Intentional deception made for unfair or unlawful gain or damaging or depriving a victim

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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.

A performance by the "three-headed nightingale" (supposedly a woman with three heads). Reproduction of a wood engraving by E.A. Tilly.

A London linen-draper's assistant reveals his true identity: he is not "Horatio Sparkins", an aristocratic man about town, but Mr Smith, an assistant in a down-market shop. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1839.

The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Stipple engraving by Maddocks.

A French tooth-drawer wearing a turban and pretending to be Turkish in order to attract clients, holding a large tooth and an enormous tooth extractor. Engraving by N. Dupuis after F. Eisen.

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman, aged 58. Engraving, 1813.

A harbour in which bales of goods are being traded between two merchants: falsehood and fraud govern the transaction, aided by an untrained clerk; representing the fraudulent use of commercial law. Engraving by H. Goltzius.

Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.

Two executors overcharge a heir, taking advantage of their distress. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

Mary Tofts, a woman who pretended that she had given birth to rabbits. Coloured stipple engraving by Maddocks, ca. 1819.

Ann Moore, a fraudulent fasting woman. Etching by J. Ward, 1812.

Counter fraud good practice for food and drink businesses : improve fraud resilience and reduce the financial cost of fraud / Written by Eoghan Daly, Jim Gee ; with contributions from Andy Morling, Ron McNaughton.

A woman being exhibited, supposedly with no lower half of her body. Wood engraving.

Scientific deception : an overview and guide to the literature of misconduct and fraud in scientific research / by Lesley Grayson.

Laurent. Joann. Nepomucenus Reen ... plagii literarii in Regiae Fridericianae Parnasso graviter accusatus convictus atque Halensium musarum decreto condemnatus / interprete Michael Gottlieb Agnethlero.

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Fraud

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The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Counter fraud good practice for food and drink businesses : improve fraud resilience and reduce the financial cost of fraud / Written by Eoghan Daly, Jim Gee ; with contributions from Andy Morling, Ron McNaughton.

A woman being exhibited, supposedly with no lower half of her body. Wood engraving.

Scientific deception : an overview and guide to the literature of misconduct and fraud in scientific research / by Lesley Grayson.

Laurent. Joann. Nepomucenus Reen ... plagii literarii in Regiae Fridericianae Parnasso graviter accusatus convictus atque Halensium musarum decreto condemnatus / interprete Michael Gottlieb Agnethlero.

Fraud

Images from the collections

Images referencing Fraud

Works from the collections

The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.

Counter fraud good practice for food and drink businesses : improve fraud resilience and reduce the financial cost of fraud / Written by Eoghan Daly, Jim Gee ; with contributions from Andy Morling, Ron McNaughton.

A woman being exhibited, supposedly with no lower half of her body. Wood engraving.

Scientific deception : an overview and guide to the literature of misconduct and fraud in scientific research / by Lesley Grayson.

Laurent. Joann. Nepomucenus Reen ... plagii literarii in Regiae Fridericianae Parnasso graviter accusatus convictus atque Halensium musarum decreto condemnatus / interprete Michael Gottlieb Agnethlero.

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