Image of American magician Grover George standing at left center while holding a magician's wand and doing a magic trick with playing cards flying from his hand before young women wearing robs and bows in their hair with images of different world locales including Arab men on camels in Egypt by the Great Pyramids and an Asian locale with a man wearing a traditional Chinese costume, lanterns, a pagoda, and a woman holding a serving tray, with a witch flying on a broomstick and three red devils with horns in the left foreground looking at a large book while holding a snake and playing cards. Probable date approximated by cataloger. "The / Otis / Lithograph Co. / Cleveland O. / Made in U.S.A. / 41641"--text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 102.55 x 66.99 cm (40 3/8 x 26 3/8 in.)
George, Grover, G., 1887-1958--Portraits Chinese--Pictorial works Devil--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Magic shows--United States Magicians--Pictorial works Magicians--Portraits Pyramids--Egypt--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Magic and Miscellaneous The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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