Sold for:
$2,800
$2,800
Fairburn’s Conjuror. London: J. Fairburn, ca. 1815. Hand-colored print depicting an audience before three conjurors who perform a decapitation trick, with cards and birds, and resisting the flames of a burning oven. Below the scene are the names Breslaw and Gyngell, and the text “Monsiuer Chalbert the Fire King.” Framed to an overall size of 16 ¾ x 12”. Not examined out of frame. See Toole Stott 289.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
