Evans (Henry) "Evanion".- Greenwich Society...Monsieur Evanion, The Royal Illusionist, Ventriloquist, and Humorist...Unique Entertainment, entitled "An Evening of Illusions"..., printed playbill, few nicks and short tears to lower-edge, one tear into imprint but no loss, browning to extremities, 278 x 140mm., Greenwich, H.S. Richardson, 4th January 1876.
⁂ In addition to his successful stage career that included appearances before royalty, Evanion (c.1832-1905) was a pioneering collector of magical ephemera and showbills. Before his death, the British Museum acquired some 5,000 pieces from Evanion’s collection. Harry Houdini acquired many of Evanion’s rarities, some of which were used to illustrate The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin (1908).
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