Magic Collection

Girls with fairy

The Magic Mirror

The Story of Snow-White

The Magic Umbrella. Samuel Jones flies above the rooftops thanks to his magic umbrella

Overgrown castle

The Dolly Girls. From Playhour (29 August 1981)

The sleeping court. Source unknown

The Magic Apples

Illustrations for Beauty and the Beast

The Magic Whistle

Magic Horse

Tales from Many Lands: The Magic Army

The Tinder Box. From Once Upon a Time (1970)

Magic Horse

The Story of Donkey-Skin. From Playhour (1958)

Tales from Many Lands: The Magic Goldfish. From Treasure no. 257 (16 December 1967)

The Magic Apples

Stellas Magic Carpet. From Once Upon a Time no. 66 (16 May 1970)

Tricks with Cards book cover
Front cover of Tricks with Cards by Professor Hoffmann featuring a lady taking a card from a conjuror mid-trick while an interested audience looks on. Date: c.1927

Circe, goddess of magic
Circe, Greek goddess of magic, depicted by an unidentified Russian artist. circa 1916

Unidentified fairy story

Princess Marigold and the Magic Spell. From Treasure no. 2 (26 January 1963)

Alexander Graham Bell with a telephone
Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) with a telephone, and a country scene behind him with telegraph poles and wires. Probably from an advertisement of 1959 for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

Two fairies sitting on toadstools. 1920s

Cinderella and Fairy Godmother
Cinderella, sitting by the fireside, is visited by her Fairy Godmother. 20th century

Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century

Programme for Magic Nights at the Trocadero
Programme cover for Charles B. Cochrans Magic Nights at the Trocadero Grill Room, London from November 1932 1932

Girl on a swan, Dolly Girls
Girl on a swan, a Dolly Girls story from Playhour

A Magic Carpet Ride

We Anchored by the Moon by Hilda Miller

Magician turns a ball of wool into an orange
A magician turns a ball of wool into an orange, to the amazement of two children. 20th century

Advertisement for Chung Ling Soos magic show
An advertisement for Chung Ling Soos magic show, including the Two Mysteries and The Sphinx. Chung Ling Soo (born William Ellsworth Campbell)

Advertisement for Peggy Sage nail varnish, featuring a glamorous model wearing a shade called Pink Sorcery, the fingertip colour of the year. 1954

If you meet a fairy, don t run away, she won t want to hurt you, she ll only want to play. 1920s

And there were strings of fairies hanging from the stars (I stood against the window). 1922

Fairy on a branch
A fairy on a branch. 1920s

Over the field the fairies went, singing and dancing and well content (The Hayfield). 1920s

Children have fun dressing up
Three children (two girls and a boy) dressed up as a fairy queen, a red indian and a nurse. Ink drawing with watercolour washes by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom
An elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom. circa 1922

Poster advertising the opera Cendrillon (Cinderella) by Jules Massenet at the Opera Comique in Paris. 1899

Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose), by Edward Burne-Jones
One of four paintings forming the Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose) series, by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones. This one is entitled The Garden Court. 1885-1890

Simple Change Frame
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Copper to Gold
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Wilting Rose
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Coin Switch Case
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Chinese Chopper
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Revolving Bow Tie
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Find the Lady
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Trace the Ace
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Snakes From a Flower Vase
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Baffo Box
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Card tricks
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Performing Fly
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Atomic Cigar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Snake Box
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

The Knot That is Not
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Squirt-A-Flower
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Tipsee Wine Glass
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

The Musical Seat
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Demon Floating Sugar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

3-D Tie
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Fairy and peacock
A fairy and a peacock, flying side by side. 1920s

The fairies will have gathered in the forest very soon (Fairy Song). 1920s

Two fairies with autumn leaves
Two fairies blowing around in the sky with autumn leaves. 1920s

We anchored by the moon (A Voyage). 1922

And there they sat and sang all night, I heard them singing in my sleep (Visitors). 1922

Fairy flannel is the skin of peaches (Useful Hints). 1922

When I went to Fairyland, visiting the Queen, I rode upon a peacock, blue and gold and green (The Visit). 1922

Fairy dancing on a lily leaf
A fairy dancing on a lily leaf. 1920s

And very softly hasten down and out beyond the sleeping town to find my fairy lake (The Island). 1922

Shes sitting on a dragonfly all shining green and gold (Vision). 1920s

Spreading out their little wings to dry them in the sun (Have You Watched the Fairies). 1920s

A fairy went a-marketing -- a fairy and a peacock, flying side by side. 1922

Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s

Poster, The Magic of Soap and Water. Coo... is that me with the dirt off? Showing a boy admiring his nice clean face in a soap bubble. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. circa 1940s

A Fairy Tale by Earnshaw

Label design for Liqueur de la Lanterne Magique (Magic Lantern Liqueur), showing a magician holding up a cloth in front of a magic lantern, on which a small red devil is perching

Magician Chung Loo
Colour illustrated poster advertising magician Chung Loo, drawn by Clyff, dated 13 November 1922. HPF/5B/3 Date: 1922

Trade card for Chocolat Debauve & Gallais, depicting a magician or conjuror with an audience of three children. 19th century

Magic lantern show during French Revolution
An imaginary magic lantern show during the French Revolution -- a sans culotte operates the lantern for the benefit of Georges Dandin (King George III) and the British Prime Minister William Pitt

Travelling showman with magic lantern
A travelling showman astonishes a small audience with his magic lantern show. 18th century

Fairy leaves her home amid the roots
A small fairy leaves her house set in the roots of a tree. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Fairy casting a magic spell
Fantasy scene of a fairy casting a magic spell with her wand over a clump of buttercups as a Peacock Butterfly flaps serenely past

Aladdin Poster. A lady in the role of pantomime character Aladdin seated atop a willow pattern plate holds the magic lamp aloft. Date: 1920s

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