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Lot #46:

Herrmann, Alexander. Embossed Ticket for Alexander Herrmann at Egyptian Hall. London

Herrmann, Alexander. Embossed Ticket for Alexander Herrmann at Egyptian Hall. London, ca. 1871. Letterpress printed ticket for “Professor Herrmann / (The Great Prestidigitateur) In Elegant Saloon / Every Evening at Quarter-past Eight.” Recto advertises the Photographie Francaise studio on Regent Street, W. Embossed border. Rare. Printed for one of the thousands of shows presented by Herrmann at the legendary London showplace – in the years prior to Maskelyne & Cooke’s establishment of the venue as “England’s Home of Mystery.”