False Collection

Hogarth / False Perspectiv
An exercise in false perspective. Date: early 19th century

Operation Mincemeat - naval ID card of Major Martin
Fake naval identity card of Major William Martin

The carnival in the port of Spain, Trinidad, 1888. People cavort in fancy dress through the street, some playing banjos, others brandishing what looks like bladders on sticks

DREADNOUGHT HOAX
VIRGINIA WOOLF as a young woman, with Duncan Grant, Adrian Stephen, Anthony Buxton, Guy Ridley and Horace Cole as " The Emperor of Abyssinia and His Suite"

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Lipstick 1960S
Girl with thick dark hair cut into a fashionable hairstyle with a fringe, applying pale lipstick

Matthew Hopkins
Self-appointed Witchfinder- General in East Anglia, responsible for many false accusations of witchcraft

Chanterelle mushrooms, Cantharellus cibarius and Cantharellus cibarius var. neglectus, and false chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Cantharellus aurantiacus)

Snake species
Marine file snake, Chersydrus granulatus, pelagic sea snake, Pelamys bicolor, Lake Taal snake, Hydrophis cyanocinctus, wart snake, Acrochordus javanicus, tentacle snake, Erpeton tentaculatus

Eye of Horus. False door of Senenmut. Egypt
False door of Senenmut, architect and official government. Detail of the Eye of Horus. Sandstone. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1480-1460 BC. West Thebes. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany

Collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
A photo-montage re-creation of the dramatic collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy on 14th July 1902 Date: 1902

South Africa - Holiday Time in Kalk Bay, Cape Town. Date: circa 1903

Wigs in Hairdressers
A blonde curly wig on a dummy with a tiara in a hairdresser s

Snow morel, Gyromitra gigas, and hooded false morel, Helvella infula, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Advert for Universal hair extensions 1915
Using human hair extensions to change your hairstyle, in a range of colours. 1915

Lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma. Vespertilio spasma Linn

Chic Vs False Chic 1914
True chic - elegant young woman wears the latest fashion to good advantage: hobble skirt & long belted fur trimmed jacket, the skirts of which create a tunic & a fur muff. Date: 1914

False chanterelle, Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca, dubious.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

WW2 Christmas card, A False Alarm -- a dog in AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) uniform. Date: 1941

Firefighters in costume for an entertaining evening
Men and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace

Cat Flea Powder
An unsuspecting cat is stroked and lulled into a false sense of security on a cushion before being dowsed in flea powder!

Kate Greenaway
Tom Seven Years Old' by H Rutherford Russell. Full page illustration opposite page 228. 'A false alarm' Date: 1876

A courtcase between animals, with lion and tiger as judges
A courtcase between animals, with a lion and tiger as judges. The wolf makes a claim against the sheep, while the kite and vulture give false evidence

Species of mythical salamander
Species of mythical hairy salamander with stars on its back. An example of a fake lizard Stellio

Two men arguing in a candlelit room, 18th century. The curate is falsely accused by his suspicious brother of treachery. I hate you! Pl. 14, Vol. 1

Chiroptera bat heads and faces
Chiroptera bats: Brown long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus 1, 2, lesser long-eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi 3, lesser false vampire bat, Megaderma spasma 4, big-eared woolly bat

Afternoon tea in a Victorian drawing room, 19th century.. Ladies in crinoline dresses wait for a footman in livery bring the tea tray

Northern ghost bat and spectral bat
Northern ghost bat or white box-tailed bat, Diclidurus albus, and spectral bat or false vampire bat, Vampyrus spectrum

Dusky coral pea, false sarsaparilla and blackhorm
Dusky coral pea, Kennedia rubicunda 1, false sarsaparilla, Hardenbergia violacea 2, and blackhorm. Kaempferia rotunda 3. Kenedies, Kempferie

Birth of Antichrist
The birth of Antichrist Date: 1516

RMS Titanic - letter, Mabel Francatelli, passenger
RMS Titanic - First Class passenger Mabel Francatelli. A fascinating letter from Mattison, Davey & Rader of New York to Miss Francatelli dated 17 April 1956

Head of a statue of queen Hatshepsut or of king Thutmose III. 18th dynasty. New Kingdom of Egypt, c. 1460-1450 BC. Carbonatite. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany. Date: 2013

Advertisement for extensions made from finest quality human hair. Date: 1910

Nyankhre false door stela. Egypt
Nyankhre false door stela. 2450 BC. Limestone's small false door from the mastaba of the hairdresser's superintendent of the Palace Niankhre

False death cap, Amanita citrina, Agaricus mappa, poisonous.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leuba's Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Ww1 Wwi World War One First 1st Great I Propaganda
ww1, wwi, world, war, one, first, 1st, great, i, propaganda, cartoon, caricature, leonard, raven, hill, punch, render, rendering, tallow, plant, factory, grim, gruesome, savage, fake, false

Maggie Smith, renowned English actress
Maggie Smith (Dame Margaret Natalie Smith Cross, b 1934), renowned English actress of stage, television and film. Date: circa 1960s

EARTHQUAKE PANIC SICILY
Three churchgoers are trampled to death when the congregation of a Sicilian church panic at the false alarm of an earthquake. Date: 1907

The Balkans sound a false note in the European orchestra - then as now Date: 1909
The Balkans sound a false note in the European orchestra - then as now... Date: 1909

The Balkans a false note in the European concert Date: 1909

ADVENTURE MACHINES
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (L Manning and Fletcher Pratt) people who have given up their consciousness to live the false life of the Adventure Machines... Date: 1930

Ling Temco Vought A-7C-3-CV Corsair II 156763 (MSN E30), painted as an A-7E with a false BuAer number (160122 was an S-3A Viking). Date: circa 2000

Comic postcard, Elderly woman combing mans beard Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Boy lets out a secret Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple on their honeymoon - which half do I sleep with? Date: 20th century

False Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera truncata (Epiphyllum truncatum)

False nettle, Boehmeria caudata, Boemeria codata

Hedyosmum bonplandianum Hediosmon bonplandianum, Ediosmo del Bonpland

Quill moss or false fern moss, Cyathophorum bulbosum, native to Australia. Leskea pennata, Hookeria pennata

Skeletons of extinct dinosaurs Ichthyosaurus communis 1 and Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus 2. Ittiosauro comune, Plesiosauro dolicodeiro

False fiddleleaf, Hydrolea spinosa. Idrolea spinosa

Trochetia triflora, Trochezia di tre fiori

Pink swamp heath, Sprengelia incarnata, Sprengelia carnicina

Bristle fern, Trichomanes botryoides, Feea nana, Imenostachide diversifronde, Hymenostachys diversifrons

Red algae, Claudea elegans. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Cartoon, The False Start (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The False Start -- Gladstone is depicted as a jockey on a horse named Democracy. The Starter, Palmerston, calls out that hes started too soon

Advert, Maison Nicol, Ladies Hair Pieces
Advert for Maison Nicol, Haymarket, London, Ladies Hair Pieces, Extensions, Wigs, etc. 1897

Advert, George Lichtenfeld, Ladies Hair Pieces
Advert for George Lichtenfeld, Great Portland Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly, London, Ladies Hair Pieces, Extensions and Wigs. 1897

Advert, Florian Sobocinski, Hair Pieces
Advert for Florian Sobocinski, Sidney Place, Leicester Square, London, Ladies Hair Pieces, Extensions and Implants, as well as face massage and manicure. 1897

Common green birdwing and false apollo butterflies
Common green birdwing, Ornithoptera priamus, butterfly, caterpillar and pupa, and false apollo, Archon apollinus (Doritis apollinus)

False indigo-bush, Amorpha fruticosa (Fragrant bastard indigo, Amorpha fragrans)

Four-eyed opossum and false vampire bat
Four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, and false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum. (Marine oppossum of Terra Firma and Vampire or Spectre of Guiana.) Copperplate engraving by A

False musk orchid, Chamorchis alpina. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

False lily of the valley or May lily, Maianthemum bifolium. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Spectral bat or false vampire bat, Vampyrum spectrum. Vespertilio spectrum Linn

Bat heads. Including great fruit-eating bat, Pallass long-tongued bat, leafnose bat, vampire bat, striped hairy-nosed bat, lesser false vampire bat, and yellow-winged bat

Morel and jelly baby mushrooms
Half-free morel, Morchella semilibera, jelly baby, Leotia lubrica, and false morel, Verpa digitaliformis. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Lizards and skinks
Caecilian, amphisbaenian or worm lizard, grass lizard, blindsnake, false coral snake, European legless lizard, and skinks

False flax oil, Camelina sativa. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Southern festoon, Spanish festoon, false apollo
Southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena, Spanish festoon, Zerynthia rumina, false apollo, Archon apollinus, and eastern festoon, Allancastria cerisyi

Painted lady, false comma, and comma butterfly variety
Painted lady, Vanessa cardui, false comma, Nymphalis vaualbum, and comma butterfly variety, Polygonia c-album

Green hellebore, Helleborus viridis, and false helleborine, Veratrum album. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, and black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Woody fleabane, Dittrichia viscosa, and false fleabane, Pulicaria minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

False Solomons seal, Maianthemum stellatum (Convallaria stellata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

Lobster-claw plant, Heliconia wagneriana (Heliconia aureo-striata). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Norths false flag, Neomarica northiana (Marica northiana var. splendens). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker after an illustration by A

Betrothed girl of Marken Island, North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In traditional costume that is unchanged since the 13th century

Irish moss and false Irish moss
Irish moss or carrageen moss, Chondrus crispus, and false Irish moss, Mastocarpus stellatus (Gigartina mamillosa)

Spring pheasants eye or false hellebore, Adonis vernalis, Adonide printaniere

Camelina or false flax, Camelina sativa, Cameline cultivee. Handcoloured steel engraving by L. Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

False helleborine or European white hellebore, Veratrum album. Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Superb lyrebird and false azalea
Superb lyrebird, Menura novaehollandiae, and false azalea, Menziesia ferruginea, (Rhododendron menziesii)

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