Magician Collection (page 3)

Casting a spell
A magician casts a spell for a military client. Date: medieval

Gavarni Magician
Satire on stage magicians Date: circa 1850

A magician with witches and wizards
A magician conjures up fantasies to entertain a mixed gathering of witches, wizards, demons, and other marginal folk

Victorian Scrap - Aladdin meets the magician. late 19th century

Mephisto The Mysterious
Promotional postcard for Mephisto The Mysterious The Worlds Most Marvellous Illusionist. In a bewildering Phantasy of Modern Miracles

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German philosopher
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486-1535), German philosopher, diplomat and reputed magician

Silhouette design, Party Fun by Father William
Silhouette design by H.L. Oakley, for the front cover of a booklet, Party Fun by Father William. The booklet, advertising William Youngers Scotch Ale, contains an array of party games and tricks

View of Langham Place, London, at night, with (from left to right) All Souls Church, the Queens Hall, and St Georges Hall (Englands Home of Mystery)

Magician with three white doves. Date: circa 1980s

Powell - Conjuror
A 19th century substantially moustached magician named Powell, holding a rose Bouquet. Date: 19th century

George Davenport
The stage magician George Davenport (or Gilly-gilly ) in profile performing a cigarette lighting trick. Date: circa 1910

Houdini Preparing for Bridge Jump
The prolific Austrian-Hungarian escape artist Harry Houdini preparing for one of his many daring feats of escapology, this time a highly publicised Bridge Jump whilst in metal chains. Date: circa 1910

John Nevil Maskelyne (1838 to 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor. Date: circa 1900

French Magician / Robert Houdin Performing
French conjuror Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) performing a magic trick using a Impression instantanee (instant printing) machine in the mid 19th century. Date: circa 1840

Magician / Robert Houdin Performing
French magician Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) blowing smoke onto stage during performance. Date: circa 1840

Advertisement, Strand Theatre Opening
An advertisement for the opening of the Strand Theatre in Aldwych, Greater London on the 22nd of January 1838. Date: 1838

Stage Magician Advertisement, 1843
An advertisement for showings of magic and ventriloquism at the Royal Liver Theatre in Sutton, Greater London. Date: 1843

E. M. Sturgess, Stage Illusionist
E.M. Sturgess a heavily moustached illusionist, standing behind an assortment of his performance paraphernalia. Date: cica 1900

The Maid and the Magician by William Heath Robinson
A real life film in three terrible reels! Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 13th May 1925

Robinson Magician
William Ellsworth Robinson, stage name Chung Ling Soo, enjoyed a successful career as a stage magician until his catching-a-bullet-in-his-mouth trick went fatally wrong... 1861 - 1918

Robert-Houdin Photo
JEAN EUGENE ROBERT-HOUDIN French stage magician, in 1855. Date: 1805 - 1871

Sierra Leone - Stage for an itinerant Conjurer
A strolling Conjurers stage arrangements, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Merlin the Magician and Nimue. Engraving from
" Merlin the Magician and Nimue. Engraving from " The Death of Arthur" by Sir Thomas Malory, edition with pictures by Aubrey Beardsley (1892-1894). Modernism. Engraving."

Overgrown castle

Tricks with Cards book cover
Front cover of Tricks with Cards by Professor Hoffmann featuring a lady taking a card from a conjuror mid-trick while an interested audience looks on. Date: c.1927

Petticoat Lane magician
At Petticoat Lane, the London market, a young girl gazes up at a street performer wearing a turban who appears to be in the middle of a conjuring trick

Von Arx, magician, illusionist. Date 19 -

Prof. Bollini the Italian magician. Date c1879

Coming under canvas, George the magician and a full supporting cast of wonder workers and funmakers presenting a spectacle rich in scenic and electrical effects surpassing in splendor

Richards, the worlds greatest magician and his big company the biggest stage show of the entire season. Date 1911?

A novelty, the first in 20 years, Harry Houdini as a magician. Date 1914

Magician pulling roses out of top hat surrounded by supernatural beings. Date c1892

Thurston, worlds famous magician the wonder show of the universe. Date 192-?

Thurston, master magician all out of a hat. Date ca. 1910

Professor Cummings, the celebrated magician, vocalist, and comedian!!. Date ca. 1840

Thurston, worlds famous magician the wonder show of the earth. Date 192-?

Coming! Prof. HB Reynolds the world renowned sorcerer, necromancer, and magician will appear in Freaks.... Date 188-?

Laurant magician, illusionist, entertainer. Date ca. 1913

Wedding of Noel Maskelyne, magician
Noel Maskelyne (1902 - 1973), magician, pictured with his bride, Miss Isabel Jenkinson after their wedding at All Souls, Langham Place, London

Thurston, famous magician 23rd annual tour. Date ca. 1934

Magician holding rabbit and conjuring spirit surrounded by demon and owls. Date c1899

Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe. Date ca. 1925

Tapirape Warriors
Tapirape warriors of Brazil, South America, at the annual ceremonial dances. The magician in the foreground is wearing a very rare crown of Black Jaguar claws. Date: 1930s

Sorcerers Costume
A rather camp Sorcerers costume, in brown and yellow velvet! Date: 1930s

Dr. Fausts House
DR. JOHANN GEORG FAUST This house, the Fausthaus at Bad Kreuznach, near Arheim, Germany, was where the real life magician and alchemist Dr. Faust lived. Date: 1480 ? - 1540

Disappearing Milk Trick
Magic at Maskelynes : Magician Mr. Edward Victor, assisted by the lovely Miss Eileen O Connor, demonstrated the amazing Disappearing Milk trick! Date: 1930s

BLACK MASS
Celebrating the Black Mass, according to Ezekiel, and according to the French magician Vintras

British Ballad, King Estmere
KING ESTMERE. British ballad. King Estmere and the King of Spain fight for the hand of King Adlands daughter. Despite threats from the King of Spain, she agrees to marry King Estmere

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