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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 116 | THE WRITING AND DRAWING FIGURE of the automaton are quite natural, and the outlines of his drawings extremely sharp. The automaton when desired willingly draws certain crowned heads now be- longing to history; for example, a portrait of Louis XV., of Louis XVI., and of Marie Antoinette." The automata made by the Jacquet-Drozes and their confrères were exhibited in all the large cities of Great the Greas Koom, No. 6, King. Covent Carlen, to be This Day, SPECTACLE MECHANIQU WECHANICAL EXHIBITION, From 7776 in this Exhibition it rivaled by Atts ons writri whatever le diétated to it, another drawsg and finillics in a maiterly Mannir feveral curious De- agna; mother plays divers Ain on the Herplichord, There is alfo a Pafforal S ene, in which is introdued * great Number of Figures; the Trees and bear Fruit, the Sheep bleat, the Dog barks, and the Binde fing: lo diffinety imitation Nature that they exceed every Ascount that ean be given of thera, not anly for the Variety but for the of their different Operations. Their Mechanifm every Thing that has ever appeared, infomuch that it may be faid they will Ípeak for themfelves. The Tidte of viewing it will be from Twelve to Oue, from One to Two, from Two to Three, and la the Evenin4 from Seven to Eight, from ight to Nine, and from Nine to Tea. Mr. JAQUET DROZ, the Iaventor, will attend en Eleven at Niglit, in ofder to accom hodale thoft Ladian or Gentle that may chule to lee this Exhi- birth after the Hour of Ten. Admiftance Five conunted every Day, and Clipping from the London Post, 1776, advertising the writing and drawing figures, exhibited by their inventor, Mr. Jacquet-Droz. From the Harry Houdini Collection. Britain and Continental Europe. According to the pro- grammes and newspaper notices in my collection, Henri- Louis Jacquet-Droz acted as their first exhibitor. As proof I am reproducing a Droz programme from the London Post, dated 1776. [99] |