Thorn, Ernest, Chevalier (Moses Abraham Thorn), & and Darvin (Heinrich Darvin Thorn) | The Royal Illusionists

Thorn, Ernest, Chevalier (Moses Abraham Thorn), & and Darvin (Heinrich Darvin Thorn)

Thorn and Darvin's Startling Phenomena. Milan: Stab & Tip Lito. Economico, [1880s]

Color lithograph poster (42 1/2 x 30 1/2 in.; 1088 x 776 mm). Signed in the stone bottom center, Hechoe; a few closed marginal tears, some minor marginal discoloration. Matted, framed, and glazed with Plexiglas.

An early and very rare poster for the Thorn brothers, performing as Thorn and Darvin, and also featuring Ernest's wife, Julia. In addition to being magicians, the brothers billed themselves as "the original exposers of spiritualism."

This poster presumably predates the granting to Ernest of the title Chevalier by King Norodon I of Cambodia, since the honorific was almost always employed in promotional materials for the act.