Fools Collection

Reliant Robin Only Fools Horses Del Boy

A Satire of the Folly of Tulip Mania (oil on panel)
BAL225541 A Satire of the Folly of Tulip Mania (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-78); 26x32.2 cm; Private Collection; Johnny Van Haeften Ltd. London; Flemish, out of copyright

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides, and fools mushroom, Amanita verna. Highly poisonous mushrooms. Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Jester - portrait of a medieval court fool after 15th century miniature (print)
3794143 Jester - portrait of a medieval court fool after 15th century miniature (print); (add.info.: Print by R. Kellerhoven)

French April Fools Card - Flying Fish Aeroplane sending Best Wishes.....!! Date: circa 1909

LORNA DOONE/BLACKMORE
John Ridd and Lorna are called before Ensor Doone, who says Fools you are - be fools for ever, before he dies later. Date: First published: 1869

Disparate de tontos (Fool's folly), 1877 (etching, aquatint & drypoint)
3745584 Disparate de tontos (Fool's folly), 1877 (etching, aquatint & drypoint) by Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Jose de (1746-1828); 29x43 cm; Manchester Art Gallery

Cripps the Carrier (engraving)
1059085 Cripps the Carrier (engraving) by Green, Charles (1840-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cripps the Carrier)

Of brekynge and hurtynge of amyte and frendshyp, illustration from Alexander Barclays English translation of The Ship
486402 Of brekynge and hurtynge of amyte and frendshyp, illustration from Alexander Barclays English translation of The Ship of Fools, from an edition published in 1874 (engraving) by German School

Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from... 1929
Raising Loans from Navis Stultifera (Ship of Fools), Plate 24 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century, 1497, portfolio assembled 1929

La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais (engraving)
2782088 La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: La sagesse des fous, F Rabelais)

Young man fools about in The Stocks. Date: 1953

Fools dance, 14th century
A line of fools in hoods with bells dancing the fools dance to bagpipe and regal music, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Mummers and fools, 14th century
Mummers in odd masks and colourful robes (top, bottom), and a line of fools in hoods with bells dancing to bagpipe and regal music at a Festival of Fools (middle), 14th century

Three women in Venetian dress from the Harlequinade, or Italian comic theatre. From a mural in the Fools Staircase in Klaussnitz Castle

Fools mushroom, Amanita verna
Deadly amanita, fools mushroom, destroying angel or the mushroom fool, Amanita verna (Amanita vernus). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by William Hamilton Gibson from his book Our

Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium
Fools parsley, fools cicely, or poison parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Archie Armstrong (engraving)
3629741 Archie Armstrong (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Archie Armstrong. Illustration from The Book of Days (W R Chambers, c 1870)

May I kiss whom I please and please whom I kiss (colour litho)
3643451 May I kiss whom I please and please whom I kiss (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: May I kiss whom I please and please whom I kiss)

Motleys the Only Wear (engraving)
1615859 Motleys the Only Wear (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Motleys the Only Wear)

Fools ye are; be fools for ever (colour litho)
973845 Fools ye are; be fools for ever (colour litho) by Millar, Addison Thomas (1850-1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fools ye are; be fools for ever)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 11
Coleoptera: Molorchus minor (Maculated Molorchus) [Plant: Aethusa cynapium (Fool?s Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1868 (stained glass)
3474841 The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c.1868 (stained glass) by Hassam, Alfred (1842-69); Church of St Mary, Putney, London, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Heaton)

The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1868 (stained glass)
3474837 The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c.1868 (stained glass) by Hassam, Alfred (1842-69); Church of St Mary, Putney, London, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Heaton)

Child jockeys racing fish, 1 April card, 1913 (chromolitho)
668068 Child jockeys racing fish, 1 April card, 1913 (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Child jockeys racing fish, 1 April card, 1913)

The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1868 (stained glass)
3474839 The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c.1868 (stained glass) by Hassam, Alfred (1842-69); Church of St Mary, Putney, London, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Heaton)

A beggar, a fool and a witch scare off the sergeants at arms (chromolitho)
964264 A beggar, a fool and a witch scare off the sergeants at arms (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A beggar)

The Feast of Fools and Deacons, 14th Century (coloured engraving)
976122 The Feast of Fools and Deacons, 14th Century (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Feast of Fools and Deacons, 14th Century)

French fool, 16th century
5855285 French fool, 16th century by Lechevallier-Chevignard, Edmond (1825-1902); (add.info.: French fool, 16th century, in green, white and yellow tunic, codpiece and stockings, with fools cap)

Will Somers (engraving)
3629740 Will Somers (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Will Somers. Illustration from The Book of Days (W R Chambers, c 1870)

Christ, detail from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1868 (stained glass)
3474843 Christ, detail from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c.1868 (stained glass) by Hassam, Alfred (1842-69); Church of St Mary, Putney, London, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Heaton)

The Doorkeeper, detail from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c. 1868 (stained glass)
3474840 The Doorkeeper, detail from The Wise and Foolish Virgins, c.1868 (stained glass) by Hassam, Alfred (1842-69); Church of St Mary, Putney, London, UK; (add.info.: Manufactured by Heaton)

Fool with Cap and Bells, early 17th century (pen & brown ink with brown
CTS449149 Fool with Cap and Bells, early 17th century (pen & brown ink with brown, grey & rose washes) by Passe, Crispin I de (c.1565-1637); 8.9x8.9 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Two Lackeys (pen & ink on paper)
CTS407558 Two Lackeys (pen & ink on paper) by Jones, Inigo (1573-1652); eThe Devonshire Collections, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

Two Fools and Their Folly (engraving)
1626223 Two Fools and Their Folly (engraving) by Hardy, Evelyn Stuart (1865-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two Fools and Their Folly)

A jailer, a minstrel, a fool, bourgeoisie, a beggar, a pilgrim and a shepherd (chromolitho)
964267 A jailer, a minstrel, a fool, bourgeoisie, a beggar, a pilgrim and a shepherd (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A jailer, a minstrel, a fool)

Customs April Fools Day. Date Shocker Ready for a real shock about the three date tycoons pictured on Pages 16 and 17? The most important date they were keeping was not at a conference...it was today

The Dance of the World, mid-16th century. Creator: Attributed to Pieter Balten
The Dance of the World, mid-16th century

The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63. Creator: Sebastiano di Re
The Cage of Fools (La gabbia de matti), 1557-63

Foolish Knowledge and Foolish Love Trying to Restrain the World, from The Unrestrained World, plate 2, 1550

Frog fishing on a French April Fool postcard, with a comic verse about the frog being eaten by a mackerel. Date: circa 1900s

French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz
Sottie du Prince des Sotz (Foolery from the Prince of Fools), by Pierre Gringore (Gringoire). Showing a musician in a red and grey fools costume, standing on one leg and playing the mandolin

blue boat Die blau schuyte title object ship
The blue boat Die blau schuyte (title on object) The ship of corruption (title on object), The boat with the inscription die blau schuyte has a playman as a punterman with a stringed instrument

Latin Edition Stultifera Navis Das Narrenschiff
Latin Edition: Stultifera Navis; Das Narrenschiff (Ship of Fools) by Sebastian Brant: Ship of Fools, after 1497. Albrecht Durer (German, 1471-1528)

Dance Of Fools. 19Th Century Reproduction From Miniature In 13Th Century Manuscript

Common Poisonous Plants. Left To Right: Fools Parsley Or Lesser Hemlock (Aethusa Cynapium); Common Greater Or Spotted Hemlock (Conium Maculatum); Purple Foxglove Or Folksglove (Digitalis Purpurea)

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"Foolish Follies: From Del Boy to Tulip Mania, Exploring the Many Faces of Fools" Step into the world and prepare for a wild ride. 🤡🌟 Reliant Robin Only Fools Horses Del Boy - Remember that iconic three-wheeler? It symbolizes the hilarious mishaps and absurdity that only fools like Del Boy can bring. A Satire of the Folly of Tulip Mania (oil on panel) - Dive into history's craziest financial bubble, where tulips were worth more than gold. A satire that reminds us how easily we fall for foolishness. Fools parsley, hemlock, and northern water hemlock - Beware these deadly plants disguised as harmless herbs. Nature's own tricksters reminding us not to be fooled by appearances. LORNA DOONE/BLACKMORE - Enter Blackmore's captivating tale filled with love, betrayal, and revenge. The story unfolds among a cast of characters who prove that even in fiction, they have their place. Frog fishing on a French April Fool postcard - Imagine trying to catch frogs with fishing rods. This whimsical postcard captures the spirit of April Fool's Day when pranks reign supreme. French Theatre -- Sottie du Prince des Sotz - Witness an uproarious play where jesters mock authority figures. In this theater piece, laughter becomes a weapon against those who take themselves too seriously. Disparate de tontos (Fool's folly), 1877 (etching, aquatint & drypoint) - An artistic masterpiece showcasing different types through intricate etchings. Each stroke reveals another facet of human folly. Death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides - Look out for this treacherous fungus lurking in forests. Its innocent appearance hides its lethal nature—a reminder not to be fooled by beauty alone. French April Fools Card - Flying Fish Aeroplane.