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Scenes from the East Coast of Africa, 1820Ducks on the sacred lake on Comoro Island 61, Solomons merchants buying ivory and peacocks at Sofala, Mozambique 62, and natives with torches chasing a wild elephant in Mozambique 63
English aristocrat in a carriage ignoring a handshake from a lady, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somersville cut by the Countess of Caperington, Lady Scattercash
Cupid with bow and arrow aiming at the distance. Winged hearts flutter around. In imitation of Anacreon. l amour mouille. Imitation d Anacreon
Alaciel lifting her dress to expose herselfAlaciel, the beautiful daughter of the Sultan of Alexandria, lifting her dress to expose her genitals. The fiancee of the King of Garba. La fiancee du Roi de Garbe
Maid in stockings and garters embraced by a man. Maidservant assaulted by her upholsterer employer. The vindicated servant girl. Le servante justifiee. After Marguerite de Navarres l Heptameron
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
Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander (Gladstone and Disraeli)Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander -- in a fairground analogy, Gladstone criticises the Conservative governments Savings Banks Bill, which was later withdrawn
Cartoon, A Silly Trick -- Farmer John Bull can t be fooled by a trickster with a turnip head, pretending to be an invading French soldier. Date: 1848
Chung Ling Soo at the London HippodromeChung Ling Soo, Chinese conjuror (real name Billy Robinson) in publicity photographs for his act at the London Hippodrome in 1904. Date: 1904
Cartoon, Gus Harris and Tom ThorneCartoon, Mr Gus Harris - I m blest if there isn t Tom Thorne doing my Clergy-Testimonial trick! Augustus Harris (1852-1896), British actor, dramatist and impresario
How to play the game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo, 1814. Guide to tricks with the diabolo on a picture held by a horned demon
Street entertainer balancing on his head on a table. Accompanied by a fiddler and a young boy dancing a jig. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817
Family of street entertainers performing in Paris, 1815Woman balancing on a candlestick on a table, while a child walks on its hands. Later, Madame Herculanus fixes two anchors in curling papers to her hair
Street entertainer performing tricks with a batonStreet 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
Chinese juggler keeping a 100-foot long ribbon floating in the air, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
New Amphitheatre in Holborn, London 1867Interior of the new Royal Amphitheatre in Holborn, London, built on the site of the old Metropolitan House Bazaar. With entertainment shows including equestrian and gymnastics Date: 1867
A thimble-rigger in a London street tries to trick members of the crowd with clever sleight-of-hand Date: 1853
The stage magician, Monsieur Philippe, performs a magic trick involving a cannon at the Strand Theatre, London Date: 1845
Madras Juggler imprisoning girl in basket - Jill in the BoxJill in the Box - The Madras Juggler imprisoning his girl in a basket. Performed at Wemblet in 1925. circa 1925
TANGERINE SOUFFLE The trick with this dish is to get it to go up without letting it come down. Date: circa 1930
XMAS TREE TRICKLuckier than most of us, Mr Oswald Williams, the well- known conjurer of Jasper Maskelynes Theatre has only to say Hey Presto to make his own Christmas tree! Date: 15 November 1932
FALL / PEKINGESE / OWNERMrs Ashton Cross with her Pekingese BEESWING OF ALDERBOURNE who is sitting on its haunches in the palm of its owners hand. Date: 1936
3 CARD TRICK AT DERBYA three card trick lures men into gambling on where the right card is. Date: 1860
STAGE MAGICIANA stage magician about to perform a trick with a top hat and magic wand Date: circa 1915
FALL / SALUKI / 1935CHAMPION ORCHARD AHMUD Owned by Mrs Crouch. A trick photograph. The two dogs which seem to be facing each other are different sides of the same dog. Date: 1935
MIRACLE AND CICEROWhen a mysterious flame bursts out in the temple of fertility goddess Bona Dea, the Vestal Virgins interpret it as a portent favorable to Cicero; but it is probably a trick Date: 63 BC
MIRACLE FIRE IN TEMPLEWhen a mysterious flame bursts out in the temple of fertility goddess Bona Dea, the Vestal Virgins interpret it as a portent favorable to Cicero; but it is probably a trick Date: 63 BC
Fawkes and his sleight-of-hand trickFawkes, a sleight-of-hand man, performs a trick; acrobats appear in a vignette. Date: circa 1780
Indian Mango Tree Trick Date: 1888
Dreamland with Chevalier Ernest Thorn (22nd September 1853 -21st May 1928) was a touring magician and inventor from Austria
Mirror image student doing Harry Worth mirror trick. Date: 1960s
WW1 - French arrest a decrepit old woman (a German spy)WW1 - The Germans gave the old woman a new white blanket and bribed her to walk behind any French battery that might take up a position near a certain village on the Aisne
Bottlenose dolphins - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour
Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubble (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour
Food adulteration, 1845London improvements : adulteration of food in 1845. Sand is added to sugar, milk is watered down, bone dust and plaster of paris is added to dough and Vitriol is mixed into gin. Date: 1845
Dummy injured soldier used during training, WW1A dummy injured soldier used during training at Camouflage School, Kensington Gardens, during the First World War. The Germans would dress up a dummy in captured khaki to look like a British soldier
Female ContortionistThe female contortionist, inside a suitcase, gives the thumbs up signal to show that she is okay. She is carried off by a man who told her it was a trick. Silly girl Date: 1960s
Ataturk and General HarringtonKemal Pasa (Ataturk) and General Harrington (commanding the British troops) - compromising on neutral ground in 1923. A very interesting photograph as it shows a Turkish delegation approaching an
Fish staring at worm on hook on a triangular Christmas cardThree fish staring at a worm on a hook on a triangular Christmas card -- Temptation, designed by Robert Dudley. Date: circa 1880s
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese
Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour
Ted Serios, American thoughtographerTheodore (Ted) Judd Serios (1918-2006), American thoughtographer. He took photographs which he claimed were infuenced by his own psychic powers, though several people claimed it was a trick
A case of mistaken insanity: wrongly admitted to the asylumA cunning lunatic dupes the staff at a mental institution into taking his irate captor into the incurables ward instead of himself. Date: 1838
Stage Magic TrickTERRY SEABROOKE Novely British stage magician, about to saw a woman in half with a hacksaw! Date: late 1960s
Stunt cyclistsKeiths Bicycle Track. Cyclists performing on the bicycle track on stage at Keiths Union Square Theatre, N.Y.C
Puss in Boots challenges the Magician to turn into a mousePuss in Boots challenges the Rich Magician to turn himself into a mouse -- this is a trick, as Puss immediately catches the mouse and eats it
How to Pose as a Strong ManTrick No. 1 - How to master a man with two fingers from How to Pose as a Strong Man, an article in Pearsons Magazine, March 1899 by Edward William Barton-Wright
Magician performing trick on table with cup and ballsColoured print of illustration, entitled " Escamoteur: La premiere muscade la voila" showing magician performing trick on table with cup and balls, circa 1810. HPG/8/2/1 (xi)"