[AUTOMATA]. Group of Automata Prints and Ephemera. Nine pieces, including: Hand-colored etching depicting the dwarf automaton ?Madamoiselle Catherina? being presented on a terrace to an elegant gentleman and lady by three itinerant French musicians, one playing the hurdy-gurdy and another with a magic lantern strapped to his back. [London]: C. Grignion, 1743. The image is taken from one of a series of large paintings commissioned by Jonathan Tyers (1702?? 1767) and created by Francis Hayman (d. 1776) to decorate the supper-boxes at the famous Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London, which were among the first displays of contemporary British art that was readily accessible to the public. Closely trimmed to 13 ? x 10?, and lacking most of the original lower captioning. Chipping and soiling, dampstain to lower quarter, old mounting residue to verso; ?Pictorial letterpress broadside bearing an engraved image of an elaborate automaton-like clock supported by a fountain with pedestal and shell base, surrounded by figural sculptures which all pour forth streams of water. N.p., 1749. The broadside, in French, advertises ?for the last time? a demonstration of this clock to take place followed by an exhibition of fireworks by Carlo Genovini from Italy. Trimmed, creases, light foxing; ?Pictorial etching depicting an automaton consisting of a trio of musicians performing around a harpsicord on top of which stands a cherubic figure, his head surmounted with flame, being presented to a French Minister of the State by its inventor, Robert Richard. [Paris]: De Longueil, 1769. Based on a design by Charles Eisen (1720 - 1778), captioned above and below.?Exemplars, p. 176.?One-page letterpress sheet entitled A Description of a Musical Altar-Clock; In the possession of Mr. Greene, Litchfield. [England: ca. 1788]. Detailing the characteristics of a large and ornate automaton-like clock that stood over nine feet tall, with various moving parts, which also played a ?variety of tunes.? Richard Greene?(1716 ? 1793) was an English collector who operated a museum of curiosities in Litchfield. Dampstains, repaired lower left corner with loss to text; ?Eight uncut letterpress pages, in German, detailing the exhibition of automata by Pierre-Jacques Droz (1721 - 1790), and his son Henri Louis Jacques Droz (1752 - 1791), including an engraved illustration of the famed mechanical trio. Munich: J. Schreiber, [ca. 1790s] Folded to 9 x 6?. Tiny chips to edges, light toning; ?Small newspaper clipping of an advertisement for an ?Automatical Theatre? exhibiting automata such as a gymnastic dancer, a ?little artist? who ?draws and writes,? a mechanical peacock, and a ?necromancer? that ?resolves enigmas,? as well as a ?Phantasmagoria, with most wonderful magic effects.? [London: ca. 1810]. ?Letterpress broadside playbill advertising ?Bologna?s Exhibition? (John Peter Bologna 1775 - 1846), a five-part show, including ?New & curious Pieces of Mechanism,? Parisian monkeys who perform on the tight and slack rope, and ?artificial or mechanical fire works.? London: Lowndes, 1817. Creases, tiny losses, soiling; ?One-page ALS written by Benjamin Winslow to William Meredith. Dated May 8, 1821. Being an account of a presentation in Boston of Marsden Haddock?s famous ?Androides,? automata from England. Old folds, toning and light chipping; ? Three examples from contemporary American artist Tim Hawkinson?s (b. 1960) piece, Signature (1993), executed at LACMA in 2005. Being a replica of the artist?s signature in black ink on small slips of white paper as written by his automaton sculpture.