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A magic cartoon used to illustrate a newspaper’s topical story

This item is from the Daily Telegraph of 11 March 1995. The article reviews a new book about Sir Charles Dilke who was at the centre of a Victorian divorce sex scandal. The cartoon has Dilke saying: “Hullo! Maskelyne and Cook [sic] are performing one of my tricks!”. The divorce case was in 1886 when London was still enthralled by Buatier De Kolta’s Vanishing Lady trick.

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Date 11 March 1995.
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Ref no N3742 Ep.EH179