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[WIRE ACT]. Anthony Madox the Surprising English Posturemaster. [England]: B. Cole Sculp., 1753. One-color pictorial etching “engraved for the New Universal Magazine,” bearing a central portrait of slack wire artist Anthony Maddox (d. 1758) balancing an arrow on his fingertip while looking over his right shoulder, surrounded by thirteen scenes from the performer’s act: juggling, balancing various objects, and playing instruments atop the wire. Framed to 11 x 9”. Horizontal crease, toning, light soiling. Not examined out of frame. An early and attractive image.