Mistake Collection

The late Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B. 1868. Creator: Unknown
The late Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B. 1868. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Ernest Edwards

A woman in a boat by the pier, c1890s. Creator: Albert Edelfelt
A woman in a boat by the pier, c1890s

The Good Centurion, 1477. Creator: Derick Baegert
The Good Centurion, 1477

Sitting of the Crimean Board of Inquiry, in the Hall of Chelsea Hospital, [London], 1856. Military investigation into the actions of certain British officers during the Crimean War

The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy. "I have done wrong in coming to ee", 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The late Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, 15th Hussars, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The late Captain Lewis Edward Nolan, 15th Hussars, 1854. British officer killed in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. Poor Lewis Nolan has gone to his rest

The Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Light Cavalry Charge at Balaclava, 1854. Crimean War: disastrous communication breakdown

The British Steamer "Bengal" bringing a supposed Russian Prize into Madras Harbour, 1854

Sketches, after 1863. Creator: Jean Francois Millet
Sketches, after 1863

3c American Authors Ralph Waldo Emerson die proof attached to plate proof, 14612

The Open Book, 1861. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
The Open Book, 1861

Nadab and Abihu, 1549. Creator: Augustin Hirschvogel
Nadab and Abihu, 1549

Epimetheus opening Pandoras box, 1531-76. Creator: Giulio Bonasone
Epimetheus opening Pandoras box, 1531-76

The Murder of Polonius, 1834-43. 1834-43. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
The Murder of Polonius, 1834-43. In act 3, scene 4, Hamlet kills the courtier Polonious, believing him to be the king

To his unspeakable horror... the moonlight reveals the head of Kesa - his love!, 1919
To his unspeakable horror and amazement the moonlight reveals the head of Kesa - his love!, 1919

Awkward Mistake, 1897. Creator: John Leech
Awkward Mistake, 1897. An unfortunate soldier receives a cannonball in the stomach

Vous savez bien l'éponge que vous disiez.. 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier
Vous savez bien l'eponge que vous disiez.. 1842

5c American Authors Louisa May Alcott die proof attached to plate proof, 14598

3c Pan American Union die proof attached to plate proof, 14682. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

He smothers her: plate 13 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2), etched 1844, reprinted 1900

Sisygambis... Mistakes Hephistion (Hephaestion) for Alexander the Great
Sisygambis, Mother of Darius III, Mistakes Hephistion (Hephaestion) for Alexander the Great, 18th century

The King is Crowned, May 12 1937. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

The Queen cried to him to forbear, 1905. Artist: Dora Curtis
The Queen cried to him to forbear, 1905. The Queen tries to poison her stepson Tristram, when her husband nearly drinks the poison instead

Something Wrong Somewhere, c1850. Artist: Charles Green
Something Wrong Somewhere, c1850. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

A Duck in the Park, c1870

Orpheus, leading Eurydice out of Hell, looks back upon her and loses her forever, 1733. A plate from Le temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. The Camperdown rammes the Victoria by mistake, causing the death of Admiral Tyron and 359 Officers and English Sailors, 22 June 1893

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

New letter boxes being mistaken for heating stoves!, 1855. One of Londons first pillar (letter) boxes was erected by the Post Office at the corner of Fleet Street and Farringdon Street

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