Mistake Collection

A Top Notcher
Cartoon, A Top Notcher. One of the silly mistakes one makes when paying golf when it snows in Scotland. A short sighted golfer mistakes a bobble hat for the ball

Three soldiers in uniform parading outside a tavern, while a barmaid and man laugh at them. Production at a Alehouse. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Chinese Pig-Bonze
The Chinese bonze Tchou Pa- Kiai is the unhappy victim of an unfortunate mistake during reincarnation, forced to live this life half-pig, half-man

Accident- Snow from Roof
A REGULAR DAMPER - AND NO MISTAKE Having left an exhibition on Swiss avalanches a tatty man suffers a similar fate courtesy of a roof clearer !

Bravery at Wattignies
At WATTIGNIES, a drummer-boy named Sthrau beats his drum, making the Austrians think they are surrounded. When they realise their mistake, they kill the juvenile hero

Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist has got carried away
Tattooing - Drunk Tattooist (Professor Smith) has got carried away... " Its taking you a long time to write I love Annie !" Date: circa 1920s

Comic postcard, Two women chatting in the street Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump woman sitting on man on beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with large parcel looking for maternity home Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone - reducing diet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Chauffeur and seaside landlady Date: 20th century

Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singer
Caricature of George Leybourne (1842-1884), British music hall singer, described as a lion comique, famous for his song Champagne Charlie. It appears that his death had been mistakenly announced

ORGANIST & CHOIRBOY 1904
A choirboy rushes in to Monsieur Achille, the organist, who is playing the wrong kind of music: "Stop, it's not a funeral, it's a wedding!" Date: 1904

GOLDMARK/SABA LIEBIG 1
Act 1 scene 1 : the Queen of Sheba arrives at Solomon's court : Assad, though engaged to Shulamith, falls instantly in love with her, which is a mistake... Date: first performed 1875

METRO, ACCIDENT 1903
When a train - made of varnished wood - catches fire near Belleville station, passengers head for safety but mistake their way and 84 die of asphyxiation Date: 1903

Comic postcard, Chauffeur buying petrol Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with wrong kind of salts Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Vicar, woman, baby and lodger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men in an office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Men chatting in train compartment Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on the phone Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman waiting in a car - and a horse! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with water spout Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, dissatisfied customer in shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two drunkards on a train Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman with dress improvers the wrong way round, as pointed out by her maid Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Ladies Only toilet - Put me among the girls! Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Men Only toilet - Where are you going to, my pretty maid? Date: early 20th century

News vendor, Central London
London news vendor with intriguing banner, by bus stop in Central London. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Teddy bears in the street. I m waiting for a bus. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, novel use for gas mask, WW2 Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Red nose mistaken for gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, air raid in the night, WW2 - Jerrys over! Date: 1940s

Man using bellows in front of a fire in a smoky room with a scolding wife and bawling child. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Magnificent pavilion of the Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, Iran
The magnificent pavilion in the Ali Qapu Palace, or Imperial Palace, Isfahan, Iran. Built by Shah Abbas I in the early 17th century. Palazzo Reale

The tomb of the Maccabees, Jerusalem, 1800s. Tomba di Maccabei. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Cartoon, Installing the tent. 1923

THE PIG BONZE
TCHOU PA-KIAI a bonze who is the victim of a mistake during reincarnation, forced to live this life half- pig, half-man Date: 1914

St Philomena (Full)
SAINT PHILOMENA Though much venerated by the Cure d Ars and others, this Roman martyr never lived - her supposed existence arose from an archeological mistake Date: NEVER

Mistaken identity - Very short man and a tall young woman " You Naughty Boy, you ll fall over!" " Oh...." Date: circa 1890s

German doll from Titanic
Philomena, a German bisque doll rescued from the sea after the sinking of the Titanic. It was at first mistaken for a childs body

Comic postcard, Man with hangover mistakes his hairbrush for a mirror Date: 20th century

Childs slate and toy gun on a Christmas card. early 20th century

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