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Advertising Poster Magic Chris Charlton Royal Illusionist. Original vintage advertising poster for a magic show by Chris Charlton at the Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol, featuring an illustration of a man with a camel walking through a sandy desert with rare palm trees and a building in the distance, text above reads - Magic is undoubtedly the most fascinating form of entertainment. The vast majority are not yet certain whether its wonders are entirely within the realms of the natural or lap over a bit into the sphere of the supernatural. It is this very doubt that lends to magic so much of its charm. Magic is the only form of recreation that combines in one the three great elements of the stage - amusement, entertainment & instruction. - with reviews from London Daily Mail, Cape Times, New York Sun, Chicago Tribune, and Sydney Sunday Times, followed with - As a Soldier during the World War Chris Charlton gave entertainments to His late Majesty King George V., H.M. Queen Mary, and appeared before Living Reigning Monarch; appeared in all the five continents, 40 different countries - never in the domain of the entertainment world has such another voluntary endorsement been given to an entertainer. Printed by Willsons Printers, Leicester. Fair condition, creasing, tears, paper losses, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x51, year of printing: 1930s.
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