Mistaken Collection

Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a plane
A MAP OF THE WORLD SHOWING IT TO BE A PLANE - and those of us who suppose it to be a globe are clearly mistaken. Date: 1893

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

St Philomena / Vie Saints
SAINT PHILOMENA who never was : her existence arose from a mistaken reading of stones found with human remains at Rome on 25 May 1802

New letter boxes erected in London being mistaken for heating stoves. Cartoon from Punch, London, March 1855. Engraving
538334 New letter boxes erected in London being mistaken for heating stoves. Cartoon from Punch, London, March 1855. Engraving; (add.info)

Chiyokichi's Mother Identifies Him and Solves a Case of Mistaken Identity, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Chiyokichi's Mother Identifies Him and Solves a Case of Mistaken Identity, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 484

Les Étrangers dévisagés par eux-mêmes, 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier
Les Etrangers devisages par eux-memes, 1844. La Dame de Carpentras - C'est singulier...ces Parisiennes ne sont pas si elegantes qu'on peut bien le dire!'

Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra, 1628. Creator: Jacob Symonsz. Pynas
Sts Paul and Barnabas Worshipped as Gods by the People of Lystra, 1628

Saint Paul et saint Barnabé refusant les honneurs divins à Lystre. Esquisse pour le "may"... 1644
Saint Paul et saint Barnabe refusant les honneurs divins a Lystre. Esquisse pour le "may" de Notre-Dame de 1644, 1644

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman and cow Date: 20th century

Georgian cartoon, Equality - Stand and Deliver! - scruffy thief threatens well dressed scarecrow Date: circa 1820s

Hammersmith Ghost Paranormal Apparitions 1804
hammersmith, ghost, paranormal, apparitions, 1804, mysterious, figure, white, terrifies, populace, vigilantes, lie, wait, shoot, dead, thomas, milwood, millwood, bricklayer, dusty, clothing, led

Jumping at conclusions (engraving)
3640718 Jumping at conclusions (engraving) by Du Maurier, George (1834-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jumping at conclusions)

Comic postcard, Vicar, woman, baby and lodger Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two men in an office Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman waiting in a car - and a horse! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with water spout Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with pillar box Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bald head in the sea, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

WW1 - Whales mistaken for submarines
The bodies of hundreds of whales, sharks, and other large fish, mistaken for submarines in the zealous hunt for German raiders, now lie strewn along the Atlantic coast

Comic postcard, Red nose mistaken for gas mask, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Regency gentleman riding a horse that barely lifts its feet. He loses his bicorne when the horse hits a pig while a woman screams from a thatched cottage. A Daisy Cutter with his Varieties

Apology to Greek Orthodox priest alleged to have eaten wife
An apology in The Graphic which had, in January 1928, run a story claiming that a Greek Orthodox priest had pickled and eaten his wife after she had fallen down some stairs and broken her neck

The Cat Hoax at Dublin (engraving)
1041129 The Cat Hoax at Dublin (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Cat Hoax at Dublin)

Two policemen watching a couple having an affair (chromolitho)
5236003 Two policemen watching a couple having an affair (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Un Voyageur Portugais Du XVIe Siecle (engraving)
2789206 Un Voyageur Portugais Du XVIe Siecle (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un Voyageur Portugais Du XVIe Siecle)

Jealousy!!! (litho)
2818492 Jealousy!!! (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jealousy!!! Jalousie! Illustration for Le Petit Journal, 19 March 1894)

Sisygambis, the mother of Darius, mistaking Hephaestion for Alexander the Great
CH402121 Sisygambis, the mother of Darius, mistaking Hephaestion for Alexander the Great (oil on canvas) by Mura, Francesco de (1696-1782); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Italian

Ghosts - monkeys and owl (litho)
5235352 Ghosts - monkeys and owl (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ghosts - monkeys and owl)

Chinese Merchants in Burmah, who were mistaken for Dacoits and fired upon (engraving)
1624710 Chinese Merchants in Burmah, who were mistaken for Dacoits and fired upon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chinese Merchants in Burmah)

Gamekeeper and boy with a dead pig (colour litho)
3656811 Gamekeeper and boy with a dead pig (colour litho) by Lavrate, Edmond (1829-1888); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gamekeeper and boy with a dead pig)

"I arrest you in the name of the Queen", from
3501831 " I arrest you in the name of the Queen", from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828-1905), 1873 (engraving) by Benett

Fancied he had mistaken the window (engraving)
5991822 Fancied he had mistaken the window (engraving) by Robinson, William Heath (1872-1944); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fancied he had mistaken the window)

Punch cartoon: A Trifling Chronological Error (engraving)
6034742 Punch cartoon: A Trifling Chronological Error (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: A Trifling Chronological Error)

Advert for Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, London (engraving)
585778 Advert for Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, London (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advert for Wonderland, Whitechapel Road, London)

A Poor Substitute, or a Monkeys Mistake, a West Indian Story (litho)
1039434 A Poor Substitute, or a Monkeys Mistake, a West Indian Story (litho) by Ralston, William (1848-1911) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Poor Substitute, or a Monkeys Mistake)

Young Marlow and Miss Hardcastle: A Scene from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (Act V)
Young Marlow and Miss Hardcastle: A Scene from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (Act V, Scene 3), 1791, (1938). Painting held at the Victoria And Albert Museum, London

The Mistaken Notion, 1789. Artist: W Dickinson
The Mistaken Notion, 1789. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston (pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905)

Mistaken identity - Very short man and a tall young woman " You Naughty Boy, you ll fall over!" " Oh...." Date: circa 1890s

German doll from Titanic
Philomena, a German bisque doll rescued from the sea after the sinking of the Titanic. It was at first mistaken for a childs body

Palestine events 1929 riots August 23 31 Crosses
Palestine events. The 1929 riots, August 23 to 31. Crosses on Christian homes. Marked so as not to be mistaken for Jews. 1929, Jerusalem

A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylum
A cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838

Old Maid card game - Sorry, My Mistake -- a bird thinks the pigs tail is a worm. circa 1950s

Whales mistaken for u-boats during WW1
A page from The Illustrated London News, featuring two whales photographed from the air, showing how they could be mistaken for u-boats, and consequently bombed. WW1

Shakespeare - The Comedy of Errors - Adriana: Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine. circa 1830

The Comedy of Errors - title page - exorcism scene. 1862

Boer War Reporters
BOER WAR : War correspondent Villiers is mistaken for a Boer and shot at by British soldiers before he can establish his identity : luckily their aim is poor Date: 1900

House of Windsor name change
The British Royal Family during World War One prudently change their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, so as not to be mistaken for Germans. Date: July 1917

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"Mistaken: A Collection of Puzzling Encounters and Hilarious Misunderstandings" Flat Earth Map: Unveiling the World's Plane Truths, or Just a Mistake? Drunk Stockbroker's Toilet Roll Conundrum: When Clarity Gets Flushed Away. St Philomena and the Vie Saints: Lost in Translation or Divine Miscommunication? Georgian Cartoon "Equality - Stand and Deliver. ": An Artistic Blunder or Subtle Satire? Paranormal Paradoxes of 1804: The Haunting Tale of Hammersmith Ghost Apparitions. Comic Postcard Mystery: Pretty Woman and Cow - A Date Lost in Time. Jumping at Conclusions Engraving: Where Logic Takes a Leap into Absurdity. Vicar, Woman, Baby, and Lodger on a Comic Postcard? Oh My. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Office Shenanigans Caught on Camera: Two Men Embroiled in a Comical Mix-Up. Waiting for Whom? A Horse Joins the Car Ride in this Classic Comic Postcard. Drunken Man Meets Water Spout – A Splashy Encounter to Remember. Drunken Man vs Pillar Box – When Alcohol Leads to Monumental Confusion. Step into an amusing world where mistaken identities, bizarre situations, and comical blunders take center stage. From flat earth theories that challenge conventional wisdom to perplexed stockbrokers unraveling toilet roll mysteries, this collection explores the realm of human fallibility with wit and charm. Delve into historical curiosities like St Philomena's enigmatic connection to Vie Saints or decipher hidden messages within Georgian cartoons such as "Equality - Stand and Deliver. " Are they genuine mistakes or cleverly crafted satires.