Mysterious Lady.- Just Returned to London...The Mysterious Lady...Exhibition now Open at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly..., press notices to right half, short tear to fore-edge without loss, laid down on card, 380 x 247mm., Gunn, [c.1845] § Under the Patronage of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria...The Mysterious Lady Continues to attract Crowded Audiences at the Egyptian Hall..., few nicks to head, laid down on card with related clipping and illustration laid down beneath, playbill 254 x 190mm., mount 383 x 243mm., [c.1845], printed playbills, faint folds (2)
⁂ One of several mystery entertainers to appear at the Egyptian Hall before Maskelyne, The Mysterious Lady also traveled to America to demonstrate her extraordinary abilities. In his Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, Harry Houdini cited her ability to see things without looking at them as evidence that the feat of 'Second Sight' was developed before Robert-Houdin’s rise to fame.
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