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[BOTTLE CONJURER] Four Political Satires on the Bottle Conjurer Hoax. Satires on the famed theatrical hoax in which a conjurer claimed he would jump inside a pint bottle at the Covent Garden Theatre; when he did not, a riot broke out in the streets. Comprising: My-Joke-O!! the Italian Bottle Conjurer. London: John Fairburn, 1820. Hand-colored etching, 13 3/8 x 9 1/8”, laid down (BM13828) - - Britannia. Blowing up the Corsican Bottle Conjurer. London: R. Ackermann, 1803. Hand-colored engraving, 13 3/8 x 5 3/4”, mounted to an album page. - - A Magician. London: W. Holland, May 11, 1795. Black-and-white engraving of an imp jumping into a bottle, 11 x 17”, laid down. - - and The Theatrical Bubble. After James Gilray. London: H. Humphrey, 1805. Hand-colored etching of the “powers of the Politico-Punchinello” with a satire on the Bottle Conjurer Hoax in the image. 14 3/4 x 10 7/8”, laid down. See Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, p. 234.