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(AUTOMATA.) The Magnificent Exhibition of Mechanical & Musical Automata. Letterpress broadsheet, advertising a showing of various automata, including one of a magician, at Gothic Hall, Haymarket, 81/2x51/2 inches (21.5x14 cm). London: G. Maddek, circa 1800.
The showing of the automata was concluded with a demonstration by "Master George Noakes, The Infantile Arithmetician" (an idiot savant), and Monsieur Louis, "The Surprising Giant," who stood seven feet six inches tall.
