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John Nevil Maskelyne performs a 'spirit cabinet illusion', c1910. Creator: Unknown.

John Nevil Maskelyne performs a 'spirit cabinet illusion', c1910. 'Picking up an accordion and playing it with one hand when tied in the same manner as Mr. Fay'. John Nevil Maskelyne took up a challenge by Sir Hiram Maxim to reproduce a trick originally performed by the Davenport brothers, fraudulent spiritualists from America, and by an imitator of theirs, a Mr Fay. Maskelyne (1839-1917) was a British stage magician, escapologist, paranormal investigator and inventor of the pay toilet. From "Mr. Maskelyne's Reply to Sir Hiram Maxim", published in "The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1910].

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Title: John Nevil Maskelyne performs a 'spirit cabinet illusion', c1910. Creator: Unknown.

Caption: John Nevil Maskelyne performs a 'spirit cabinet illusion', c1910. 'Picking up an accordion and playing it with one hand when tied in the same manner as Mr. Fay'. John Nevil Maskelyne took up a challenge by Sir Hiram Maxim to reproduce a trick originally performed by the Davenport brothers, fraudulent spiritualists from America, and by an imitator of theirs, a Mr Fay. Maskelyne (1839-1917) was a British stage magician, escapologist, paranormal investigator and inventor of the pay toilet. From "Mr. Maskelyne's Reply to Sir Hiram Maxim", published in "The Strand Magazine, an illustrated monthly", Volume XL - July to December 1910. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1910]

Personalities: JOHN NEVIL MASKELYNE

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Image size: 3952 × 5620 px | 63.5 MB

Print size: 33.5 × 47.6 cm | 1555.9 × 2212.6 in (300 dpi)

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