Forgery Collection (page 2)

Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letter
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880

Yugao vines and a poem, Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
3741869 Yugao vines and a poem, Hanging scroll (mounted on panel), 18th-19th century (colour on paper) by Japanese School, (18th-19th century); 109.2x47.5 cm; Freer Gallery of Art

The Forgers Arrest (engraving)
3634812 The Forgers Arrest (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Forgers Arrest. Illustration for Chatterbox, 1888)

The Arrest Of Famous French Fraudster Teresa Humbert And Her Family In A Modest Apartment In Madrid (Colour Litho)
2798621 The Arrest Of Famous French Fraudster Teresa Humbert And Her Family In A Modest Apartment In Madrid (Colour Litho) by Beltrame

Discovery Of A Counterfeit Coin Factory In Rome, Police Officers, Transvestites, Struggling With... (colour litho)
2798492 Discovery Of A Counterfeit Coin Factory In Rome, Police Officers, Transvestites, Struggling With... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Will Forgeries, Re-Examination of the Prisoners at the Mansion-House (engraving)
1101011 The Will Forgeries, Re-Examination of the Prisoners at the Mansion-House (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Will Forgeries)

Specimen of the siderographic plan for preventing the forgery of banknotes submitted to the bankers of the United
6032977 Specimen of the siderographic plan for preventing the forgery of banknotes submitted to the bankers of the United Kingdom by Perkins, Fairman & Heath (engraving) by English School

The Norton Forgeries (engraving)
1627318 The Norton Forgeries (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Norton Forgeries. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 12 August 1893)

Charles Price in Disguise (engraving)
1594582 Charles Price in Disguise (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Price in Disguise. Illustration for The Pictorial Times, 27 November 1847)

Mrs Margaret Caroline Rudd on her trial at the new Sessions House in the Old Bailey (engraving)
583887 Mrs Margaret Caroline Rudd on her trial at the new Sessions House in the Old Bailey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

View of Lochness Monster, taken near Dores (b / w photo)
5987048 View of Lochness Monster, taken near Dores (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View of Lochness Monster, taken near Dores)

Oh! The Tiara! (b / w photo)
3102720 Oh! The Tiara! (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oh! The Tiara! The Tiara of Saitaferne)

The Wills Forgery Trials (engraving)
1101135 The Wills Forgery Trials (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wills Forgery Trials)

Charles Price in his Usual Dress (engraving)
1594581 Charles Price in his Usual Dress (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Price in his Usual Dress)

Female Saint in a boat with a courtly couple and two boatmen
986280 Female Saint in a boat with a courtly couple and two boatmen, within a large historiated initial O, early 20th century (ink, paints and gold leaf on vellum) by Spanish School

Les Faux-Monnayeurs Americains (engraving)
2783284 Les Faux-Monnayeurs Americains (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les Faux-Monnayeurs Americains)

Trial of the Bank Forgers at the Old Bailey (engraving)
1620892 Trial of the Bank Forgers at the Old Bailey (engraving) by Hopkins, Arthur (1848-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Trial of the Bank Forgers at the Old Bailey)

Napoleons birth certificate, 19 July 1782, (1921). Creator: Unknown
Napoleons birth certificate, 19 July 1782, (1921). Acte de Bapteme de Joseph Bonaparte. Extrait authentique, date du 19 jullet 1782

Panel with Falconers, 1516-1955. Creator: Unknown
Panel with Falconers, 1516-1955

Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks, 1526-1955. Creator: Unknown
Ogives with Winged Quadrupeds and Peacocks, 1526-1955

Lampas with confronting peacocks, 1660-1955. Creator: Unknown
Lampas with confronting peacocks, 1660-1955

Lampas fragment with seated prince holding falcons in kufic medallions, 1654-1955

Enthroned King Flanked by Griffins, 800s ?. Creator: Unknown
Enthroned King Flanked by Griffins, 800s ?

Terracotta bust of a young man, c1860s, (1881). Creator: William H Jobbins
Terracotta bust of a young man, c1860s, (1881). Etching of a portrait bust made c1850-1868 in Florence by Giovanni Bastianini

Old Patch, (1897). Creator: Unknown
Old Patch, (1897). Portrait of Old Patch, a notorious forger of banknotes, so called because he supposedly wore an eye-patch as one of his disguises

Johnny Bull and his forged notes!!!, 1819. In an empty shop a citizen and his family sit by a fire. In and about the fire are forged notes

Interior view of the Sessions House, Old Bailey, City of London, 1824. The trial of Henry Fauntleroy in progress

Cold Bath Fields, Finsbury, London, 1819. Artist: Thomas Ranson
Cold Bath Fields, Finsbury, London, 1819; an interior view of Cold Bath Fields Prison, in which Thomas Ranson was unlawfully confined by the Bank of England for holding an alleged forged one pound

The Sinaia lead plate. Artist: Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu (1838-1907)
The Sinaia lead plate. Found in the collection of Muzeu de arheologie, Bucharest

William Shakespeare, 1794-1813. Artist: Ireland, William Henry, (?) (1777-1835)
William Shakespeare, 1794-1813. Found in the collection of Harvard University, Cambridge

Portrait of Shakespeare, 1790s, (1910). Artist: William Henry Ireland
Portrait of Shakespeare, 1790s, (1910). Forgery, purporting to be a self-portrait of Shakespeare by William Henry Ireland

A satirical banknote: crime, punishment and protest, 1819 (1894). Artist: George Cruikshank
A satirical banknote: crime, punishment and protest, 1819. Until 1832 the act of forgery in Britain and sometimes even the use of a forged banknote, was punishable by death

ES Willard, British actor, as Jim the Penman, 1887. Artist: Ernest Barraud
ES Willard, British actor, as Jim the Penman, 1887. Jim the Penman is a play by Sir Charles Young, 7th Baronet, first performed in 1886

Detail of an Achaemenid gold and lapis lazuli staff
Lapis lazuli and gold staff handle, made in Iran. Modern fake in Achaemenid style. From the British Museums collection

France - Study of Nude
Study of nude. France, about 1900. RV-36252 scything farming harvest Poldark agriculture rural life england tradition traditional

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Blacksmith shop building at the historic Waterloo Village in Stanhope

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Blacksmith shop building at the historic Waterloo Village in Stanhope

Piltdown Man
An illustration of The earliest known inhabitant of England, based upon the fragments of skull and jawbone supposedly discovered in a gravel pit at Piltdown, East Sussex, England

Martin Alister Campbell Hinton (1883-1961)
Portrait of Martin Alister Campbell Hinton, a zoologist and keeper of zoology at the British Museum (Natural History). From Piltdown, A Scientific Forgery

Piltdown Man: reconstructed skulls compared
Ape-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A

Piltdown Man: mandible and skull compared
Ape-Man of Modern Man? The two Piltdown skull reconstructions. A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A

The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P Pycraft
A drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912

Piltdown Man: brain capacity compared
A page from the Illustrated London News, debating the merits of Dr. A. Smith-Woodwards reconstruction of the Piltdown Mans brain over the reconstruction proposed by Professor Arthur Keith s

Piltdown Man: Dawson and Smith-Woodward search for more bone
Seeking remains of the oldest known Englishman: looking for relics of the Piltdown Man. Charles Dawson and A. Smith-Woodward searching for other parts of the skeleton on the site of the first

Digital illustration of cordon at forgery crime scene

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)

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)

Kouros, c. 530 BC (Dolomitic marble)
XOS1765293 Kouros, c.530 BC (Dolomitic marble) by Greek, (6th century BC); 206.1x54.6x51 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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"Unraveling the Threads of Deception: The Enigmatic World of Forgery" In 1689, a young Sir Isaac Newton sat for a portrait, unaware that his image would later become entangled in a web of deceit. Little did he know that centuries later, this innocent painting would pale in comparison to the infamous Loch Ness Monster sightings. But it was not mythical creatures alone that captured public imagination; rather, it was the Piltdown Man memorial erected in 1938. A discussion on the Piltdown skull by John Cooke shed light on its dubious origins and sparked controversy among scholars. As headlines blared "Piltdown Man: The Most Ancient Inhabitant of England, " doubts began to creep into scientific circles. A clandestine forgery meeting ensued, where experts dissected every detail surrounding this supposed ancient ancestor. The Piltdown man reconstructed with meticulous precision fooled even seasoned geologists at Piltdown. They were unwittingly drawn into an elaborate hoax that shook the foundations of evolutionary theory. Yet forgery is not confined to historical artifacts alone. From art to agriculture, deception knows no bounds. Just as Canada celebrated its largest ear of corn grown within its borders, a wine counterfeiter disguised as an excursionist met his downfall near Kufstein's Bavarian border in Germany. Throughout history, individuals like "The Falsifier Fool" have sought personal gain through their crafty manipulations – brush and Indian ink on paper serving as their tools of choice during times when authenticity mattered most. Forgery serves as a stark reminder that truth can be elusive and appearances deceiving. It challenges our notions of trust and forces us to question what we hold dear – whether it be portraits or prehistoric remains. So let us delve into these tales woven by masterful impostors and learn from them. For only through understanding past deceptions can we hope to safeguard against future forgeries lurking beneath seemingly genuine facades.