Fake Collection (#10)

PATENT MEDICINE, c1920. American advertisement for Bakers Glandol, . c1920

CLEMENS: HUCK FINN, 1885. Practicing. The king and the duke, a pair of con men traveling with Huck and Jim, practicing the sword fight scene from Shakespeares Richard III

Quackery Unmasked, or Empiricism Displayed: Dedicated to Doctor Chiron, riding Master to Achilles
XJF867813 Quackery Unmasked, or Empiricism Displayed: Dedicated to Doctor Chiron, riding Master to Achilles, and Aesculapius, physician extraordinary to the Dead, 1748 (engraving) by English School

Trade Card for Peter De la Fontaine, Goldsmith, c. 1790s (engraving)
XJF441255 Trade Card for Peter De la Fontaine, Goldsmith, c.1790s (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peter De la Fontaine, Goldsmith)

The so-called Diana Vaughan, dressed as an inspector of Palladism, c. 1895 (b / w photo)
XJF438424 The so-called Diana Vaughan, dressed as an inspector of Palladism, c.1895 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Landscape with country lane and cottages, etched by Benjamin Wilson, 1751 (etching)
XJF412253 Landscape with country lane and cottages, etched by Benjamin Wilson, 1751 (etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Six Stages of Making a Face, printed by S. W. Fores, 1792 (etching)
XJF425328 Six Stages of Making a Face, printed by S.W. Fores, 1792 (etching) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); Private Collection; (add.info.: Six stages of making a face)

The Alpilles, 1890 (oil on canvas)
XIR253134 The Alpilles, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 59x72 cm; Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands; (add.info.: discredited as a Van Gogh.); out of copyright

Charlatans in the Piazzetta San Marco, Venice (oil on canvas)
XIR19998 Charlatans in the Piazzetta San Marco, Venice (oil on canvas) by Bella, Gabriele (1730-1799); Galleria Querini-Stampalia, Venice, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Deer Hunting using camouflage, Albert Flamen, Jacques van Merlen, Lodewijk XIV (koning van Frankrijk), 1664

Woman with Earrings (oil on canvas)
XIR216420 Woman with Earrings (oil on canvas) by Modigliani, Amedeo (1884-1920) (after); Musee d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France; Italian, out of copyright

Crowning with Thorns of Christ, Nicolaes de Bruyn, 1618

Portrait of Zacharias Jansen, 1655 (engraving)
XOS1766231 Portrait of Zacharias Jansen, 1655 (engraving) by Meurs, Jacob van (c.1619-a.1680); 18.8x14 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Antique flower pins, Palm Springs, California, USA

Antique pink flamenco with a santa hat, Palm Springs, California, USA

The fantastic lighting of Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang, Malaysia

BRYN MAWR COLLEGE, c1912. Women in costume as Saint George and the dragon at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Photograph, c1912

Frog figure with artificial flower pot

Two frog figures with artificial flower pot

Wet storage, artificial irrigation for the preservation of tree trunks, Neustadt, Titisee-Neustadt, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

FALSE DMITRY I: CORONATION. Left: Wedding procession of the first false Dmitry, czar of Russia, 1605-1606, and Marina Mniszech of Poland. At right is the coronation of Marina Mniszech, 1606

ENGLAND: POPISH PLOT, 1678. Edmund Everard imprisoned in the Tower of London, implicated in the Popish Plot, 1678, fabricated by Titus Oates. English playing card, late 17th century

OMDURMAN REENACTMENT. The British victory at Omdurman, Sudan, the previous year, is reenacted at a military tournament in Londons Agricultural Hall. Illustration from an English newspaper of 1899

PILTDOWN MAN, 1912. A reconstruction of the Piltdown Man (here called Sussex) from the original publication in Illustrated London News, 28 December 1912. The Piltdown Man was later found to be a hoax

JOHN WORRALL KEELY, c1895. John Worrall Keely and the Keely Motor. The most celebrated perpetual motion machine fraud of the 19th century

WORLD WAR I: CAMOUFLAGE. A dummy dead horse constructed as a hiding place for soldiers to spy in the middle of a field. Photograph, 1914-1918

CONEY ISLAND: LUNA PARK. Pains Spectacle show at Luna Park amusement park, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. Panorama, c1903

SAMUEL J. TILDEN (1814-1886). Samuel Jones Tilden. American political leader. Cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast for the cover of Harpers Weekly, 11 November 1876

WILHELM II (1859-1941). German Kaiser. Composite portrait of the royal family, c1907. Left to right: Prince August Wilhelm and Alexandra Victoria; Prince Eitel Friedrich

ARTHUR ORTON (1834-1898). Also known as Thomas Castro. English butcher and imposter; the so-called Tichborne Claimant. Caricature lithograph, 1871, by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini)

TITUS OATES (1649-1705). English imposter and fabricator of the imaginary Popish Plot. Etching, English, 18th century

CRAVEN STREET GAZETTE, 1770. Fake newspaper written by Polly and William Hewson, who stayed with Benjamin Franklin in London

COOK: FAKE PEAK, 1906. Photograph that Frederick Cook claimed was the summit of Mt. McKinley, taken during his ascent of the mountain

GEORGE BIDWELL (c1837-1899). American con man. Ticket of leave granted Bidwell in 1887 after he had served nearly fourteen years in prison in England for forgery

THE CRUCIFIXION. A reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus. Photographed by Fred Holland Day, 1898

CHECK FORGER, 1890. A check forger is caught at a New York bank. Wood engraving, American, 1890

NEW YORK CITY: PARADE, c1909. A re-enactment of the 1735 trial of John Peter Zenger on a float in a parade in New York City. Stereograph, c1909

WHITE ELEPHANT, c1884. Poster for Adam Forepaughs Circus promoting the Light of Asia a supposedly white elephant, c1884

ELEPHANT BOY HOAX, 1887. Barnums big chance. The extraordinary freak of nature to which Mrs. Kretschner of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has just given birth

CIVIL WAR: CENTREVILLE, 1862. Confederate fort, equipped with Quaker Guns, or false guns made from logs, on the heights at Centreville, Virginia. Photograph by George N. Barnard, March 1862

MOHAVE & MARICOPA MEN. Men of the Mohave (standing) and Maricopa tribes. Photographed in Pasadena, California, 1876, by Elias A. Bonine

PAIUTE GROUP, c1873. Group of Paiute men wearing fake headdresses. Photographed at Kaibab, Arizona by John K. Hillers, 1873

COLONIAL CANDLE-MAKING. An actor making candles in a representation of typical American colonial home, c1700

HAIR TREATMENT AD, 1886. Advertisement for Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower, 1886

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France, Burgundy, Beaune, Central Hotel with painted fake window (Editorial Usage Only)

Model German and Allied airplanes in simulated combat. Photograph, c1933
WWI: DOGFIGHT. Model German and Allied airplanes in simulated combat. Photograph, c1933

John Nevil Maskelyne. English magician. Maskelyne testifying for the prosecution at Bow Street police court, London
JOHN MASKELYNE (1839-1917). John Nevil Maskelyne. English magician. Maskelyne testifying for the prosecution at Bow Street police court, London, England

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