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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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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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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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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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Indian Rope Trick Poster

Undated coloured poster featuring illustration of Thurston, the famous magician, performing the East Indian rope-trick. HPF/5B/17 Date: early 20th century

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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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Playbill for Maskelyne & Cooke magical variety show

Playbill for performances of the show 'The Novelty of the Age', featuring magicians Maskelyne and Cooke, held at Berkley Castle, Blackpool, January 1870. Featuring the Royal Illusionists in a variety of roles and performing decapitation, levitation, musical numbers, plate spinning and a transformation farce featuring a Gorilla! A show to delight 'the most fastidious' whilst 'puzzling the scientific'. HPF/5A/31 Date: 1870

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Thaumaturgick exhibitions, optical illusions and deceptions

Playbill for performance of thaumaturgick exhibitions, optical illusions and magical deceptions by Mr Boaz at the King's Arms, High Street, with all profits to be contributed to the building of Nelson's Monument, dated 16 January 1806. HPG/8/3/6 Date: 1806

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