Magic Collection (#4)

Ariel in a Wood, The Tempest, Shakespeare Date: 1904

Fish
The influence of Western naturalism upon the Japanese tradition of calligraphic drawing is shown in this water colour and one can also trace in it the influence of Western composition

Caricature illustration of Winston Churchill presenting budget, by Blam. Showing Churchill with magic wand, in front of budget presented on hats along table

Illustration, The Goosegirl -- Alas! dear Falada, there thou hangest. Date: 1909

Spirit head and shoulders sketch of D. D. Home
Daniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume') (March 20, 1833 June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights

CONJURING BACK BUFFALO
A Native American seeks to conjure back the buffalo. Alas, it's too late - they've been hunted to death, and there's nothing that magic can do about it. Date: 1892

Magic Flute Liebig Music Opera Mozart Die Zauberflote
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MAGIC FLUTE LIEBIG 4
(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 17 : Pamina explains to Sarastro why she ran away, and he reveals that he is not a wicked kidnapper, but acts under compulsion. Date: first performed 1791

MAGIC FLUTE LIEBIG 3
(The Magic Flute) Act 1, Scene 10 : Monostatos makes unwelcome advances to the captive Pamina, but Papageno scares him away and tells Pamina about Tamino. Date: first performed 1791

SIEGMUND AND NOTHING
Act One : Sigmund with the magic sword Notung which he has just pulled out of the tree where it had been magically thrust

VENEZUELAN MAGIC
Venezuelan natives, after burning the body of a dead cacique (ruler) drink his ashes, in hope of inheriting his virtues and strength Date: 1726

THE MAGIC CUP
When the Little Folk offer you a MAGIC CUP, beware ! It may contain Love, or Sleep, or Oblivion, or even Death : but it is unlikely to be dietary, and certainly not organic

DRINKING ASHES OF DEAD
Venezuelans drink the ashes of a dead cacique (chief) after his body has been cremated (so that they may absorb his strength and wisdom) Date: 1737

EGYPTIAN MAGICIAN
An Egyptian magician is initiated into his calling : he encounters the figure of Death Date: BC

HAND OF GLORY
THE HAND OF GLORY - the hand cut from a dead man's corpse, soaked in oil, and used as a magic torch by robbers because its light was visible only to the carrier Date: 1829

NAIL TALISMAN
GNOSTIC NAIL TALISMAN 2nd century Gnostics wore these inscribed nails to protect them against lemures - spirits of the unhappy dead Date: 1923

Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947), English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, working magic

Excalibur Acquired
Arthur, accompanied by Merlin, acquires the magic sword Excalibur, and its even more magic scabbard, from the Lady of the Lake

Gilles de Rais(1404-1440) is accused of evoking the Devil by sacrificing small children, for this and other wickedness he is condemned to death. Date: circa 1440

Raising the dead
A magician successfully raises a dead lady from her tomb in a churchyard though she doesn't seem too thrilled by the experience Date: medieval

Queen of the Night, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Louise Michaeli as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote). Date: 1865

Mozart, The Magic Flute, Papageno, a wandering bird-catcher Date: first performed 1791

Comic postcard, Man visits fortune teller Date: 20th century

Gates Learjet 24A N461F (msn 24-116), of Holiday Magic Inc. at Luton Airport. Date: circa 1970

Pantomime, Cinderella, by H B Maxwell, produced by J E Cowell, West Pier Date: early 20th century

The Nature of Light - Sir William Braggs experiments
The Universe of Light: Factors in " A Fascinating Problem"

Cartoon, The Celebrated Indian Crown Trick (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Celebrated Indian Crown Trick -- a satirical depiction of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, as Bendizzi the Great Faker, performing as a magician to various heads of state

Mr Maskelynes New Magical Sketch, Egyptian Hall Mr Maskelynes New Magical Sketch
Mr Maskelynes New Magical Sketch, Arcana, Egyptian Hall, London. 1888

Advertisement, Birds Rugs Advertisement, Birds Rugs
Advertisement, Birds Rugs -- Defy Water and Wear. The Magic Rug of the Twentieth Century. 1926

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. circa 1900

Illustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Buddir al Buddoor
Illustration, Aladdin and the Beautiful Princess Buddir al Buddoor, daughter of the Sultan. He falls in love with her and is determined to win her, despite his humble status. Date: 1950s

The Mysterious Musty, cabaret novelty act and conjuror at Percy Athoss New Princes Frivolities cabaret show at the New Princes Restaurant, London, 1926 (7th edition) Date: 1926

Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Franklins Tale, a romantic story set in Brittany, about a couple, Dorigen and Arveragus, who decide that their marriage will be an equal one

People watching magic lantern show in Rome, Italy
People watching a magic lantern show in Rome, Italy. Date: early 19th century

Hudibras, mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler -- Hudibras and the astrologer Sidrophel. Date: 1845

Dust Jacket for A Treasury of Flower Stories by Inez N. McFee. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration

Labantsiksa, shaman of the Khorintzi Buryats people of Siberia

Box-leaved cantua or magic flower of the Incas, Cantua buxifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854

Zephyr lily, Zephyranthes concolor (whole-coloured habranth, Habranthus concolor). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G

Old woman giving a magic lantern show
The old style. An old woman showing a young dandy and merveilleuses old-fashioned scenes with a magic lantern

Street entertainer performing tricks with a baton
Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a womans nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

Leonora Dori Galigai, wife of Concino Concini, exorcist and witch, 1571-1617

Victorian scrap, scene from Aladdin, the Princess exchanges the magic lamp for a new one. 19th century

Poster, Les Magique Leons, Whirlwind Illusionists
Theatre poster, Les Magique Leons, Whirlwind Illusionists in the Palace of Mystery

Cartoon, The Censors Dream after a course of pantomimes. 1870

Illustration, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. The storm at sea, watched by Ariel. Date: 1840

Fall / Border Terriers
Border Terriers Champions Portholme Magic and Champion Portholme Manley Boy owned by Mrss Mulcaster Date: 1949

Dogs watching a dog magician on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare, Paul Woodroffe
Songs from the Plays of Shakespeare by Paul Woodroffe - Come Unto These Yellow Sands (from The Tempest). 1898

North Carolina conjuror. circa 1590

A Medicine Man from the coast of North Carolina. Date: 1880

Adam Warner Hooted as a Wizard, exhibited at the Royal Academy by H B Roberts. 1872

Jorinda and Yoringal - Scene from Jorinda and Yoringal. Yoringal about to touch the witch with the magic flower to make her evil magic leave her. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

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

Poster for Jack and the Beanstalk, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

A thimble-rigger in a London street tries to trick members of the crowd with clever sleight-of-hand Date: 1853

BURYING CHILD ALIVE
Encouraged by her family and a local magician, a woman of Madras, India, kidnaps a baby and buries it alive, to coax a goddess to reveal the location of hidden treasure Date: 1925

MADRAS SORCERY
Madras, India : to encourage a goddess to reveal where treasure is hidden, a lady kidnaps a child and buries it alive, backed by her family and the local magician Date: 1925

Encouraged by Paul, the magicians of Ephesus burn their books, an act of vandalism for which it is difficult to forgive them

General Dragomirov kisses the Russian flag as an assurance of victory over the Japanese, but unfortunately the magic fails to work... Date: 1904

Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the Box
Jill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925

Group of Clowns

Mercury Date: 1850

Pumping Elephants Water Date: 1950

Trapezist Makes Catch Date: 1950

Acrobat on Tightrope Date: 1950

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape by Dossi Dossi (c.1479-1542) - canvas Date: circa 1515

Shadow Dance 1861
Christmas season, Victorian children being amused by the shadow theatre

Native African sorcerer rain-maker. Date: circa 1860

Street Conjurer performing 1850s
Conjurers performing in front of passersby in the streets of London. Date: circa 1850s

Three men on a mgaic flying carpet
Three travellers on a magic carpet

FALL / ENGLISH SHEEPDOG / 63
SHEPTON MAGIC Owner: Davis Date: 1963

STAGE MAGICIAN
A stage magician about to perform a trick with a top hat and magic wand Date: circa 1915

MAGIC YOUTHFULNESS
This is what happens when magic youthfulness is suddenly taken away : instant old age ensues, and it can be very disconcerting

HEINRICH BRUNING German Chancellor depicted as a stage magician Date: 1885 - 1970

Balfe - Satanella
SATANELLA A dramatic scene in which the heroine dreams of marriage - an effect achieved by a magic lantern projection Date: 1858

MAGIC CATS OF CHINA
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

FRANCE / 1396 / QUITTING
Accused of practising magic against her brother-in-law, the imbecile king Charles VI le Fou, the duchesse dOrleans has to leave Paris for Asnieres Date: circa 1396

MEDICINE MAN & DANCERS MEDICINE MAN & DANCERS
Central African medicine man with apparatus and attendant musicians and dancers

WITCH-DOCTORESS AFRICA
Female witch doctor of the Usumbura region of East Africa Date: 1929

CIRCE DOES MAGIC
Circe, the Mediterranean witch who features in Homers Odyssey, does magic with spirits and serpents

DANCING FOR RAIN, SERBIA
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground Date: 1912

GOOD FORTUNE SYMBOLS
China The deity Kiang-tse-ya holds good fortune talismans - the Ying and Yang, and a group of symbols from the I-ching

PARANORMAL / MAGIC / WIZARDS
LE QUADRUPLE ORACLE DES DAMES ET DES DEMOISELLES A French manual of popular magic Date: circa 1900

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