Gun tricks.- Edinburgh Adelphi Theatre...the Celebrated American Samson, Mr F.A. Cannfield, will take from the stage, and place upon his shoulders a cannon of 400 lbs wt. firing it off while it is in that position, letterpress playbill, 445 x 190 mm (17 1/2 x 7 1/2 in), some losses restored, [circa 1840-1850]; together with 3 other playbills with performances involving guns and canons, including '...In the Long Room at the Inn...Mr B. will conclude his performances with the celebrated Guntrick (the only person in the known world who catches the identical ball)', and two others relating to 'The Grand Mortar, from Cadiz in St James's Park...1814', one with woodcut vignette of the mortar, various sizes, the two relating to the mortar tipped onto an album leaf, unframed, 19th century (4)
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