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The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I

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Lot 265

[MASKELYNE]. ELCOCK, H.K. Gouache Portrait of John Nevil Ma...

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[MASKELYNE]. ELCOCK, H.K. Gouache Portrait of John Nevil Maskelyne. London, 1911. Full-length image of the doyen of British magic, and the proprietor of the Egyptian Hall seated atop his famous trunk escape (the Maskelyne ?Box Trick?), legs crossed before him. Signed twice by the artist. 8 ? x 4 ??. Edges worn from mounting, else very good.This likeness was published by Will Goldston in his Magician Annual for 1911 ? 12.