Tricks Collection (page 4)

Performing Elephants in a Circus, 1876
Engraving showing a number of elephants performing tricks during a circus show in 1876

Eugene Bosco, Magician
The magician Eugene Bosco performs for the Prussian royals

Fable / Fox and Turkeys
THE FOX & THE TURKEYS Some turkeys who have escaped from a fox into a tree, are unable to sleep for the foxs tricks and contrivances, and eventually fall to the ground

The Fish & the Cormorant
THE FISH AND THE CORMORANT An elderly cormorant, unable to see, tricks the fish into being borne by him to a safe place, a shallow pond from where he can eat his fill

Houdini and Cabinet
Cover of a pamphlet by Houdini in which he exposes the tricks whereby Margery produces her extraordinary phenomena

Performing dogs
Full page engraving illustration showing the performing dogs at the Westminster Aquarium performing various tricks

Common Hamster
(cricetus cricetus) The Common Hamster is very different from the charming Golden Hamster which so cheerfully entertains us with its party tricks

Marriott Levitation
Professional magician Williams Marriott excelled in exposing mediums tricks. A table is lifted - by the spirits - or by human agency ?

Poster: Davenport Seance
A poster giving the synopsis of an evening of entertainment including two demonstration seances by Ira Davenport & Fay who pretended to be spirit mediums but used stage tricks

Bike Tricks
Two boys showing off on their bikes, riding them by standing on the saddles!

Card ;Clown & Dogs
Clown and performing dogs

Stage Magic with Cards
Boy performs stage magic with cards

Indian Rope Trick
The Indian Rope Trick photographed by an unknown soldier in India, probably in the 1920s

Entertainment / Tricks
INDIAN ROPE TRICK performed by Karachi (Arthur Claud Darby) and his son Kyder : a demonstration

A Rehearsal of the Wild West Show by Ralph Cleaver
A series of sketches depicting preparations for a Wild West show at Olympia, London on Boxing Day by the performers in Colonel W. F. Codys troupe. Date: 1902

Paris Street Magician
A Parisian street magician entertains the crowd, performing a trick with a member of the audience, or his assistant, and a large baton

Jacobs Dirty Trick
Jacob pretends to be Esau and tricks their father Isaac into giving him his blessing

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig2
Act 2 scene 6 : Isabella lends Robert, who has lost every thing, armour in which to take part in the tournament, but once again Bertram (the real Devil) tricks him

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L
Act four : Jean of Leyden is about to be crowned when his mother recognises him : he tricks her into retracting her recognition

Albers as Scarpia
Albers as the devious Scarpia who tricks Tosca and is murdered by her

Parlour Tricks / France
French parlour trick of removing a coin from under someones nose without touching it

Seemingly Driverless Car
A seemingly driverless car causes surprise in the streets of Paris (a hidden driver operating the car from the bonnet)

OLD HARRY & HIS TRICKS
Old Harry with his raree show: a conjuror and his table of tricks

Edouard Brunnet / 1853
The prestidigitator Edouard Brunnet asks is this your card?

Seigni Jean / Jester
Seigni Jean, city jester of Paris, entertains street traders and passers-by with some tricks

Teaching Dog a New Trick
Little girl is trying to teach her dog to go through the hoop

Dogs at Hippodrome
Dogs performing all sorts of clever tricks at the Paris Hippodrome

Candlelit Card Trick
Three young people are shown an atmospheric card trick by candlelight

Mischievous Spirits
The spirits of the air love to play mischievous tricks on mortals who venture into their domain - you may lose your hats, if nothing worse !

Hereward Tricks William
HEREWARD THE WAKE How Hereward played the Potter and tricked the King (William the Conqueror): Then Hereward looked at the face of the great man and met his match

Jacob Tricks Isaac
Jacob puts a goatskin on his head and deceives his father Isaac into giving him his blessing instead of Esau, not really a very brotherly thing to do

Indian Levitating
LEVITATION Sheshal, a Cuddapah Brahmin, sitting in mid-air, without any apparent support

VANISHING LADY TRICK
Illustrations showing how the Vanishing Lady trick works

Three Card Trick
THE THREE CARD TRICK (or Spot the Lady ) The other passengers watch while the trickster and his confederate fleece a victim in a railway carriage

Elves and their Tricks
Elves and their tricks

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