Issue dated 10 November 1911. The advertisement mentions Dr. Wilmar’s Projectoscope; Mr. Devant; Mr. Mills; Essmann; Mr. H. Montague; Magical Farce; etc.
Other Ephemera
This section includes all types of ephemera other than Posters & Showcards and Programmes & Handbills.
The collection is particularly rich in ephemera relating to the Davenports, the Maskelynes and Will Goldston.
Issue dated 16 December 1911. The advertisement mentions The Window of the Haunted House; Mr. Devant; Mr. Mills; Essmann; Mr. H. Montague; etc.
A red label on the mount says Georg Gerlach & Co, Berlin N.
A red label on the mount says Georg Gerlach & Co, Berlin N.
A red label on the mount says Georg Gerlach & Co, Berlin N.
When found in a Davenport storeroom the display was in this frame, but there was no glass protecting it. For protection the display was framed under UV protective glass in 2014. The lady shown in the photograph at the bottom is Evelyne Maskelyne, Jasper Maskelyne’s first wife.
These postcards and business card, originally from the Davenport Collection, were framed as gift for Claude Perry. Some years later, following Claude’s death, the item returned to the collection as a gift from David Cridland.
This was a gift from Paul Kieve in 2003, following a visit he made to the Davenport Collection. He was reminded about Magritte’s painting as a result of seeing Peter Warlock’s painting also illustrated here, Ref. no. N232.
The photograph has been hand coloured.
Wynne Davenport was Lewis Davenport’s second wife. His first wife, Julia, died from tuberculosis in 1909.