Maskelyne, Nevil | Magic as theatrical special effects

Maskelyne, Nevil

Maskelyne’s Mysteries from St. George’s Hall, London, W. under the Direction of Mr. Nevil Maskelyne. [Netherfield, Nottingham: Stafford & Co., ca. 1910]

Sepia lithograph poster (28 1/8 x 18 1/2 in.; 715 x 470 mm). A number of short, closed marginal tears, a few very small surface abrasions, small portion of lower left corner restored in facsimile.

The son and namesake of John Nevil Maskelyne, the younger Maskelyne used only his middle name professionally in order to avoid confusion with his father. Nevil and his brother, Edwin Archibald, both worked with their father at St. George's Hall in productions by Maskelyne's Theatre of Mystery and by the Magic Circle. The Maskelynes typically incorporated their illusions as "special effects" within a theatrical narrative. 

A handsome portrait poster, with facsimile inscription, "Yours sincerely Nevil Maskelyne."