Magic Collection of Rudiger Deutsch: Part II
Sat, Oct 31, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 378
Heimburger, Alexander. Lithographed Portrait of Magician He...
Estimate: $500 - $1,000
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Heimburger, Alexander. Lithographed Portrait of Magician Herr Alexander. New York: Louis Nagel, ca. 1840. Three-quarter length seated portrait of the magician in costume, the edge of his cape clutched in one hand. From a daguerreotype by P. Haas, ?drawn on stone by F. Davignon.? A facsimile of the German magician?s signature below the portrait, and old penciled notations in the lower margins. 14 ? x 11 1/8?. Very good. Rare.Herr Alexander?s reputation was sufficiently great as to secure him a mention in Herman Melville?s seminal work, Moby Dick.
