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Three soldiers in uniform parading outside a tavern, while a barmaid and man laugh at them. Production at a Alehouse
A Top NotcherCartoon, 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
Chinese Pig-BonzeThe 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 RoofA 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 WattigniesAt 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 awayTattooing - Drunk Tattooist (Professor Smith) has got carried away... " Its taking you a long time to write I love Annie !" Date: circa 1920s
Comic postcard, Drunk man speaks to woman in street. Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Charlie Chaplin cardboard cutout figure outside cinema, with shortsighted woman. Date: 1914-1918
Comic postcard, Drunken Scotsman talks to snowman Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Drunken man asks scarecrow where his Derby Scheme armband is, showing that he is signed up and ready for active service. Date: circa 1915
Ferryman and ferrywomen, France, 16th centuryFerrymen and ferrywomen, bateliers et batelieres, France, end of the 16th century. Fisherman with net before the bridge
Portrait of Dorothea Meyer, second wife of Jakob Meyer of BaselPortrait of Dorothea Meyer, nee Kannengiesser, second wife of Jakob Meyer, burgermeister of Basel. In check and striped headscarf, pearl necklaces, embroidered and laced bodice
Claude Pouteau's doctrine of tying nerves to arteries in amputatExample of Claude Pouteau's doctrine of tying nerves to arteries in amputations. Drawing of nerves imprudently tied in along with the Femoral Artery in Amputation
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
Comic postcard, Couple in the sea with marine life Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Two women in hospital corridor Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman in the sea with an octopus Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Anglo-European Company Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Cook apologises to scientist Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man misheard on the phone - I said Clissold! Date: 20th century
Caricature of George Leybourne, music hall singerCaricature 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 1904A 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 1Act 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 1903When 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, 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 LondonLondon 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
Magnificent pavilion of the Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, IranThe 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
Cartoon, Installing the tent. 1923
THE PIG BONZETCHOU 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 TitanicPhilomena, 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
Azurine or Blue Roach -- a fish that didn t actually exist, but still managed to wriggle its way into a few 19th century reference books. Date: 1865
A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylumA cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838
Small dog alerts his mistress to her impending errorWhere are you going my pretty maid? - A small dog alerts his mistress to her impending error of choosing the wrong entrance to the public lavatories... Date: circa 1910s
Humorous misprint in a car park, CornwallHumorous misprint in a Kerrier District Council car park, in the village of Tuckingmill, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
Old Maid card game - Sorry, My Mistake -- a bird thinks the pigs tail is a worm. circa 1950s
The Comedy of Errors - title page - exorcism scene. 1862
A mistake on a high street shopfront - back to front signA mistake on a high street shopfront - the new sign has been installed back to front!
A Scotchman Visiting Monte Carlo by H M BatemanA Scotchman, ordered to the Riviera for his health, makes the mistake of visiting Monte Carlo by H M Bateman
Ww1 Cartoon / Neutral 1916U-Boat Commander: " Sorry, I thought you were a neutral vessel..." Date: 22 June 1916
Cartoon, The peaceful ex-scarecrow, WW1Cartoon, the peaceful ex-scarecrow, a satirical comment on the mistake of believing in a peaceful relationship between France and Germany during the First World War. Date: 1915
Music cover, Thats Where You Make the Mistake, written and composed by G W Hunt, sung by George Leybourne. circa 1870
Cartoon, A delivery mistake, WW1Cartoon, a delivery mistake. A wooden crate supposedly containing 150 shells for the Western Front is found to contain a large, fashionable hat. Date: 1917
Azurine, Dobule and Common RuddAzurine and Dobule (both non-existent species), and a Common Rudd (Scardinius erythropthalmus, also known as Red Eye). Date: 1879
Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Linda and Nancy realise that the rich child (Lady Arabella) and the poor child (Betsy) have been accidentally swapped, and resolve to put things right. Date: 1940
Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- little Lady Arabella, mistaken for Betsy, is unhappy in the herdsmans cottage, but nobody can understand why. Date: 1940
Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- the screaming Betsy, at the castle and mistaken for Lady Arabella, is carried away from the party. Date: 1940
Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive errorLodging-House Keeper (to professional lady) - " Which my usband, Miss, is one of the Virgins at the Cathedral!" Date: circa 1890s
Hard Luck Sir - Young lad lets in a goal" Hard Luck Sir" - Young lad lets in a goal... Date: 1906
Teddy bears looking for accomodation
A Surgical Mix-UpAn awkward mistake in the operating theatre Date: 1907
St Philomena / EpinalSAINT 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
French travel & transport posterAmusing poster issued by the French Ministry of Travel and Transport which appears to be advising intrepid aviators to plan their route in advance, or suffer the consequences
Lear / Nonsense / BerlinThere was an Old Person of Berlin, whose form was uncommonly thin; Till he once, by mistake, was mixed up in a cake, so they baked that Old Man of Berlin