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Advert for Noirat hairpieces 1909Advertisement for Noirat hairpieces, showing women with increased volume on top to support their enormous hats. 1909
Advert for Marius Heng, hair and beauty 1912Advert for Marius Heng, lighter wigs with accessories. 1912
Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1906Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. 1906
Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1910Advert for Noirat, pre-made fashionable wiglets for evening dress, an exhibition in Brussels, Noirat, won a prize for its hairpieces. 1910
Advert for Noirat, hair and beauty 1912Advertisement for Noirat, showing women with increased visual width at the back of the head using wavy wigs, also wearing discrete headbands with feather and combs. 1912
The Gossip - How the Devil does She know all that? early 19th century
Shakespeare - Two Gentlemen of Verona - Silvia: I do detest false perjur d Proteus. circa 1830
Joseph cast into prisonJoseph after being falsely accused by Potiphars wife cast into prison - Thomas Bankes Bible, Genesis 39.20. 1787
Advert for William Cuverville wigs & decorative bands 1912Advertisement for William Cuverville, womens wavy hairpieces and decorative bands with feathers. Photograph of women making wiglets, with male supervisors looking over them. 1912
Advert for Noirat, hairpieces 1912Advertisement for Noirat, wavy hairpieces for women with elegant ornamented bands and hair combs. 1912
Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1908Pre-made small wiglets, curls and false buns to be incorporated into the womens hairstyles. 1908
Advert for Thierry Schram, hairpiece 1910Flexible coiffure hairpiece with a twisted extension or wiglet available from Thierry Schram. 1910
Rhodes Cottage, Muizenberg, Cape Peninsula, South AfricaRhodes Cottage, Muizenberg, overlooking False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa, where Cecil Rhodes died of tuberculosis in 1902 at the age of 49. The cottage is now a museum. Date: circa 1930
Advert for Universal human hair extensions 1915Transformations in any styles, extra is charged for light, grey, pale and auburn shades, guaranted only the finest quailty pure European hair used. 1915
Advert for Dr. Scotts electric hair brush 1881Dr. Scott s, (George Augustus Scott), electric hair brush made from pure bristles, no wires, supposedly producing an electric current
Egypt. Memphis. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum with statue - PhaEgypt. Memphis. Mit Rahina Open Air Museum with the statue of Pharaoh Ramses II (h.1290-1224 BC). New Empire. 19th Dynasty
Miss Evelyn D Alroy as Yaouma in False GodsMiss Evelyn D Alroy (1882-1915) in the role of Yaouma in False Gods alongside Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His Majestys Theatre in London (ran from 1909-1910 for 69 performances). Date: 1909
The Real Ireland, Cptn William Redmond leading Irish troopsThe Real Ireland, as opposed to the false doctrines of the Sinn Fein rebels; Captain William Redmond, Mr John Redmonds soldier brother, leading Irish troops, after the Easter Rising 1916. 1916
Richard III - pretending he is too holy to want to become king. 1862
Advert for Marius Heng fake hair grip 1912Marius Heng, a lightweight and simple to use grip for keeping womens false hair in place. 1912
A youngster with a false nose and glasses at an event in Eccles. Date: circa 1977
Egyptian Art. Bronze statuette depicting the god Amun standing with leg and arm upfront and holding a scepter now missed. Cover his head with crown that has lost two pens
Egyptian God Ptah. Relief. 19th Dynasty. 1295-1186 BCThe God Ptah. Relief. Limestone, 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. C.1295-1186 BC. From Roman building in Memphis. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Offering stele for the god Ptah and his wife Sakhmet. 1305-1Offering stele for the god Ptah and his wife Sakhmet. Limestone. 19th Dynasty. New Kingdom. 1305-1196 BC. Temple of Ptah. Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Relief depicting a king, probably Ramesses II. Memphis. C. 12Relief depicting a king, probably Ramesses II, with a short beard. Granite. New Kingdom. C. 1279-1213 BC. Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Canopic jar. Tomb 116. Cemetery A. Riqqeh. C. 1950-1800 BC. ECanopic jar for the deceaseds liver, lungs, stomach and intestines. Tomb 116. Cemetery A. Riqqeh, Egypt. C.1950-1800 BC. Middle Kingdom. Limestone. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Canopic jars. Tomb 116. Cemetery A. Riqqeh. C. 1950-1800 BCCanopic jars for the deceaseds liver, lungs, stomach and intestines. Tomb 116. Cemetery A. Riqqeh, Egypt. C.1950-1800 BC. Middle Kingdom. Limestone. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum. Copenhagen. Denmark
Canopic jar. Tomb 57 of Iunefer. Hawara Cemetery. Egypt. CCanopic jar to contain the entrails of a deceased. Tomb of Iunefer, number 57. Hawara Cemetery. Egypt. Limestone. 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Reign of Amenemhat III. C. 1831-1786 BC
False-door of the Official Gemni-em-hat. Tomb. Sakkara. 11thEgyptian Art. False-door of the Official Gemni-em-hat. From de tomb of Gemni-em-hat at Sakkara. Limestone. 11th-12th Dynasty. c 1990 BC. Middle Kingdom. Hieroglyphs. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Statue of God Sebiumeker. Probably 1st century BC. Sandstone. From Meroe, Sudan. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
False door of Bateti. EgyptLimestone false door of Bateti. The figure inside the niche depicts the deceased out of his grave to receive their offerings. 2400 BC. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. British Museum. London. United Kingdom
Limestones false door of Ptahshepses. EgyptLimestone false door of Ptahshepses. The slabs paneled on both sides of the door are inscribed with the biography of Ptahshepses mentioning his birth and his marriage to Princess Khamaat. 2400 BC
Osiride pillar of pharaoh Sesostris I. EgyptEgyptian Art. Osiride pillar of pharaoh Senusret I, Jeperkara Senusret or Sesostris I, second king of 12th Dynasty. Middle Kingdom. Ruled between 1956 and 1910 BC. Luxor Museum. Egypt
Pharaoh with the false beard and Atef crown. Deir el-BahariRelief with polychrome remains depicting a pharaoh with the false beard and Atef crown, an attribute that helps to revive the deceased. Temple of Hatshepsut. New Kingdom. Eighteenth Dynasty
Boy in clown costumeBoy in a clown costume decorated with patches. Date: 1970s
FEMALE D. J. 1960SA female DJ plays records in a London nightclub Date: 1960s
Advert for International Hair Co. 1913Latest transformation in wiglets for women. 1913
South Africa / False BayFalse Bay Date: 1910
Stupendous ChignonCHIGNONS: A fashion conscious woman, no doubt employing a prodigious amount of false hair, sports a large chignon. Her horse likewise is completely chignoned! Date: 1866
Trade catalogue of hairpieces 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a collection of Edwardian wiglets. Date: 1911
Advert for Marius Heng, hairpieces 1910Advert for Marius Heng, elegant hairstyles using hairpieces for women. Date: 1910
Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1910Advertisement for extensions. 1910
Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, WW1Cartoon, Chancellor Bethmann and his work, showing the German Chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, replacing the German eagle with a duck (canard, an idiom for a hoax or rumour). Date: 1916
Cartoon, A false rumour, WW1Cartoon, A false rumour from the Western Front. Four market women talk about cannibalism among the troops. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The tall story, WW1Cartoon, The tall story. Showing a rumour circulating, from two men at the top of the Eiffel Tower down to two women at the foot of a staircase
Cartoon, The false shepherd, WW1Cartoon, The false shepherd, showing a man posing as a shepherd, with a sheepdog and a flock of sheep, making notes on local aircraft activities. Date: 1915
Nautical Terms Illustrated - Anchored by Harold EarnshawIllustration showing an old sea salt finding himself in a bit of a fix after his wooden legs has caught in a drain grill and snapped
WW1 - Germans in PolandWW1 - Illustrating the reality and irony behind German intentions as they arrive in Poland. The Germans " words and deeds", as seen in the poster displayed by the Kaiser