Deception Collection

Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom... 1879
Disappointed Bride: Kono Flees Upon Discovering That the Ugly Bridegroom Is Not Whom She Promised to Marry, 1879. Series: The Kanayomi Newspaper, no. 891

Judah and Tamar, c.1640-c.1650. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Judah and Tamar, c.1640-c.1650

Les Joueurs de tric-trac (The Tric Trac players), c. 1655. Creator: Le Nain, Mathieu (1607-1677)
Les Joueurs de tric-trac (The Tric Trac players), c. 1655. Found in the collection of the Musee du Louvre, Paris

Delilah, after Alexandre Cabanel, c1880-83. Creator: Charles Theodore Deblois
'Delilah, after Alexandre Cabanel'. From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

'Une Lache Perfidie; Le Guet-Apens, 1914. Creator: Lucien Jonas
'Une Lache Perfidie; Le Guet-Apens, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

The Christianity of the Head of the Greek Church, 1854. Creator: George Cruikshank
The Christianity of the Head of the Greek Church, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Gentleman in the shop, after Frans van Mieris, c.1660. Creator: Unknown
Gentleman in the shop, after Frans van Mieris, c.1660

Wild Duck Shooting on the Potomac, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Wild Duck Shooting on the Potomac, 1850. American invention for duck-shooting:..one device attracted my notice especially [and] succeeds admirably

Cephalus and Procris. Creator: Johann Liss
Cephalus and Procris

Plucked Geese--The story of the Gobang Mining Company, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Plucked Geese--The story of the Gobang Mining Company, 1890

The Trojans Bring the Wooden Horse into Their City, 1535-55. Creator: Jean Mignon
The Trojans Bring the Wooden Horse into Their City, 1535-55

The Trojans hauling the wooden horse into Troy, 1545. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
The Trojans hauling the wooden horse into Troy, 1545

The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city, 1545. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city, 1545

Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Exterior of a polling booth, New York, 1844. Voters in the US presidential election between James Knox Polk and Henry Clay, at...one of the polling-places, which, heretofore

Ixion deceived by Hera, 1620-24. Creator: Pieter van Sompel
Ixion deceived by Hera, 1620-24

The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, c1840. Creator: George Presbury
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, c1840. Biblical scene, from Genesis 48: 16: The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them

The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau, 19th century? Creator
The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau, 19th century? Biblical scene, from Genesis 27: 22: And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said

A masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens, 1772. Artist: James Bretherton
A masquerade scene, Kensington Gardens, 1772. A sailor, heavily disguised as a rotund lady, follows a slim young woman along a walk

The Cockney in a Slough, 1804. A cockney on horseback is enticed into a mire by a country yokel who claims that the ground is firm

In high keeping by a Jew, plate II of The Harlots Progress, 1732; Mary Hackabout, now the mistress of a wealthy London Jew, kicks over a table to divert his attention

Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Illustration from Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, 1924. Siegfried hands the drinking horn back to Gutrune, and gazes at her with sudden passion

She caused the rock to shut down, 1905. Artist: Dora Curtis
She caused the rock to shut down, 1905. Vivien turns on her own master, Merlin, tricking him to enter the rock which she then closes on him

The white steed had vanished from their eyes like a wreath of mist, c1910. Artist
The white steed had vanished from their eyes like a wreath of mist, c1910. Oisin, son of Finn mac Cumhaill, is turned in an instant into an old

Dice Players, ca 1624. Found in the Collection of Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection, The National Trust

Backgammon at the Cafe. Private Collection

Soldiers playing Dice. Artist: Sweerts, Michiel (1618-1664)
Soldiers playing Dice. Found in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

The Disguised Wolf, 1870. Artist: Adolphe Francois Pannemaker
The Disguised Wolf, 1870. From The Fables of Jean de la Fontaine, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London and NY, 1870]

Pirates Decoying an American Ship, c1880
Pirates Decoying an American Ship, 1925. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

Ingenious camouflage, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Ingenious camouflage, World War I, c1914-c1918. Camouflage used to conceal lines of communication and gun emplacements from German aviators. From a box set of stereoscopic cards titled The Great War

Consulate, 1882-1884. On 9 November 1799, which was 18 Brumaire, Year VIII under the French Republican Calendar, General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory

Hannah Snell, British soldier, 18th century (1904). Hannah Snell (1723-1792) disguised herself as a man and became a soldier after her husband deserted her

Chistian Davies (or Old Mother Ross ), c1706 (1904). Born Christian Cavanagh in Dublin, Christian Kit Davies (1667-1739) served in disguise in the British Army from 1693 to 1697

The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Artist: Lancret, Nicolas (1690-1743)
The Four Times of Day: Afternoon, c. 1740. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The backgammon players. Artist: Rosati, Giulio (1858-1917)
The backgammon players. From a private collection

Easy come, easy go, 1661. Artist: Steen, Jan Havicksz (1626-1679)
Easy come, easy go, 1661. Found in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Interior With A Woman Feeding A Parrot Two Men Playing Backgammon And Other Figures (The Parrot Cage), 1670. Found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)
Backgammon Players, c. 1645. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Artist: Rombouts, Theodor (1597-1637)
Card and Backgammon Players. Fight over Cards, 1620-1629. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Love and the Vices Disarm Judgement, late 17th or early 18th century. Artist: Paolo de Matteis
Love and the Vices Disarm Judgement, late 17th or early 18th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Conjurers, 16th century. Artist: Dosso Dossi
Conjurers, 16th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The facial characteristics of a cheating, deceptive tempered person, 1808. Artist: Johann Kaspar Lavater
The facial characteristics of a cheating, deceptive tempered person, 1808. A print from le Le Lavater Portatif, Hocquart, Paris, 1808. Physiognomical portraits

The Transformation of Galanthis into a Weasel, 1777. Artist: W Walker
The Transformation of Galanthis into a Weasel, 1777. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1777

Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Artist: Ostade, Adriaen Jansz
Room in an Inn with Peasants Drinking, Smoking and Playing Backgam, 1678. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

Jupiter, Juno and Io, 1710s. Artist: Jean-Marc Nattier
Jupiter, Juno and Io, 1710s. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus seduced Io, one of the priestesses of his wife, Hera, and changed her into a heifer in order to try to hide his act from Hera

Blind Man Deceived, c1755. Artist: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Blind Man Deceived, c1755. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros, the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii
Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros (Greek island) revealed by Diomedes and Odysseus. From the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii

Trojans Deceived, 1830. The raiding party secreting themselves in the great wooden horse. The story of the legendary wars between the Greek confederation and Troy

The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy, c1760. From the National Gallery, London

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