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DAVID DEVANT / MASKELYNE & DEVANT. Circa 1905.
86x40¼ inches, 218½x102¼ cm. Stafford & Co., Netherfield. Condition B+: expertly-replaced losses with overpainting, repaired tears and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Three-sheets.
In 1905, magician John Nevil Maskelyne renovated, expanded and reopened the 'St George's Hall, England's New Home of Mystery.' The multigenerational magic family operated at St. George's Hall from 1905 through 1933, with the first 10 years in collaboration with David Devant. Reg. Design No. 5447. Rare.
