Sujet

The Easter Holidays: Maskelyne & Cooke's Dark Seance at the Egyptian Hall, 1875. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Easter Holidays: Maskelyne & Cooke's Dark Seance at the Egyptian Hall, 1875. A cutting from "The Penny Illustrated" paper showing a ghostly figure, April 3, 1875. John Neville Maskelyne and his partner, magician George A Cooke, performed at the Egyptian Hall in London, showing their inventions and wonders as clever illusions rather than genuine interactions with the spirit world.

Date

1875

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM25A07_089

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,0Mo (3,9Mo) / 29,0cm x 36,3cm / 3422 x 4292 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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