Magician Collection

Cardini - Magician (Richard Valentine Pitchford) (1895-1973). Born and raised in Britain (and having served in the British Army in WW1), he worked chiefly in the United States of America

Thurston the great magician. Date c1910

Colonel Stodare at the Egyptian Hall
Colonel Stodare the liverpudlian ventriloquist and magician (1831 to 1866) performing using an Indian Basket at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Date: circa 1865

Abbe Julio Exorcises
A French renegade priest and practising magician, the Abbe Julio, performs a ceremony of exorcism in his private chapel

Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert
Undated coloured poster for Siberian death defier and Aviator baffling John Clempert featuring illustrations of his tricks and performances. HPF/5B/18

Gilles De Rais
GILLES DE RAIS Marshal of France, and alleged magician

Magician performing the cup and balls trick
Undated illustration, coloured, of a magician performing the cup and balls trick to a gathered audience, entitled " Tableaux de Paris: L Escamoteur, sur le boulevard

French conjuror Robert Houdin
Jean Eugne Robert-Houdin (December 6, 1805 - June 13, 1871) was a French magician. He is widely considered the father of the modern style of conjuring. HPG/8/1/1 (v"

Jasper Maskelyne
JASPER MASKELYNE English stage magician who used his skills of illusion in the Middle East during World War Two

Chung Ling Soo (real name William Robinson). The other side of the previously shown circular flyer showing a portrait of Soo in the centre of a Willow Pattern Plate

Pentagram Sigil
PENTAGRAM SIGIL Sigils are occult signs, and pentagrams are known to be effective in protecting the magician while working his magic

Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Juggler)
Tarot card 1 -- Le Bateleur (The Magician, Magus or Juggler)

Albertus Magnus (Durer)
ALBERTUS MAGNUS German philosopher, theologian, scientist and reputed magician Date: 1193 - 1280

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

IAMBLICHUS Syrian neoplatonist philosopher and magician

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

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

Carl Hertz, illusionist and conjurer. 1893

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

Mexico. Uxmal. Pyramid of the Magician
Pyramid of the Magician. 6th-10th c. MEXICO. YUCATN. Uxmal. Puuc style. Maya art

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

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

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

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

Paranormal / Magic / Wizards
LE SORCIER DU VILLAGE Popular print depicting a young country couple visiting the local wise man to know what the future holds in store for them

Magician at Work
A magician at work - Doctor Faustus

JOHN DEE occultist, astrologer, magician

Chippewa Magician
A magician of the Chippewa people attempts to destroy a girl by a beam of sunlight and the spirit of a fox

William Haviland as Prospero, The Tempest, Shakespeare
William Haviland as Prospero in The Tempest by William Shakespeare Date: 1904

Rival Chinese magicians Chung Ling Soo & Ching Ling Foo
Rival Chinese magicians, Chung Ling Soo (real name, Billy Robinson) seen top putting his wife Suee Seen (aka Olive or Dot ) into a cannon as part of his act at the London Hippodrome

The Great Lafayette in his study, 1911
Sigmund Neuberger (or Newburger) (1871-1911), otherwise known as illusionist The Great Lafayette. Seen here in his study at 55 Tavistock Square, London, which was decorated with pictures, colour

Illusionist magic show by Pharos, with fake decapitation. Date: circa 1900s

Charles Darwin humorous caricature, Darwinism

Children and the Wizard Date: 1933

Actor Conrad Veidt
German actor Conrad Veidt, shortly to appear as Diasar the Magician in the film The Thief of Baghdad'. Date: circa 1939

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

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

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

Rattlesnake, hummingbirds and fireflies
The rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes 55, Trochilinae hummingbirds 56 and man reading a book by the light of fireflies in a vial 57. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Marguerite Ugalde, French mezzo-soprano, as Falka in the operetta Le Droit d Ainesse by Chassaigne, Leterrier and Vanloo, 1883. Handcoloured lithograph by Chatiniere published by Martinet, Paris, 1883

Woman in costume as a magician for a masquerade ball
Woman in costume as a magician (magicienne) for a masquerade ball, late 19th century, Paris. Designed by M. Robin. Handcoloured lithograph published by Martinet, Paris, 1880s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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