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GOLDIN, Horace (Hyman Elias Goldstein, 1873 - 1939). Horace Goldin. The Tiger God. Birmingham: Moody Brothers, ca. 1910. Stone lithograph depicting a fantastical version of Goldin’s mini-magical play wherein a woman is rescued from a snarling live tiger. 29 x 19”. Unobtrusive wear and toning, chips and toning in borders, closed tears, tiny losses. Linen backed. B+. On stage, as many as ten performers took part in The Tiger God, Goldin’s magical damsel-in-distress playlet. 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.”