Mistake Collection (#5)

Lady Arabellas Birthday Party -- Lady Arabella, mistaken for Betsy, is put into a cradle in the herdsmans cottage. Date: 1940

Old Snake Tells Tale Biting Ascetic Son Mistake
Artokoloro

Source Size = 3771 x 1160
Passages in the Life of a Subaltern: Left Image: of Course I Tumble the First Ball I Go to in Uniform, and Don t Know how to Get up Gracefully

The Faux Pas, c. 1717 (oil on canvas)
XIR902569 The Faux Pas, c.1717 (oil on canvas) by Watteau, Jean Antoine (1684-1721); 40x31.5 cm; Louvre, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

The Burglary, from The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-70) 1838
XJF396009 The Burglary, from The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812-70) 1838, published by Chapman & Hall, 1901 (engraving) by Cruikshank

FINANCIAL MISTAKE, engraving 1880, US, USA

A toast to the engaged couple (oil)
BAL34194 A toast to the engaged couple (oil) by Huebner, Carl Wilhelm (1814-79); Josef Mensing Gallery, Hamm-Rhynern, Germany; German, out of copyright

A FINANCIAL MISTAKE. 1880, 19th century engraving, USA, America

Old lead letters forming the word ERROR

Old lead letters forming the word Mistake

Warning sign in English and German on the fence of a predator enclosure, Namibia

Lodging House Keeper makes a slight descriptive error
Lodging-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

A school sign painted on the road warning road users they are approaching a school area. 1939

Tank crashed into house - May 1943
Nose of military vehicle pushed through the rubble of one wall of a house. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N22129

The 1918 United States 24-cent Airmail Inverted Center, the most famous U. S. stamp error
U.S. POSTAGE STAMP, 1918. The 1918 United States 24-cent Airmail Inverted Center, the most famous U.S. stamp error

St Julian: A patron saint of travellers. Appears to be mythical. Said to have killed parents by mistake, and spent life ot atonement by helping strangers and travellers

Fly Ball Gives Broken Nose
Topeka, Kansas: June 7, 1962 A nine year old boy with a broken nose from when he misjudged a fly ball in practice with his father

Financial Mistake, Engraving 1880, US, USA

Surgical errors, conceptual image

Construction mistakes, artwork F007 / 0256
Construction mistakes, artwork

Construction mistakes, artwork F007 / 0255
Construction mistakes, artwork

Rubbing out with pencil eraser F006 / 9784
Rubbing out with pencil eraser

Youngs perpetual motion machine
Perpetual motion. A device intended to demonstrate perpetual motion, shown by Thomas Young in 1807. The principle is that the disc rotates anti-clockwise

Teddy bears looking for accomodation

A Surgical Mix-Up
An awkward mistake in the operating theatre Date: 1907

St Philomena / Epinal
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

Bumblebee (Bombus sp. ) adult male, attempting to mate with Bee Orchid (Ophrys sp. ) flower
Bumblebee (Bombus sp.) adult male, attempting to mate with Bee Orchid (Ophrys sp.) flower, mistaking it for female of species, Italy, may

1560 Gesner Bird of Paradise myth
Woodcut from Gesner " Icones Animalium", publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich (1560). When Magellans ship returned as the first to sail around the world in 1522

1862 Darwin orchid book cover mistake
A swan orchid " Cycnoches" in gilt on the front cover of the first edition (plum, ribbed) of " On the Various Contrivances by which Orchids are fertilised by Insects

1820-1830 Early Geologist fossil cartoon
An unrecorded, possibly unique print by E.S - F.G.S (Fellow of Geological Society) in mezzotint style with contemporary hand colouring and ink inscription

1833 Iguanodon mistaken spike horn fossil
From Mantell 1833. Accompanying legend reads: the " Horn of the Iguanodon" (3) and " The Claw or unguical bone of an Iguanodon" (1) with

1896 Iguanodon loses its horn, tinted
Restoration of the Iguanodon by Alice B. Woodward from Lydekkers The Royal Natural Historyins Frederick Warne and co, 1896

Engraving of a dissected heart
18th century dissection of a heart. This engraving purports to show a serpent that was found in the left ventricle of the heart (right hand side)

1862 Darwin Fertilization of Orchids
1862 first issue copy (with gilt orchid and ridged plum cloth) of " On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects", London

1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum
Copperplate print page 318 by Proud in R. Brookes 1763 " The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals etc."

French travel & transport poster
Amusing 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 / Berlin
There 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

Serbia Invades Bulgaria
When Rumelia revolts and unites with Bulgaria, the Serbs, encouraged by Austria, invade Bulgaria expecting an easy victory. Big mistake

Medieval Whaling Legends
Medieval sailors mistake a sleeping whale for an island, disembark in order to cook their lunch

Mistake in the Books
A mistake in the books in a Victorian office

Signal Box at York
Even with colour coding, the signalman at York is faced with a massive array of levers - a mistake could be disastrous

Ufos / Troussey, France
The villagers of Troussey, France, mistake this beetroot- collecting farmworker for a Martian

Futuristic hunting accident
A pilot and his aeroplane are mistaken for a bird and are shot down -- an unfortunate mishap during a hunting expedition

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"Mistake: A Collection of Unfortunate Events" In 1812, Cuvier mistakenly identified a Hippopotamus skeleton as belonging to an entirely different species. Three soldiers in uniform parading outside a tavern unknowingly became part of a mistaken identity mix-up. "A Top Notcher" - the story of someone who achieved great success but later realized it was all based on a mistake. Tattooing gone wrong. A drunk tattooist got carried away, resulting in regrettable ink choices for their clients. The Chinese Pig-Bronze that turned out to be an imitation, leaving collectors disappointed by their costly mistake. Gosse's 1857 discovery of pterodactyl bat-lizards turned out to be an erroneous classification in paleontology history. An accident caused by snow falling from the roof reminds us how even nature's they can have consequences. Bravery at Wattignies: recounting the heroic acts born out of strategic errors during a historical battle. George Leybourne, music hall singer, immortalized through caricature but forever associated with his infamous blunders on stage. Organist & Choirboy 1904: when musical notes were played incorrectly and harmonies clashed due to human error. Goldmark/Saba Liebig 1: exploring the disastrous financial investment decision that led many into bankruptcy and ruin. Metro Accident 1903: recalling the tragic incident where human negligence resulted in lives lost and lessons learned about safety measures. In life's tapestry they can woven alongside triumphs and achievements – reminding us that growth often springs from unintended missteps along our journey towards wisdom and self-discovery.