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GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939). Horace Goldin. The Tiger God. Birmingham: Moody Brothers, ca. 1910. Lithograph depicting Goldin’s mini-magical play wherein a damsel was rescued from the ravages of a live tiger. 29 x 19”. Unobtrusive wear, chips and toning in borders, closed tears, tiny loss at cross-fold. Unmounted. A-.
The Tiger God was Goldin’s answer to a dramatic illusion popularized by The Great Lafayette. On stage, as many as ten performers took part, with Goldin in the starring role. A reporter writing in The Magic Wand in August, 1911 described the action as follows: “The story is told in a Moorish setting. A bad, wicked chief captures a fair maiden and falls in love with her, although he has a lot of other beauteous maidens always about him. To the rescue comes Horace, attired as the English tourist. He plays some Satanic pranks upon the fascinated chief and his followers, and finally there is the illusion whereby the tiger mysteriously disappears, and Horace walks out of the cage with the fair damsel. It is an exciting episode, and when rehearsal has rubbed off the rough corners will form a big and attractive item.”