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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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Lot 327

[MAGIC - CARD TRICKS]. Admiration with Astonishment. No 4. ...

Estimate: $150 - $250

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[MAGIC - CARD TRICKS]. Admiration with Astonishment. No 4. London: R. Ackermann?s Repository of the Arts, 1800. Hand-colored satirical pictorial broadside, captioned above and below. Bearing a Thomas Rowlandson (1757 - 1827) etching based on a drawing by caricaturist George Moutard Woodward (1765 - 1809) depicting a country man in a hat clutching a walking stick and looking on with great surprise at a conjuror performing card tricks at a table, on which sits a candle. From Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions. The text states: ?This deviation from simple Admiration, is frequently put in practice at Country Fairs, where some rustic inhabitant of the Village, gazes with astonishment at the hacnied [sic] tricks of a Juggler.? 12 x 9 ??. Toning to central area from former window mat, loss to perimeter not affecting image, old tape to verso edges.