Soirées fantastiques at Robert-Houdin's theater, fan circa 1880
Soirées fantastiques at Robert-Houdin's theater, fan circa 1880
Wooden fan, the lithographed paper leaf , illustrated with the crowd crowding in front of the Robert-Houdin theater in Paris to attend the Soirées fantastiques, during the Houdin fils period.
On the reverse, in capital letters “Souvenir des soirées fantastiques” and the presentation of 3 famous magic tricks “Le nid rose”, 'Malle des Indes” and ‘Le génie des roses’.
Good condition (incomplete ?)
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Magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, father of modern magic, founded Théâtre des Soirées Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin in 1845 at the Palais Royal. He trained his successor Hamilton, who moved the theater to 8 boulevard des Italiens in the 1850s. In 1879, Émile Robert-Houdin, son of the famous Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, became the owner of the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. On his death in 1888, his widow sold the establishment and its equipment to Georges Méliès, a young illusionist aged 27, who founded the Académie de prestidigitation in 1891 and the Syndicat des Illusionnistes in 1893.
On the reverse, in capital letters “Souvenir des soirées fantastiques” and the presentation of 3 famous magic tricks “Le nid rose”, 'Malle des Indes” and ‘Le génie des roses’.
Good condition (incomplete ?)
H :
Magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, father of modern magic, founded Théâtre des Soirées Fantastiques de Robert-Houdin in 1845 at the Palais Royal. He trained his successor Hamilton, who moved the theater to 8 boulevard des Italiens in the 1850s. In 1879, Émile Robert-Houdin, son of the famous Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, became the owner of the Théâtre Robert-Houdin. On his death in 1888, his widow sold the establishment and its equipment to Georges Méliès, a young illusionist aged 27, who founded the Académie de prestidigitation in 1891 and the Syndicat des Illusionnistes in 1893.
