Nobel, Carl | The Only & Original Eccentric Ventriloquist

Nobel, Carl

Original C. Nobel. The Only & Original Eccentric Ventriloquist. [London or Berlin:] Alex Hönig, Star Printing Office, ca. 1900–1905 (no. 4574)

Color lithograph poster (28 x 37 1/2 in.; 710 x 955 mm). Fold creases with some very light abrasion, some short tears and tiny chips in margins. Laid down on linen.

Billed as a "novelty ventriloquist," Nobel performed around the world, as evidenced by the medals depicted on the present poster with the names of some of the cities and venues he had played. Nobel's act employed full-size walking figures, rather than the still-standard hand- (or lap-) held ventriloquial figure.

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Exemplars, pp. 298–99