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. His body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

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. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hermann Jakob Tyroff from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal Illustrations after

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. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

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!

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

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

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). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

False nettle, Boehmeria caudata, Boemeria codata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Hedyosmum bonplandianum Hediosmon bonplandianum, Ediosmo del Bonpland. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Quill moss or false fern moss, Cyathophorum bulbosum, native to Australia. Leskea pennata, Hookeria pennata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario

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

False fiddleleaf, Hydrolea spinosa. Idrolea spinosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science

Trochetia triflora, Trochezia di tre fiori. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

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