Magic Collection (page 2)

Scene from Shakespeares Midsummer Nights Dream
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Act II, Scene ii), in which Puck drops a love potion into the sleeping Titanias eyes

Advertisement for Fairy Dyes, promoted, appropriately, by some fairies who flutter through the night sky carrying a length of rainbow fabric. Date: c.1924

The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, Birmingham
The Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921

Maskelyne Magician Sand
JASPER MASKELYNE English stage magician performing a " sand trick" onstage

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Moonlight by Frank Rogers
A young girl kneels as a group of elves, pixies, fairies and imps dance in a circle around her. Date: 1920s

Sri Lanka - Basket Trick - Jugglers
Sri Lanka - Basket Trick - Conjurers (called jugglers on the card) place a woman inside a large wicker basket from whence she would (I imagine) disappear, much to everyones surprise! Date: circa 1907

Poster, The Magic of Soap and Water. Coo... is that me with the dirt off? Showing a boy admiring his nice clean face in a soap bubble. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. circa 1940s

Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) with Thomas Cook & Son
Cover illustration for Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene

Magician Carl Devo
Undated colour illustrated poster for magician Carl Devo, featuring full length illustration of Devo surrounded by magical objects, printed by Weiners Limited, London. HPF/5B/5

Fairy casting a magic spell
Fantasy scene of a fairy casting a magic spell with her wand over a clump of buttercups as a Peacock Butterfly flaps serenely past

Chinese Cats / Silkworms
These magical spirit-cats perform the vital function of keeping away the rats which would otherwise devour the silkworms : the flowers also keep the worms healthy

Magic Carpet Airborne
The Magic Carpet, favoured transport system of the Arabian Nights

Houdini and Rope C1920
He examines a rope on which his life may depend

Tamino and Pamina
Guided and protected by the magic flute, Tamino and Pamina emerge unscathed from the ordeal of fire and water, and all will now be well for them

Siegfried Forges Notung
Instructed by Mime, Siegfried forges the magic sword Notung with which he will slay the dragon Fafner

Circe does Magic
doing magic with spirits and serpents

Houdini in Handcuffs
showing his ability to escape from handcuffs, whether American, Russian or German

Nigerian Jujuh House
A Jujuh house, or house of worship, in Biafra (present-day Nigeria). To European visitors this was magic rather than religion - and black magic at that !

Sorcerers Apprentice
The Sorcerers Apprentice accidentally lets the dragon out of the bottle where the Sorcerer has managed to incarcerate it !

Menat Talisman
MENAT TALISMAN Incorporating the emblem of Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, this talisman protected ancient Egyptian women

Solomons Seal
SOLOMONs SEAL to the ancient Jews this was the emblem of the Absolute

Excalibur Restored
Sir Bedivere, with considerable reluctance, restores the magic sword Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest
A scene from Shakespeares play, The Tempest, in which Prospero and his daughter Miranda watch the shipwreck -- fortunately, no-one will be harmed

Spotlight operator, Maskelynes Theatre, London
Spotlight operator, Maskelynes Theatre, Langham Place, London. Date: circa 1930s

Poster for Mother Goose, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

French Street Conjuror
A French street magician with his trestle table set up ready to perform the cup and ball trick and con some punters out of their money Date: circa 1805

The first de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSP Black Magic
The first de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSP, Black Magic, for the Mollisons at Mildenhall

And there were strings of fairies hanging from the stars (I stood against the window). 1922

John Henry Anderson, Scottish- born stage magician, known as the Wizard of the North

Ottokar Fischer
OTTOKAR FISCHER German historian of magic, who took sufficient interest in psychical research to attend the 1925 Congress at Vienna, where he was photographed

Crescent and Hand
CRESCENT AND HAND TALISMAN an emblem of hospitality

Conjuror - Robert Houdin
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) the " conjuror" performing in front of a mid-nineteenth century French audience. Date: circa 1840

The Schooner yacht magic of the N. Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Os
The Schooner yacht magic of the N.Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Osgood Esq. owner and commander. Date c1870

Demon Floating Sugar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Siegfried Kills Fafner
Act two : armed with the magic sword Notung, Siegfried kills Fafner, who has taken on the form of a dragon

Wotan at the Pyre
Wotan bids farewell to his daughter Brunnhilde as she sleeps a magic sleep surrounded by a magic fire which only a true hero can penetrate (Sigfried does it !)

Arthur Uses Excalibur
He draws the magic sword Excalibur under battle conditions for the first time, fighting King Lot

Isaac Fawkes, the Slight of Hand Ma
Undated hand coloured engraving of Isaac Fawkes, the " Slight of Hand Man", and enlargement of acrobats from Bartholomew Fair print. HPG/8/2/1 (xli)"

Houdini Poster
King of cards

HARRY KELLAR 1849 - 1922
American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 1800s and early 1900s - the predecessor of Harry Houdini and successor to Robert Heller

Houdini / Davenport
Harry Houdini at the grave of William Davenport, American stage magician who with his brother Ira deceived many with their supposed spirit seances

Houdin Levitation
Houdins son, supported only by one elbow, reclines in space

1869 / Gladstone / Peerages
Gladstones Magic Change! or How to make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Satire on Gladstones appointments to the peerage

Magic Flute Liebig 2
(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 6 : Tamino is presented to the Queen of the Night by his three rescuers; he vows to rescue her daughter Pamina, kidnapped by Sarastro

Ordeal by Fire & Water
A stage magician performs a feat of being immersed in fire and water

Jack Climbing Stalk
Jack, having grown the beanstalk from the magic seed given him by a fairy, uses it to enable him to reach the home of the Giant, whom he plans to kill

Beauty / Beast (Boyle 2)
Beauty discovers that love is the magic that makes all things fair - her love transforms the Beast into a handsome lover

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