Honesty Collection

Saint Yves (Card)
SAINT YVES French lawyer, whose honesty and benevolence led to his becoming the patron saint of notaries and attorneys

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Honesty in a glossy vase
Annual Honesty (Lunaria annua) in a tall golden brown glossy vase. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Daffodils round the The Mound (Honesty and Lungwort) - Kew
Text: Daffodils round the The Mound (Honesty and Lungwort) Kew Gardens. Artwork by Annie L. Pressland

Honesty, Lunaria annua (Lunaria biennis). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Garden varieties of clematis, Clematis aureliana 1 and Clematis sophia 2. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse

Annual honesty, Lunaria annua. Lunaria maggiore, Erba argentina or monetaria. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Jointed rush, Juncus articulatus. Guinco articolato. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Perennial honesty, Lunaria rediviva, Lunaire vivace. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Chinese honesty, Lunaria annua
La Lunaire de la Chine. Chinese honesty, Lunaria annua. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses

Birthday postcard, Honesty pods and apples
Birthday postcard, Honesty pods (Lunaria Annua) in a vase with apples in a bowl. Date: early 20th century

Scene in a grocers shop -- No Trust. 19th century

Very un-stuck-up woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters
" Gracious me. But, ain t you the stuck up thing!" Very un-stuck-up American woman, stuck-up with sticking plasters Date: 1908

Minister questions Scotsmans non-attendance at Church Minister - " Hoo is t, Sandy, I never see you at the Kirk, the noo

The honesty of an Elderly Irish Woman - Mortality
Mrs Murphy - " Shure its goin to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there ll be a moighty lot av us owld Folks Nipped in the BUd, oi m thinking." Date: circa 1890s

Foxhunting Humour - In the action
" Hullo, old chap, you look as if you d had sport! In at the kill?" " Well, no. I was in at the ditch and in a the river. We can t expect to be in everywhere." Date: 1902

Boy provides straightforward answer when quizzed by Uncle
Uncle John - " Well, Bobby, how did you manage to get out so soon?" Bobby " Leg Before, Uncle." Date: circa 1890s

Washington and the cherry tree
Postcard celebrating Washingtons birthday - USA. Apocryphal stories about Washingtons childhood include the story that he chopped down his fathers cherry tree and admitted the deed when questioned

Lunaria biennis, honesty
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, undated. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 146

British Fleet / Nigeria
At Ephraim Town (old Calabar) the British steam-sloop Rattler salutes the canoe of King Eyo-Honesty

Impertinent Office Boy
Truthful office boy, when discouraged from whistling while he works, defends himself by owning up to having only been whistling - not working

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