Magic Collection (page 6)

Prospero's cave, The Tempest, Shakespeare
Prospero's cave illustrating The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904

Viola Tree as Ariel, The Tempest, Shakespeare
Viola Tree as Ariel in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904

Caliban watching departing ship, The Tempest, Shakespeare
Caliban watching the departing ship, final scene of The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904

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". The Nature of Light - The famous physicist Sir William Braggs experiments at his opening lecture at the Royal Institution - aimed

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

Chung Ling Soo at the London Hippodrome
Chung Ling Soo, Chinese conjuror (real name Billy Robinson) in publicity photographs for his act at the London Hippodrome in 1904. Date: 1904

Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. circa 1900

Illustration, Wendy sewing on Peter Pans shadow. Date: 1950s

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. She wears a helmet with antlers, leather dress decorated with bells, a cape with three entwined serpents

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. The images are artist without pretension, the studious young man

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. She wears her hair loose under a bonnet, a velvet dress with lace collar and cuffs

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

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