Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson)A Gift from the Gods to Mortals on Earth to Amuse and Mystify. Chung Ling Soo. Birmingham: J. Upton Ltd., ca. 1912 Color lithograph poster (19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.; 495 x 748 mm). Some short tears and tiny chips, chiefly marginal, some wrinkles, rebacked. Framed and glazed. In this striking and scarce poster, Chung Ling Soo—the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" who was a white American born in New York—descends through a thunderstorm to earth in the palm of God. "Not a humble advertiser, [Robinson] graced scores of posters, but none was more powerful or cheekier than this appearance from the heavens" (Magic). REFERENCE:Exemplars, pp. 38–39; Magic, p. 22, passim; cf. CCC, pp. 104–05; cf. Steinmeyer, The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson aka Chung Lee Soo [sic] (2005)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.
Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson)A Gift from the Gods to Mortals on Earth to Amuse and Mystify. Chung Ling Soo. Birmingham: J. Upton Ltd., ca. 1912 Color lithograph poster (19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.; 495 x 748 mm). Some short tears and tiny chips, chiefly marginal, some wrinkles, rebacked. Framed and glazed. In this striking and scarce poster, Chung Ling Soo—the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" who was a white American born in New York—descends through a thunderstorm to earth in the palm of God. "Not a humble advertiser, [Robinson] graced scores of posters, but none was more powerful or cheekier than this appearance from the heavens" (Magic). REFERENCE:Exemplars, pp. 38–39; Magic, p. 22, passim; cf. CCC, pp. 104–05; cf. Steinmeyer, The Glorious Deception: The Double Life of William Robinson aka Chung Lee Soo [sic] (2005)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.
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