Magic Collection (page 6)

Stargazing
Julia Leister

Black cat, c.1910 (print)
7293179 Black cat, c.1910 (print); (add.info.: Paranormal. superstition. "Good Luck." A black cat, sign of wealth in the United Kingdom)

The Chief of the Florida Indians
5307232 The Chief of the Florida Indians.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Chief of the Florida Indians consulting his magician before heading into battle)

Harry Houdini, 1903 (poster)
FGL5461483 Harry Houdini, 1903 (poster); (add.info.: Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926) Hungarian illusionist, considered the greatest magician of all time for his ability to free himself from ropes

Scenes of Witchcraft: Night, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879304 Scenes of Witchcraft: Night, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa In the pitch black of night)

The Conjurer (engraving)
8631541 The Conjurer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Conjurer. Illustration from Black and White)

Packet flower seeds well displayed (b/w photo)
8651705 Packet flower seeds well displayed (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Packet flower seeds well displayed)

Professor Wiljalba Frikell's Christmas entertainments (engraving)
8676670 Professor Wiljalba Frikell's Christmas entertainments (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony
NWI4898335 Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.; (add.info.: Indian shaman from America leading a dance at a ceremony.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Le Calife, magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891
CUL4893768 Le Calife, magic show. Theatre Robert-Houdin, Paris. 1891; (add.info.: Affiche pour le calife au theatre Robert Houdin, 1891 - Dir. Hughes, Howard R. Melies, George)

TORRES VILLARROEL, Diego de (1693-1770). Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, astrologer, doctor, mathematician
CUL4857013 TORRES VILLARROEL, Diego de (1693-1770). Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, astrologer, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca

The apostle James of Zebedee (or James the Major or Saint James) fighting the evil enchantments of the magician
NWI4892267 The apostle James of Zebedee (or James the Major or Saint James) fighting the evil enchantments of the magician Hermogene

Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose
FLO4677632 Street entertainer using a baton to remove a coin from a woman's nose without touching her nose. Audience of fashionable women in bonnets, shawls and dresses with frills

Picus is transformed into a woodpecker by the magician Circe - The transformation of Picus into a woodpecker by
FLO4607750 Picus is transformed into a woodpecker by the magician Circe - The transformation of Picus into a woodpecker by the witch Circe. Copperplate engraving by W

Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850
3330740 Marie Laveau and her daughter, 1850; (add.info.: Engraving of Marie Laveau (1794-1881) a Louisiana Creole practitioner of voodoo renowned in New Orleans, with her daughter

Goddess Hecate (engraving)
2603981 Goddess Hecate (engraving); (add.info.: Hecate, triple - bodied daughter of the Titan Perses and of Asteria. As goddess of the lower world, in Ancient Greek mythology she ruled over magic)

Frontispiece of book by spirite Allan Kardec (1803-1869) 1857
1758451 Frontispiece of book by spirite Allan Kardec (1803-1869) 1857; (add.info.: Frontispiece of book by spirite Allan Kardec (1803-1869) 1857); Photo: Tallandier

The Magic Mirror revealing its secrets. 18th century (cabalistic/alchemical manuscript La Tres Sainte Trinosophie)
532101 The Magic Mirror revealing its secrets. 18th century (cabalistic/alchemical manuscript La Tres Sainte Trinosophie); Universal History Archive/UIG

Roger Bacon (c1214-1292) English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan (Grey Friar)
531920 Roger Bacon (c1214-1292) English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan (Grey Friar). Known as Doctor Mirabilis'

Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating production of hypnosis using beam of
542255 Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1903) French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern

Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show, 1909 (poster)
2909810 Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show, 1909 (poster); (add.info.: Poster for Houdini's fraud exposure show)

Magician (illusionist) in large costume performing a magic trick with his magic wand
PCT4280693 Magician (illusionist) in large costume performing a magic trick with his magic wand and all his accessories - engraving 19th century -; (add.info)

Letter K: Klingsor, in " Parsifal", opera (created in 1882) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
DUV4208563 Letter K: Klingsor, in " Parsifal", opera (created in 1882) by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Men's Alphabet (Liebig) Serie S0369

Fairies
5307465 Fairies.; (add.info.: Headpiece depicting fairies by George Heywood Sumner. George Heywood Maunoir Sumner (1853-1940) an English painter, illustrator and craftsman. Dated 19th century

Fairies and a stag beetle
5307459 Fairies and a stag beetle.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting fairies and a stag beetle. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Literature. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Poster by Fred Walker for a show at the Olympic Theatre, London
3434516 Literature. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. Poster by Fred Walker for a show at the Olympic Theatre, London, 1871. (poster); (add.info.: Litterature. Theatre. Coll. Part. Literature)

History of Ulysses: Poseidon opposes the return of heros. A new tempete breaks his raft; Ulysses clings to a wreck
VEN5028388 History of Ulysses: Poseidon opposes the return of heros. A new tempete breaks his raft; Ulysses clings to a wreck and Ino, benevolent

Myths and legends: Sorcerers summoning a person's hand in a circle of fire. 19th century coloring engraving
NWI4929663 Myths and legends: Sorcerers summoning a person's hand in a circle of fire. 19th century coloring engraving.; (add.info.: Myths and legends)

An Indian magician
5310093 An Indian magician; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Indian magician. Driven by clockwork, the magician tapped an inverted basket with his wand and then raised the basket to display a bird)

Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor
5309193 Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Saul and the Witch of Endor. Saul tries to communicate with the dead Samuel through the Witch of Endor)

Roger Bacon (c1214-1292) English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan (Grey Friar)
531922 Roger Bacon (c1214-1292) English experimental scientist, philosopher and Franciscan (Grey Friar): called Doctor Mirabilis'. Tower of Franciscan friary, Oxford, where Bacon had his study

Louisiana planter showing a voodoo charm to apprehensive plantation workers, 1886 (engraving)
535665 Louisiana planter showing a voodoo charm to apprehensive plantation workers, 1886 (engraving); (add.info.: Louisiana planter showing a voodoo charm to apprehensive plantation workers)

The Linton panel, San, South Africa, possibly 18th or 19th century (detail of men and animals) (stone)
HSC104298 The Linton panel, San, South Africa, possibly 18th or 19th century (detail of men and animals) (stone, ochre and other pigments); South African Museum, Cape Town

Mephisto from the Opera Faust, 1870-86 (oil on panel)
5861393 Mephisto from the Opera Faust, 1870-86 (oil on panel) by Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas (1824-86); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: by Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli)

Scenes of Witchcraft: Day, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879300 Scenes of Witchcraft: Day, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

The Eagle constellation, 13th century (Miniature)
7293217 The Eagle constellation, 13th century (Miniature); Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France; (add.info.: Paranormal. The Eagle)

The magic lantern
7243394 The magic lantern; Private Collection; (add.info.: The magic lantern. A 19th century travelling magician. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859); Photo © Ken Welsh

The Book burning at Ephesus
5307980 The Book burning at Ephesus.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Book burning at Ephesus, an incident recorded in the Book of Acts in which Christian converts at Ephesus)

A type of magic square used to demonstrate the power of the mystical number 7
5311352 A type of magic square used to demonstrate the power of the mystical number 7. There are seven numbers per side and each side totals 175 which 7 x 25, and 2+5 = 7

Myths and Legends: Character of King Arthur's Legend. Merlin the enchanting
NWI4929729 Myths and Legends: Character of King Arthur's Legend. Merlin the enchanting. Colourful engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Myths and Legends)

A witch and a sorcerer during a rite to Satan, 1597 (engraving)
IND5618442 A witch and a sorcerer during a rite to Satan, 1597 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: from "Histoires prodigieuses" by Pierre Boaistuau called Pierre Launay (1500-1566)

16th century English witches trying to influence the weather
6266270 16th century English witches trying to influence the weather; (add.info.: 16th century English witches, seen here trying to influence the weather.); Photo © Ken Welsh

Cover of a booklet of "pranks and catches", tricks of fun physics, circa 1910 (Baudot house founded in 1908)
PCT4267964 Cover of a booklet of "pranks and catches", tricks of fun physics, circa 1910 (Baudot house founded in 1908). Catalogue of articles for fun in society

Engraving depicting Nostradamus, 19th century (engraving)
3077568 Engraving depicting Nostradamus, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566) a French apothecary and reputed seer

The Apuleian Sphere
3478591 The Apuleian Sphere; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the Apuleian Sphere, a magical prognosticating device for predicting the survival of a patient)

Circe working her magic (engraving)
8664123 Circe working her magic (engraving) by Preller, Friedrich the Elder (1804-78); Private Collection; (add.info.: Circe working her magic on the companions of Odysseus)

Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879301 Scenes of Witchcraft: Evening, c. 1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa At dusk)

Scenes of Witchcraft, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas)
XOS5879298 Scenes of Witchcraft, c.1645-49 (oil on canvas) by Rosa, Salvator (1615-73); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Salvator Rosa)

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"Unveiling the Enchantments: A Journey into the World of Magic" Step into a realm where wonders unfold and mysteries abound. In 1904, a little girl stumbled upon an extraordinary sight hidden within the bushes - an ethereal glimpse that would forever captivate her imagination. As night falls over Eilean Donan castle in Scotland, its mirrored reflection creates a surreal spectacle, as if transported to another dimension. The very essence of enchantment seems to seep through every stone and whisper in the wind. In Bolderwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, sunlight weaves its way through towering trees like golden threads of sorcery. Nature's own spellbinding display leaves all who witness it breathless with awe. Embark on a magical carpet ride that transcends time and space; let your dreams take flight as you soar above clouds painted with hues only found in fairy tales. Lose yourself in this mystical journey where anything is possible. Shakespeare's "The Tempest" introduces us to Ariel - a spirit bound by magic and mischief. With each fluttering wingbeat or mischievous grin, he reminds us that true enchantment lies not just in spells but also within ourselves. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde embody the duality of human nature; their story serves as a haunting reminder that even amidst darkness there can be traces waiting to be discovered. Houdini defied gravity atop skyscrapers - his death-defying stunts left audiences spellbound while showcasing his mastery over illusionary arts. Witnessing such feats ignites our belief in something beyond comprehension. Cardini mesmerized crowds with his sleight-of-hand tricks; his nimble fingers danced across playing cards like whispers from another world. His performances remind us that sometimes reality itself can be transformed by mere slight gestures.