Herrmann, [Carl] | "The Premier Prestidigitateur of France"

Herrmann, [Carl]

Theatre Royal. Hay-Market ... The Wonder of the World! ... Premier Prestidigitateur of France, and the Acknowledged First Professor of Magic in the World. [London:] W. S. Johnson, Nassau Steam Press, 5 May 1848 

Broadside playbill (495 x 430 mm.). Printed in a profusion of unusual types, engraving depicting a woman suspended in air; not examined out of frame, light offsetting, laid down, a few losses and closed tears along center vertical fold and upper margin. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas.  

This large broadside incorporates a number of unusual types, with "Magique," "Second Sight," and "Anti-Magnetism" each embodying some attribute of their meaning. Carl Herrmann's act included a number of illusions taken from the French magician Robert-Houdin, including the "Suspension Ethereenne" illustrated here, which shows a young woman suspended in air following the administration of ether.  

REFERENCE:

EE, pp. 120-121