful starter - a seaside donkey is les than keen on taking a corpulent holidaymaker for a stroll across the sand... Date: circa 1903

LCC-LFB - Fire investigation, suspected arson fire
The LFB would gather photographic evidence, wherever possible, as to the probable cause of fire where arson was suspected or proven

The Yellow Dwarf was a doubtful friend, he caused two lovers untimely end, and from their graves, in wind and weather, two fair trees grew and mingled together. 19th century

Lear / Nonsense / Abruzzi
There was an Old Man of th Abruzzi, so blind that he couldn t his foot see; When they said, Thats your toe, he replied, Is it so? that doubtful Old Man of th Abruzzi

Man Power in the Recruitment Office
A perfectly impartial way of dealing with doubtful cases at the recruitment office. Bemused individuals are placed upon a roulette wheel in order to decide their future in Britains army

Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing
Engraving showing two English cyclists on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles reaching a Border post as they travel across Europe

Jonathan Hulls Steam Tug-boat of 1736
Engraving of Jonathan Hulls steam tug-boat, which he patented in 1736. It is doubtful whether Hulls ever had the chance to build his tug-boat, much less use it to haul a fully rigged ship

Buying a Plant
A trader with a donkey-cart sells potted plants in a London street : mama is doubtful, but her daughter enthuses

Roller-Skating / Chatterbx
A doubtful turn Two young men skate on the pavement in the city

Man propositions a woman on the street
He: May I protect you from the sun, senorita She (to herself): Is it me or my watch hes after Date: 1878

Lunar Influences
The Influence of the Moon on the Heads of Women a 17th century caricature which manages to be both politically incorrect and scientifically doubtful

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