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Magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicist

Undated print of lithograph of magician Mr Philippe, the Chinese Physicist (Physicien Chinois) with Scottish assistant, Domingo, behind him. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxix) Date: late 19th century

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Dr Adam Solomon Epstein, the French conjuror

Copy of wood engraving by S. Durand showing Dr Adam Solomon Epstein, the French conjuror, performing before the Imperial Prince, circa 1869. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxiii) Date: circa 1869

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Les Charlatans Italiens

Print of etching of Les Charlatans Italiens by Karel Dujardin, 1657. HPG/8/2/1 (xl) Date: 1657

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Matthew Hopkins, Witch Finder General

Matthew Hopkins (ca. 1620 - 1647) was an English witchhunter whose career flourished in the time of the English Civil War. He held, or claimed to hold, the office of "Witch-finder General", though this was not a title ever bestowed by Parliament, and conducted witch-hunts in the counties of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and other eastern counties of England. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxviii) Date: circa 1647

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Magician performing the cup and balls trick to an assembled

Undated illustration of magician performing the cup and balls trick to an assembled crowd, entitled Le Joueur de Gobelets. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxvii) Date: early 19th century

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Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming

Undated illustration of Chinese peasant pushing wooden tool, possibly for farming, with dog (Dadley, London, Sculpt). HPG/8/2/1 (xxxiv) Date: circa 1840

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Conjuror entertains a crowd

Louis-Philippe, proclaimed 'citizen king' of France at the July revolution of 1830, is shown as a street conjuror, entertaining the crowds. HPG/8/2/1 (xi) Date: circa 1870

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Boy performing with small puppets

Undated coloured illustration of a boy performing with small puppets watched by a gentleman with two ladies, entitled Les petites Marionettes. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxi) Date: circa 1820

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Magician performs a card trick whilst an onlooker is robbed

Illustration showing a magician performing a card trick to another man while the onlooker is robbed from behind, entitled Grande reussite en Coeur' by Bellonge, 1827. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxvi) Date: 1827

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Magician performing the cup and balls trick in front of a se

Undated illustration of a magician performing the cup and balls trick in front of a seated audience, entitled Champy dit Connus. HPG/8/2/1 (xxxii) Date: early 19th century

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Magician performing the cup and balls trick

Undated illustration, uncoloured, of a magician performing the cup and balls trick to a gathered audience, entitled Tableaux de Paris: L'Escamoteur, sur le boulevard, pres le Chateau d'Eau (Lit de Marlet). HPG/8/2/1 (xxii) Date: early 19th century

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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, pres le Chateau d'Eau (Lit de Marlet). HPG/8/2/1 (xxii) Date: s

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Gathered audience in grand room being entertained

Undated illustration entitled, Divertissement offert aux eleves laureats de la classe de septieme des Lycees (Paris) par Son Altesse le Price Imperial, showing gathered audience in grand room being entertained, illustration by Bertrand Godefoy. HPG/8/2/1 (xxiv) Date: mid 19th century

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Christophoros Lee Sugg, Professor of Internal Elocution

Print of full length illustration of Christophoros Lee Sugg, Professor of Internal Elocution, and marked A copy of this print is most respectfully presented to each pupil of Charter House School. Head Master The Reverend Doctor Russell, 1829. HPG/8/2/1 (xxviii) Date: 1829

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Interior and front view of the Little Theatre, Haymarket

Etching showing the interior of the Little Theatre, Haymarket and of the front view of the above, published by Robert Wilkinson, 1 December 1815. HPG/8/2/1 (xxv) Date: 1815

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Rotund magician about to perform a trick for a crowd

Copy of illustration, Escamoteur! showing rotund magician about to perform a trick for a crowd (Imp. Chez Albert and Cie), February 1848. HPG/8/2/1 (x) Date: 1848

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Madame Giradelli, The Celebrated Fire-Proof Female

Undated illustration of Madame Giradelli, The Celebrated Fire-Proof Female, with one hand in the brazier and foot on a slab of red-hot iron. HPG/8/2/1 (xxvi) Date: mid 19th century

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Magician performing the cup and balls trick to a small crowd

Undated illustration of magician performing the cup and balls trick to a small crowd, entitled Rien dan les mains rien dans les peches je ne vous trompe pas mais... (a Paris chez Albert, Galerie-Vero-Dodat). HPG/8/2/1 (xix)

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Magician performing the cup and balls trick

Undated coloured illustration of magician performing the cup and balls trick, titled Escamoteur: Arts Metiers et Cris de Paria. HPG/8/2/1 (xviii)

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Mr Henry's Conversazione

Undated illustration of man standing behind desk, entitled 'Mr Henry's Conversazione' by T. Jones, HPG/8/2/1 (xxi)

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Great Wizard of the North Performing his Celebrated Tricks

Undated copy of engraving, The Great Wizard of the North Performing his Celebrated Trick of Pouring Four Different Liquids From One Bottle. HPG/8/2/1 (vii) Date: circa 1860

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Italian conjuror Bartholomeo Bosco

Print of etching of Italian conjuror, Bartholomeo Bosco, drawn in 1838. Giovanni Bartholomew (Bartolomeo) Bosco (January 3, 1793 - March 7, 1863) was an Italian illusionist born in Turin who became one of the greatest conjurers of the 19th century. HPG/8/1/1 (xi) Date: 1838

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Man and woman magicians performing tricks at table

Undated copy of colour illustration entitled, A moi la premiere partie! A moi la derniere!! showing man and woman magicians performing tricks at table. (Imprint. Chez Aubert and Cie). HPG/8/2/1 (viii) Date: late 19th century

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Magician performing trick on table with cup and balls

Coloured 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 (xii) Date: circa 1810

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Portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck

Undated head and shoulders mezzoprint portrait of Christopher Pinchbeck by Isaac Whood. Pinchbeck (c.1670 - November 18, 1732) was a London clockmaker and maker of musical Automata. He was born in Clerkenwell but worked in Fleet Street. Probably his name was derived from Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. In the 1700s he invented the alloy Pinchbeck a cheap substitute for gold. He made an exquisite musical clock, worth about 500, for Louis XIV, and a fine organ for the Great Mogul, valued at 300. His eldest son, also named Christopher (1710 - 1783) became King's Clockmaker by appointment to George III: among his timepieces is an important astronomical clock made for the King, now in Buckingham Palace. HPG/8/1/1 (ix) Date: late 18th century

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Illustration of a French conjuror and clown with crowd

Coloured illustration of a French conjuror and clown with crowd, circa 1800. HPG/8/2/1 (iv) Date: circa 1800

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I. Calculator Esq: The Celebrated Conjuror

Copy of illustration, I. Calculator Esq: The Celebrated Conjuror by A.B., 30 August 1776. HPG/8/2/1 (vi) Date: 1776

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Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844, Selkirk 20 July 1912, Banchory, Kincardineshire) was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. HPG/8/1/1 (x) Date: circa 1900

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James Hallett, the Sussex Charlatan

Illustration of James Hallett, the Sussex Charlatan in his consulting room with ladies waiting outside the door, circa 1795, by Clifford Thompson, circa 1822. HPG/8/2/1 (xxiii) Date: circa 1795

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French conjuror Robert Houdin

Jean Eug讥 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) Date: circa 1850

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Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury

Undated copy of engraving of Ann Moore, the fasting woman of Tutbury, engraved by R. Cooper. HPG/8/1/1 (viii) Date: late 18th century

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Nathaniel St Andre, Rabbit Doctor

Undated upper body engraving of Nathaniel St Andre, Rabbit Doctor. Attended to the 'phenomenon' of Mary Tofts the 'Pretend Rabbit Breeder' and was taken in by her deception, ruining his reputation as one of the leading surgeons in the country. HPG/8/1/1 (iii) Date: late 18th century

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Nicolas Philippe Ledru, known as Comus, quack doctor

Undated head and shoulders pencil sketch of Nicolas Philippe Ledru, known as Comus, quack doctor. HPG/8/1/1 (i) Date: early 19th century

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Dr Eugene Osty

Dr Eugene Osty - French investigator of psychical phenomena, director of the Institut Metapsychique in Paris. HPG/1/13/2 (ii) Date: circa 1930

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The front of the Prater Fair Ground, Vienna

Undated photograph of the front of the Prater Fair Ground, Vienna. HPG/1/14/5 (vi) Date: circa 1930

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Kuda Bux and one of his experiments

Undated photograph of Kuda Bux and one of his experiments with eyeless sight: with head bandaged, he is duplicating shorthand characters drawn on a blackboard by Lucie Kay. HPG/1/12/9 (vi) Date: circa 1935

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Madame Helena Blavatsky

Undated cutting of head and shoulders photograph of Madame Helena Blavatsky - founder of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society. HPG/1/13/1 (ii)

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Professor Christian Winther of Copenhagen University

Professor Christian Winther of Copenhagen University - Danish psychical researcher, associated with the Anna Rasmussen case. HPG/1/7/19 (v) Date: circa 1925

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The Cafe de la Paix, Boulevard Capucines, Paris

Undated photograph of outside of the Cafe de la Paix, Boulevard Capucines, Paris. HPG/1/14/5 (vii) Date: circa 1925

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Fraulein Urta Bohn

Undated photograph of Fraulein Urta Bohn, who took the past of the maiden pure in heart at the black magic experiment conducted by Harry Price on the Brocken, Germany (the Brocken Experiment). HPG/1/12/1 (iii) Date: 1932

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Danish medium Anna Rasmussen

Undated photograph of the Danish medium Anna Rasmussen (1898 - ?), author of automatic scripts. Date: circa 1925

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French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart

Photograph of the French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in impersonation of an Egyptian mummy, 1928. HPG/1/7/17 (v) Date: 1928

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Austrian medium Maria Silbert

Photograph of the Austrian medium Maria Silbert, wearing a hat and sitting in a coach outside her home in Graz, 1933. Austrian medium Maria Silbert (died 1936) produced many remarkable phenomena (often with her feet!) but was discovered by Harry Price to use trickery on occasion. HPG/1/7/20 (iv) Date: 1933

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French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart

Photograph of the French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in a trance during experiments, 1928. HPG/1/7/17 (iii) Date: 1928

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French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart

Photograph of the French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in impersonation of the French General Coquelin, 1928. HPG/1/7/17 (iv) Date: 1928

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French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart

Photograph of the French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in impersonation of the actress Sarah Bernhardt, 1928. HPG/1/7/17 (ii) Date: 1928

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A portion of the electrical device for controlling mediums

Undated photograph showing a portion of the electrical device devised and demonstrated by Harry Price, for controlling mediums. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into the mediumistic abilities of the brothers Rudi and Willi Schneider. HPG/1/6/2 (v) Date: circa 1925

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French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart

Photograph of the French transfiguration medium Eugenie Picquart at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, in impersonation of Mephistopheles, 1928. HPG/1/7/17 (i) Date: 1928

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Fortune-Hunting

Coloured engraving, Fortune-Hunting published by H. Humphrey, London, 20 November 1804. HPG/8/2/1 (xliv) Date: 1804

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Magician performing card trick to gathered crowd

Undated colour illustration of magician performing card trick to gathered crowd after an aquatint by J J Chalon, entitled 'L'Escomoteur' - 1814. HPG/8/2/1 (xliii) Date: 1814