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The Great Herrmann at the Egyptian Hall, 1873 (colour litho)

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The Great Herrmann at the Egyptian Hall, 1873 (colour litho)

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colour lithograph

Date

1873 AD (C19th AD)

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47.5x29 cms

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Egyptian Hall Piccadilly. Saturday afternoons at 3 The great Herrmann every evening at 8. Mr. Alexander Osmann on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons, at 3. Entire new programme. Admission one shilling, area - 2s. Stalls - 3s. Fauteuils - 5s. … Size 47.5 x 29 cm. Date [1873] Illustrations With a portrait of Alexander Herrmann Notes Alexander Herrmann appeared at the Egyptian Hall for over a thousand consecutive nights from 1870 until 1873. He returned to the USA in 1875, took out US citizenship and there remained, apart from occasional tours abroad, becoming a famous magician in the Americas (Edwin A. Dawes: The great illusionists. 1979 p.155). - Printed in red and black ink. - Dated in MS: Feb. 5th 73. - MS. notes: This was not the original Herrmann. HEv. A young Frenchman, he was very good. After travelling about the Provinces, went to America.. - Also a MS. note on Alexander Osmann: This was a man of colour - acted as page or servant to Herrmann, afterwards he left - came back and worked [illegible] a conjurer. [illegible] Herrmanns performance

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