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  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • A man of occult learning arrives at the house of a cobbler and his wife: the cobbler insults him, the wife defends him. Coloured engraving by L. Truchy after F. Hayman.
  • A lady seeking knowledge of her lover from a wizard. Process print after Sir E. Burne-Jones.
  • Elymas (also known as Bar-Jesus) the magician is rendered blind by Paul in front of the proconsul of Cyprus. Engraving by C. Dubosc after Raphael.
  • Last week but one, Wednesday, March 15, and Friday, 17, 1826 : M. Henry will have the honour of repeating his third annual entertainment of "Table Talk", under the title of Odd Sayings and Queer Doings, introductory of his novel and astonishing illusions metamorphoses, prestiges, &c. &c.
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Elymas the sorcerer struck with blindness. Engraving by T. Holloway, J. Holloway, R. Slann and T.S. Webb, 1820, after Raphael.
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • A magician stands in the middle of a circle holding a stick in one hand and a book in the other as he is watched by the devil in the form of a dragon. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • A wizard conjuring a man from his grave. Etching.
  • Chang, the Chinese giant : Brustad, the giant of Norway. Che-Mah, the Chinese Tom Thumb. Madaree, the real hindoo jadooger. And the midget prince 'Adonis' / Royal Aquarium, Westminster.
  • Two ladies, seated, with a child between them, being entertained by a magician who performs tricks with cups and balls. Etching by R. Rhodon after P. Mercier, 1882.
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • A conjurer casting spells with his wand and fire surrounded by a kneeling man and demons within the magic circle. Engraving by J. Brown after W.M. Craig, 1813.
  • Magicians leaving the wood where they successfully performed incantations. Etching by P.Sandby and E. Rooker, 1763, after J. Collins.
  • Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • [Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].
  • A wizard casting spells from his magic circle by the light of his cauldron surrounded by creatures. Engraving by J. Wood, 1763, after J. Collins..
  • Elymas (also known as Bar-Jesus) the magician is rendered blind by Paul in front of the proconsul of Cyprus. Mezzotint by J. Simon after Raphael.
  • An old wizard sitting within a magic circle at his desk visited by a nobleman. Engraving by T. Engleheart after A. Fraser the elder.
  • John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Wood engraving.
  • John Lambe, an infamous medical practitioner and magician. Engraving, 1823.
  • West Indian sugar-growers making gin for the British market at the expense of Scottish grain farmers. Aquatint by Samuel de Wilde, 1808.
  • The sorcerer Ismen and Suleyman: an episode in Gerusalemme liberata by Tasso. Wood engraving by J.A. Faxardo after J.J. Lecurieux, 1838.
  • A wizard performing spells in his den. Wood engraving by S. Millar after himself.
  • A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
  • A wizard and his accomplice performing incantations in a forest during a full moon. Etching by S. Palmer and A.H. Palmer.
  • An evil magician raises demons from a distillery tub as onlookers fall back amazed. Coloured aquatint, c. 1808, after S. De Wilde.