Forgery Collection

Kite Flying, 1847. Creator: Unknown
Kite Flying, 1847. Formerly thought to be by Cox but now believed to be a forgery

"The Doubtful Coin, " by W. Hunt, 1870. Creator: Unknown
"The Doubtful Coin, " by W. Hunt, 1870. Engraving of a painting depicting '...a boy in charge, apparently, of an apple-stall

The Obelisk of the Lateran at Rome, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Obelisk of the Lateran at Rome, 1870. 'The attention of several of our most learned antiquaries skilled in the remote history of old Egypt has lately been directed to the supposed forgery of a

Untitled [Study of a standing monk], c.1980. Creator: Karl Sim
Untitled [Study of a standing monk], c.1980

Virgin and Child with saints, 20th-century painting on 14th-century antiphonary. Creator: Venetian Forger
Virgin and Child with saints, 20th-century painting on 14th-century antiphonary. Miniature - detail

The Celebrated Dealer Nishimura Exposing an Art Forger, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Celebrated Dealer Nishimura Exposing an Art Forger, 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 466

Saints with attendants, 20th-century painting on 14th-century antiphonary. Creator: Venetian Forger
Saints with attendants, 20th-century painting on 14th-century antiphonary. Miniature - detail

Portait of a man, 1930-1940. Creator: Han van Meegeren
Portait of a man, 1930-1940. Man wearing a black wide-brimmed hat, painted in the style of Gerard ter Borch. Henricus Antonius van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist

Malle Babbe, 1930-1940. Creator: Han van Meegeren
Malle Babbe, 1930-1940. A smiling woman raises a tankard to her mouth. Painted in the style of Frans Hals. Henricus Antonius van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist

Woman playing a cittern, 1930-1940. Creator: Han van Meegeren
Woman playing a cittern, 1930-1940. Seated woman reflected in the mirror on the wall behind her. Painted in the style of Johannes Vermeer

Madonna of Humility, (falsification of), 1910-1930. Creator: Unknown
Madonna of Humility, (falsification of), 1910-1930. Alternative titles: Maria de umilitade; Madonna dell'humilta. Modern forgery in the style of the Florentine School of the 15th century

Portrait of a man, c.1910-c.1935. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of a man, c.1910-c.1935. Bust of a scholar, fake in the style of Melozzo da Forli 1438-1494). Manner of Melozzo da Forli

Woman reading music, 1935-1940. Creator: Han van Meegeren
Woman reading music, 1935-1940. Painting inspired by Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter'. Henricus Antonius van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist

The washing of the feet, 1935-1943. Creator: Han van Meegeren
The washing of the feet, 1935-1943. Mary anoints the feet of Christ, painted in the style of Johannes Vermeer. Henricus Antonius van Meegeren was a Dutch painter and portraitist

Hand Forged Adze, c. 1936. Creator: Donald Streeter
Hand Forged Adze, c. 1936

David Colbreth Broderick of California, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Hon. David C. Broderick of Cal. between 1855 and 1865. [Lawyer and politician. Moved to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush of 1849

Small soapstone tablet, with pierced relief of Manjusri on lion, Period of Division, dated 543

Buddhist tablet in the form of a miniature shrine, Period of Division, ca. 520

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

all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers, c1890. Creator: Gustave Doré
Then my sight was livelier to explore the depth, wherein the minister of the most mighty Lord, all-searching Justice, dooms to punishment the forgers noted on her dread record, c1890

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

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