Magician Collection

Gabriel Ravel as the Clown, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Gabriel Ravel as the Clown, 1855-1859

A Competition among Powerful Magicians, 1869. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Competition among Powerful Magicians, 1869

Gabriel Ravel as the Clown, 1855-1859. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Gabriel Ravel as the Clown, 1855-1859

L'Empereur du Maroc consultant le celèbre sorcier Desbarolles, 1859. Creator: Honore Daumier
L'Empereur du Maroc consultant le celebre sorcier Desbarolles, 1859. The Emperor of Morocco consulting the famous sorcerer Desbarolles

Portrait of Giuseppe Balsamo (called Count Alessandro Cagliostro) (image 2 of 2), c.1786. Creator: Jean-Antoine Houdon
Portrait of Giuseppe Balsamo (called Count Alessandro Cagliostro) (image 2 of 2), c.1786

Portrait of Giuseppe Balsamo (called Count Alessandro Cagliostro) (image 1 of 2), c.1786. Creator: Jean-Antoine Houdon
Portrait of Giuseppe Balsamo (called Count Alessandro Cagliostro) (image 1 of 2), c.1786

The Vision of the Sunday Child, 1660. Creator: Cornelis Saftleven
The Vision of the Sunday Child, 1660

A Magician, c. 1826. Creator: George Hayter
A Magician, c. 1826

The witch, First Half of 16th cen. Creator: Dossi, Dosso (ca. 1486-1542)
The witch, First Half of 16th cen. Found in the collection of the Palazzo del Te, Mantua

Carl Zamloch, Detroit Al (Baseball), 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Carl Zamloch, Detroit Al (Baseball), 1913
Carl Zamloch, Detroit American League (Baseball), 1913

The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1526. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1526

The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1530. Creator: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Roman Courtesan (The Revenge of the Magician Virgil), c. 1520/1530

Thoth and the Chief Magician, 1925. Artist: Evelyn Paul
Thoth and the Chief Magician, 1925. Thoth was one of the Gods of Ancient Egypt. He was portrayed as a man with the head of either a baboon or, as here, an ibis

St. James and the Magician Hermogenes, 1565. Creator: Pieter van der Heyden
St. James and the Magician Hermogenes, 1565

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. Creator: Unknown
John Nevil Maskelyne performs a spirit cabinet illusion, c1910. How the tricks are performed - " A coach-horn or megaphone is useful for picking things up

The Sorcerer, Medicine Man, or Shaman. Late 19th century design after a Paleolithic or Old Stone Age image on the wall in the Trois Freres cave near St Girons, Ariege, France, created perhaps 2, 500

Portrait of Matthias Buchinger (1674-1739), 1709. Creator: Anon
Portrait of Matthias Buchinger (1674-1739), 1709

Magician with four Figures near a smoking Altar, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-52

Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia, ca. 1743-50

Two magicians and two boys, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

Three magicians burning a snake, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

A magician, a soldier and three figures watching a burning skull from the Scherzi di Fantasia, ca. 1743-50

Woman kneeling in front of magicians and other figures, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

Magician pointing out a burning head to two youths, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

The Discovery of the Tomb of Punchinello, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

Two astrologers and a boy, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-50

Shepherd with Two Magicians, from the Scherzi, ca. 1743-57

Circe, 1910. Creator: Frederick Stuart Church
Circe, 1910

Scene from the Tempest: Caliban, Prospero and Miranda, [1783-87] reissued 1801

St. James and the Magician Hermogenes from The Story of the Magician Hermogenes, 1565

Chinese Magician, 1738-45. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Perronneau
Chinese Magician, 1738-45

Hocus Pocus-or Conjurors Raising the Wind, October 1, 1814. Creator: Charles Williams
Hocus Pocus-or Conjurors Raising the Wind, October 1, 1814

Monsieur Philippe, at the Strand Theatre, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Monsieur Philippe, at the Strand Theatre, 1845. Magic show on the London stage. M. Philippe, the conjuror...has taken the Strand Theatre for a series of " Soirees Mysterieuses

Emperor Xuanzong (Japanese: Genso) and Daoist Magician Lo Gongyuan Arising from an Inkstone; " Ink" (Sumi), from Four Friends of the Writing Table for the Ichiyo Poetry Circle

The Magician Arrives at the Village Wedding, 1874, (1965). Creator: Vasily Maksimov
The Magician Arrives at the Village Wedding, 1874, (1965). Scene in a Russian peasant home, the bride and groom standing under the icons, with embroidered cloths on the walls

The sorceress Melissa, ca 1521-1525. Found in the Collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome

Magician and her customers. Mosaic from Pompeiis Villa of Cicero, c. 100 a. C
Magician and her customers. Mosaic from Pompeiis Villa of Cicero, c. 100 a.C

Do Spirits Return? Houdini says No - and Proves It, Lyceum Theatre, 1909
Do Spirits Return? Houdini says No - and Proves It, Lyceum Theatre, pub. 1909 (colour lithograph). After his mothers death

Playbill for appearance by Houdini at Palace Theatre, Halifax, pub. 1903 (lithograph)
Playbill for appearance by Harry Houdini (1874 – 1926) at Palace Theatre, Halifax, pub. 1903 (lithograph)

Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, 1792
Frontispiece and Titlepage of The Conjurors Magazine, pub. 1792 (b/w photo)

The Night. Private Collection

The Magician at the Palace. Artist: Lucas Villaamil, Eugenio (1858-1919)
The Magician at the Palace. Found in the collection of Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga

The sorceress Melissa. Artist: Dossi, Dosso (ca. 1486-1542)
The sorceress Melissa. Found in the collection of Galleria Borghese, Rome

A Witch, 1879. Artist: Savitsky, Konstantin Apollonovich (1844-1905)
A Witch, 1879. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven - Abdulla No7, 1947. From Punch, or the London Charivari. - October 15, 1947. [Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Limited, London, 1947]

Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, French, 1855
Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin in 1855, (1855-1915). Robert-Houdin (1805-1871) has been described as the father of modern conjuring

English Credulity, or The Invisible Ghost, 1762. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston

The Magician or Bottle Cungerer. English Credulity: or, Ye re all Bottled, 1749. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

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