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unmaskingrobert00houdgoog.pdf | 131 | THE UNMASKING OF ROBERT-HOUDIN their inventive genius and efforts. Modern mechanicians agree that such a performance would have been a physical impossibility, even had Robert-Houdin been the expert mechanician he pictured himself. To sum up the evidence: The writing and drawing Splendid and Unrivalled Exhibition ! (Fer . Shore peovions . is resoval - a The Nobility and Public are respectfully informed, that A MOST MAGNIFICENT AND COSTLY COLLECTION OF Mechanical and Musical AUTOIATONS! IS NOW EXHIBITING AT THE New Gothic Haymarket, ADJOINING THE LITTLE THEATRE: TOGETHER wirh A GRAND DISPLAY OF ANCIENT ARMOUR : Which carrounds the spacious and desoreted Mall. Also . Model of . MAN OF WAR, of Ninely-Four Guns, Of the most exquisite Workmenship, and Copper-Bottomed! The whouk the - Instructive and Ammoing ever le - THE MECHANICAL PART or this truly conderfel and exchenting which las beea with the avent distingushbed Patromage, in Paais and other parts of the comprisse the bullowing ABTIOU! These Performancea in DRAWING - WAITING la - of the Company, defy ell . kaph at in regard to marn, and of and This rich the of MECHANISN . sonderfally thet the motion - # - guat, saj oppropriele system efeperations, will ever readee " - of the highest interest - The fusical Lady ! Who performs, apon sia olggent Finger ORGAN.: variely of pire-ing Ain. The fas inating of bee and lovely motion ofthe Eyes, arver to securing bes She boes gracefully to the acdicace bes beaves, uf materally b, the leage and every note is produced by the touch of act Sager, with the lica of pata, and charge, which are played by the The Rope Dancer ! Wheed surpricing apoe the Tight Rope surgess, to - attitudes, and reclurions, every et the Art heepios correct timse to the Munie of the Mechinery Ebe Whene exeite the gresteet and delight.br the regacious be returne to every prepesed le his The essetrection of thus wonderfel seif- acting Fagure has lutherte pessied all the is Europe' This estraerdisary Figur, moves by afe ova povera, in every direction, the gresteot corgeise . asving ever by the most intelligret - basical to be utterly impossible, by amy work of - to produce will- aving ligure capable of * Also, a STBERTAN MOUSE! set with Prarb.-As ETHIOPEAN CATERPILLAR! of richly n avelied Gold.-The TERRANTULAR SPIDER! I-A beautifel HUMMING BIRD! that the - melodicus Notes. EGYPTIAN LIZARD! of exquisite workmanship. en fine Gold, ac. THE WHOLE EXHIBITING. by their exact Imitations of ANINATED NATURE, the most surpre lag Powers of N. a. The Visitore will bave the of imprettag the very eurious and compliested by whesh - reljjects le this have boca progressively bronght to sech inimitable Opre from Eleure will and from Sever till Ten in the Ewning. ADMITTANCE, 2. CHILDREN, la-TICKETS FOR THE SEASON. 6a. Na the - the Nachioory. REPASRE sc.) MAVELL sed 6 Prieters, No. 79, Poster used by Mr. Schmidt in advertising the writing and drawing figure in London just before his departure for St. Petersburg, Russia. From the Harry Houdini Collection. figure as turned out by the Jacquet-Drozes was known all over Europe. It is not possible that a man so well read and posted in magic and automata as Robert-Houdin [114] |