IL439468 The Guile of Oroetes, c.1940s (litho) by Valda, John Harris (d.1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Newnes\' Pictorial Knowledge, depicting the trickery of Oroetes, Governor of Sardinia, who deceived a messenger of Polycrates by showing him chests full of gold which were in fact heavy with stones and had gold only at the top; The story is told in The Histories by Herodotus (c.484-c.425BC);); English, out of copyright.